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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Oath of allegiance to George III, King of Great Britain
No Author
1768
Volume 07, Page 817

Association Oath taken by the Principal Officers of Government and a large Body of Inhabitants in Orange County.

I, A. B., do sincerely promise and swear that I will bear true allegiance to His Majesty King George the Third.—So help me God.

I, A. B., do sincerely and faithfully promise and swear that I will with Heart & Hands, Life and Goods, maintain and defend His Majesty's Government and the Laws and Constitution of the Province of North Carolina, against all persons whatsoever who shall attempt to alter, obstruct or prevent the due administration of the Laws & the Public Peace and Tranquility of the said Province. So help me God.