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Oaths of Allegiance
Valley Forge, 1778 - Page 2
On February 3, 1778, Congress,
having taken into consideration the report of the special committee
appointed to devise effectual means to prevent persons disaffected to the
interest of the United States from being employed in any of the important
offices thereof, resolved, That every officer who held or should
thereafter hold a commission or office from Congress, should subscribe the
oath or affirmation of allegiance. These oaths or affirmations the
commander-in-chief or any major or brigadier-general was authorized and
directed to administer to all officers of the army or of any of the
departments thereof. Those mentioned in the following list (with a
few exceptions) took the oath at Valley Forge in the spring of '78 before
that encampment was broke, and who undoubtedly were members of the army
actually in camp at Valley Forge the ever memorable winter of
'77-'78. The names are given in the order in which they appear in
the volumes of original manuscripts from which they are taken.
Source: "The Army
and Navy of the United States 1776-1891", George Barrie Publisher,
Philadelphia, 1890
| Thomas Cartwright, captain Jackson's
regt. |
| Wm. North, capt. Lt-Col. Smith (Lee's)
regt. |
| John I. Tyler, major Jackson's regiment |
| William Hawks, lieut. late Lee's regiment |
| William S. Smith, lt.-col. late Lee's |
| Samuel H. Sullivan, dep.
quartermaster-gen. |
| Lewis Nicola, col. of the Regt. of Invalids |
| James Paxton, commissary post of Trenton |
| William Henderson, paymaster 4th L. Drag. |
| George Draper, second surgeon middle dept. |
| Joseph Ward, commissary gen. musters |
| James Monroe, aide to Lord Stirling |
| Coenradt Latour, 2d lieut. Armand's Legion |
| Christian Mancke, 1st lieut. Armand's Legion |
| John Stagg, brigade-major late Conway's brig |
| Clement Biddle, commissary-gen. of forage |
| Robert Forsyth, dep. quartermaster-general |
| Archibald Steel, dep. quartermaster-general (Fort Pitt) |
| James Hamilton, assistant commissary of issues (New Windsor) |
| John Nitche, commissary General Hospital |
| Henry Crow, asst. apothecary middle dept. |
| William Marshall, surgeon's mate |
| Samuel Morris, Jr., com-general of hospitals |
| George W. Campbell, 2nd surg. middle dept. |
| Marinus Willet, mate in Flying Hospital |
| John Mitchel (of Phila.) dep. qr.
mas.-gen. |
| Frederick Otto, Jr., surgeon General Hospital |
| Charles Porterfield, captain ________ |
| James Calhoun (Md.),
dep, quartermaster-gen. |
| Dudley L. Chase, brigade quartermaster Glover's brigade |
| Elijah Jones, asst. com. issues Glover's brig. |
| Patrick Hacket, asst. com. of issues
(bakehouse) |
| Barnard Sweeney, asst. corn. of issues, Varnum's
brigade |
| John Chaloner, asst. com. of purchases |
| Mathias Sadler, captain of Artificers |
| John Scott, surg. gen. hospital middle dept. |
| Robert Baugh asst. com. Muhlenberg's brig. |
| Michael Farley, assistant commissary of issues Learned's
brigade |
| George W. Carton, asst. commissary of issues |
| John Cochran, physician and surgeon-general |
| William Bradford, dep.
mustermaster-
general |
| William Barber, aide to Lord Stirling |
| Isaac Budd Dunn, aide to Gen. St. Clair |
| Lawrence Myers, 1st lieut. Armand's Legion |
| Anthony Selin, capt. Armand's Legion |
| Charles Pettit asst. quartermaster-general |
| John Cox, assistant quartermaster-general |
| Charles Porterfield, quartermaster Gen. Woodford's brigade |
| Daniel Kemper, assistant clothier-general |
| Michael Harvey assistant commissary of issues (Reading) |
| John White, surgeon's mate |
| James Whitehead, asst. com. of forage |
| William Armstrong, asst. com. of purchases |
| Nathan Wilkinson, dep. qr.
mas.-gen. Maxwell's brigade |
| John Shute, deputy quartermaster-general |
| Abel Morgan, surgeon 11th Pennsylvania |
| Ebenezer Crosby, ad surgeon middle dept. |
| James Hutchinson senior surgeon |
| Adam Gilchrist, asst. to com. of forage |
| Joshua King, foragemaster Glover's brigade |
| Charles Whittelsey, brigade quartermaster Glover's
brigade |
| George A. Baker, com. issues Glover's brig. |
| Paul Percival, asst. com, of issues, Huntington's
brigade |
| Thomas Wiley, asst. com. of issues, Knox's Artillery |
| John A. Sapel, surgeon's mate Gen. Hospital |
| Thomas Alexander, quartermaster 1st Penna. |
| Gustavus Resberg, asst. dep. com. of issues. |
| Benjamin Ballard, assistant commissary Gen. Patterson's
brigade |
| Charles Lyon, Jr., asst. commissary of issues |
| Simon Phillips, assistant commissary of issues |
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