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Oaths of Allegiance
Valley Forge, 1778 - Page 3
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
| John Cheesborough,, assistant commissary of issues Col. Clarke s brigade |
| Edward Lewis, assistant commissary of issues Gen. Conway's brigade |
| Alexander McCaraher, commissary |
| Thomas Durie, asst. com: gen. of forage |
| James Allen brigade qr. mas. Conway's brig. |
| John Campbell, asst. com. Flying Hospital |
| John Flinn, for. mas. Col. Spencer's brigade |
| Thomas Ramsa assistant commissary of issues Col. F.
Johnston's brigade |
| John Mitchell, deputy
quartermaster-general |
| John B. Rodgers, surgeon's mate Gen.
Hos. |
| Timothy Whiting, brigade quartermaster Gen. Patterson's brigade |
| James Fallon, senior surgeon Gen. Hospital |
| William W. Smith, ad surg. of Gen. Hospital |
| George Burroughs, assistant commissary of issues Gen. Weedon's brigade |
| John Lillie, brigade quartermaster-general |
| Sam. Kennedy, senior surg. of the Gen.
Hos. |
| Peter Hartman (major),
wagon master |
| Wm. Armstrong, assistant com. of purchases |
| James Yule, deputy
wagonmaster-general |
| James McCashlin, sub-conductor of wagons |
| Aaron Matthews, wagon conductor |
| James Rooney, wagon conductor |
| William Gray, wagon conductor |
| Josiah Kittera, wagon conductor |
| Henry Gordon, wagon Conductor |
| Abraham Rand, sub-conductor of wagons |
| David McKnight, receiver of cattle Lord Stirling's division |
| James Barclay, wagon conductor |
| John Shute, deputy quartermaster-general |
| Thomas Crawford, wagon conductor |
| James Williamson, wagon conductor |
| James Gamble, assistant commissary of issues Gen. A. Wayne's brigade |
| Alex. McCoskey, dep. com: gen. of forage |
| Jas. Whitehead, asst. to com: gen. of forage |
| John Pool, foragemaster |
| Minne Voorhees, com. Flying Hospital |
| Laurence Traut, brigade quartermaster Gen. Weedon's brigade |
| Thomas Jones, dep. com. gen. of issues |
| John Kean, assistant
commissary as of issues |
| James Darah, assistant commissary of issues |
| Gilbert Tennent, surgeon's mate Gen.
Hos. |
| Barnabas Binney, senior surgeon |
| David Philip commissary of Gen. Hospital |
| Ebenezer Clark, assistant commissary of issues Gen. Pool's brigade |
| Aleishai Thomas department quartermaster general North Carolina brigade |
| Bodo Otto, senior surg. of the Gen. Hospital |
| Goodwin Wilson second surgeon in the Army of the United States |
| Thomas Marshall, ad
surg. of the Gen. Hos. |
| William Evans, assistant com, of purchases |
| David Philips corn. of the, Gen. Hospital |
| John Ingram, sub-conductor of wagons |
| Stephen Eldridge, sub-conductor of wagons |
| George Buyers, sub-conductor of wagons |
| Jacob Grace, sub-conductor of wagons |
| Hugh McClaran, wagon conductor |
| Robert Riddle, wagon conductor |
| Charles Connor, wagon conductor |
| Thomas Cole, wagon conductor |
| Noah Betole, wagon conductor |
| Joseph Dyer, wagon conductor |
| Francis Farron, sub-conductor of wagons |
| Joseph Henderson, wagon conductor |
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