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Oaths of Allegiance 
Valley Forge, 1778 - Page 9

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

Wm. Jenkins, lieutenant 14th Va. regiment.
William Eppes, lieutenant 14th Va. regiment.
Drury Oliver, lieutenant 14th Va. regiment.
Syrus Roberts, captain 14th Va. regiment.
Peter Jones captain 14th Va. regiment.
David Walker, lieutenant 14th Va. regiment.
William Davies, colonel 14th Va. regiment.
Jacob Moon paymaster 14th Va. regiment.
Thomas Holt, lieutenant 14th Va. regiment.
George Holland, 1st lieutenant 14th Va. regt.
Samuel Campbell, 1st lieutenant 14th Va. regt.
Nathan Reid, captain 14th Va. regiment.
Peter Davies quartermaster 14th Va. regt.
Thomas Burfoot, adjutant 14th Va. regiment.
Alexander Ewing, lieutenant 14th Va. regt.
John Dudley, 1st lieut. 2d Va. regiment.
Thomas Bressie, captain 2d Va. regiment.
Bartlett Collins ensign 2d Va. regiment.
Ludowich Brodie, surg. mate, 2d Va. regt.
Gregory Smith, colonel 2d Va. regiment.
William Long, 1st lieutenant 2d Va. regt.
Leoin Walker, ensign 2d Va. regiment.
John Worshan, lieutenant 2d Va. regiment.
Benjamin Biggs, 1st lieutenant 13th Va. regt.
Thomas Parramore, captain 9th Va. regt.
Thomas Clarke, 1st lieutenant 13th Va. regt.
Samuel Waples, 1st lieutenant 9th Va. regt.
John Hackenheimer, ens. German Battalion.
Henry Fauntleroy, captain 5th Va. regiment.
Thomas Overton, 2d lieutenant 9th Va. regt.
Burges Ball, lieut.-col. 9th Va. regiment.
Robert H. Saunders, lieut. 1st Va. regiment.
Clairborne Vaughn, surg. mate 6th Va. regt.
Robert Ballard, lieut.-col. 1st Va. regiment.
William Lewis, captain 1st Va. regiment.
John D. Woelper, captain German Battalion.
George Hubley, captain German Battalion.
Holman Menis, lieutenant 1st Va. regiment.
Tarleton Payne, captain 1st Va. regiment.
Miles King, surgeon's mate 1st Va regiment.
John Harrison, ensign 13th Va. regiment.
Samuel Hogg, lieutenant 1st Va. regiment.
Peter Boyer, captain German Battalion.
David Allen, ensign 3d Va. regiment.
William Rice, lieutenant German Battalion.
Ludowich Wirtenberg, surgeon German Bat.
George Cole, ensign German Battalion.
John Weedman lieutenant.
Richard C. Anderson, captain 5th Va. regt.
William Litzinger, ensign German Battalion.
John Stricker, 2d lieut. 2d Penna. regiment.
James Morris Jones 2d lieut. 2d Penna. regt.
Charles Darragh, 2d lieut. 2d Penna. regt.
Samuel Talbert, 2d lieut. 2d Penna. regiment.
Henry D. Pursell, 2d lieut. 2d Penna, regt.
Thomas Norton, 2d lieut, 2d Penna. regt.
John Irvine, 2d lieutenant 2d Penna. regt.

  
Taken at Mount Joy.
Nicholas White, volunteer 11th Penna. regt.
Lazarus Stow, 1st lieut. 11th Penna. regt.
Maybury Tolby, captain 11th Penna. regt.
Francis Mentges, major 11th Penna. regt.
Robert McMurdic (Rev.), V. D. M. chaplain 11th Pennsylvania regiment.
Caleb North lieut.-col. 11th Penna. regt.
Jacob Giles Hicks, lieut. 11th Penna. regt.
Jacob Fiss, lieutenant l0th Penna. regiment.
George Nagel, colonel 10th Penna. regiment.
William Cox, captain 10th Penna. regiment.
Robert Patton, lieut. 10th Penna. regiment.
Joseph Banks, ensign 10th Penna. regiment.
Daniel Dennis, 2d lieut. 10th Penna. regt.
William Feltman, 1st lieut. 10th Penna. regt.
Peter Drummond, 1st lieut. 10th Penna. regt.
Jacob Stake, captain 10th Penna. regiment.
David Shrack, captain 10th Penna. regiment.
George Calhoun, captain 10th Penna. regt.
Abraham Harges, 1st lieut. 10th Penna. regt.
Francis Adams, 1st lieut. 10th Penna. regt.
Robert Hooper, 2d lieut. 10th Penna. regt.
Alexander Bensted, paymaster 10th Pa. regt.
James Grier, major 10th Penna. regiment.
Adam Keller, 2d lieut. 10th Penna. regiment.
Harman Stout, captain 10th Penna. regt.
William Knox, 1st lieut. 10th Penna. regt.
Adam Hubley, lieut.-col. 10th Penna. regt.
awes McLean adjutant 10th Penna. regt.
John Steel, 1st lieutenant 10th Penn. regt.
John Cole, 2d lieutenant 10th Penna. regt.
Michael Ryan, "major in the army of the United States."
James Chambers, col. 1st Penna. regiment.
James Wilson, captain 1st Penna. regiment.
John Doyle, captain 1st Penna. regiment.
Samuel Craig, captain 1st Penna. re iment.
Henry McCormick, brig.-major 1st Pa. regt.
Michael Simpson, captain 1st Penna. regt.
Thomas Doyle, 3d lieut. 10th Penna. regt.
James McFarland, 2d lieut. 2d Penna. regt.
George Jenkins, captain 2d Penna. regiment.
James Moore, major 2d Penna. regiment.
David Marshall, 2d lieut. 5th Penna regt.
Persifer Frazer, lieut.-col. 5th Penna. regt.
Josiah Harmar, lieut.-col. 6th Penna. regt.
Luke Brodhead, captain 6th Penna. regt.
John McCowan, captain 6th Penna. regt.
James Glentworth, lieutenant 6th Penna. regt.
Charles Macknett ensign 6th Penna. regt.
Walter Cruize, captain 6th Penna regiment
James Vaugh, captain 6th Penna regiment.
Philip Snider, ensign 6th Penna. regiment.
Jeremiah Talbot, major 6th Penna. regiment.
John Savidge, lieutenant 6th Penna. regiment.
William Claypoole, surg. mate 6th Pa. regt.
John Foster, ensign, 6th Penna. regiment.
Greenbury Hughes, lieut. 6th Penna. regt.

  
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