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0543

No 2

United States of America,
State of Virginia
City of Portsmouth, S.S.

I Stephen Cowley of the County of Morgan State of Alabama, do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder, and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and Proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion, in reference to the Emancipation of Slaves.  So help me God

Stephen Cowley

Subscribed and sworn to this 31st day of July 1865, before me

J.S. Stubbs,
Notary Public

United States of America
State of Virginia   S.S
City of Portsmouth.   

I J S Stubbs, a Notary Public, in and for the City aforesaid, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original oath of Stephen Cowley on file in my office

J.S. Stubbs,
Notary Public

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