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[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TEST OATH. I, R. W. O'Connor do solemnly swear that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought, nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority, or pretended authority, in hostility to the United States ; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, power, or constitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto. And I do further swear, or affirm, that, to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion ; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God. R. W. O'Connor Greenville Alabama SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me, at Greenville Alabama this 29th day of April 1867 A. McKellar J.P. (Required by Act of Congress as a preliminary to holding office under the United States.)
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