<emph render="italic">Compiled Index to Elected and Appointed Officials of the Republic of Texas, 1835-1846</emph>

urn:taro:tslac.30194 Texas Secretary of State: An Inventory of Secretary of State Bonds and Oaths at the Texas State Archives, 1837-1844, 1846-1920 Finding aid by Tony Black This EAD finding aid was created in cooperation with Texas Archival Resources Online. Texas State Library and Archives Commission Finding aid encoded by Tony Black in EAD Version 2002 as part of the TARO project, October 2011. Finding aid written in English. Description based on DACS. Overview Texas State Archives Texas. Secretary of State. Secretary of State bonds and oaths 1837-1844, 1846-1920 Bonds are posted by public officials to secure their fiduciary responsibilities. Oaths are sworn and filed by public officials to assure their loyalty to the government, and their promise to uphold the duties of the office. No one governmental office has had the responsibility for filing all bonds and oaths. The Comptroller's office at some point maintained certificates of bonds, and possibly even oaths. However, state law has required many if not most state officers to file bonds and oaths with the Texas Secretary of State (as early as 1846). These records are bonds and oaths and some related records of elected and appointed officials of the Republic and State of Texas, of districts, counties, and municipalities, dating 1837-1844, 1846-1920. These materials are written predominately in English. 73.91 cubic ft., 3 reels microfilm (duplicates) Restrictions on Access

Materials do not circulate, but may be used in the State Archives search room. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by staff members.

Restrictions on Use

Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).

Technical Requirements

Microfilm readers are available in the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building. Ask staff members for exact locations.

Agency History

According to Article V of the Texas Constitution of 1836, every person who shall be chosen or appointed to any office of trust or profit shall before entering on the duties thereof, take an oath to support the Constitution of the Republic, and also an oath of office. As offices were created, the enabling legislation usually specified the oath and bond required.

No one governmental office has had the responsibility for filing all bonds and oaths. Depending on the office and varying over time, bonds and oaths could be filed on different governmental levels (municipal, district, county, state), and in different offices. Not infrequently, the bond would be filed in one office and the oath in another. The Comptroller's office at some point maintained certificates of bonds, and possibly even oaths. However, state law has required many if not most state officers to file bonds and oaths with the Secretary of State (as early as 1846). Furthermore, numerous entries in a published Catalogue of Books, Documents, Papers, Etc., in Office of Secretary of State, March, 1870 are bonds and oaths (e.g., of state officers, of district attorneys, of district judges, of department clerks, of managers and trustees of asylums, etc.)

The Secretary of State is a constitutional officer of the executive branch of state government, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate for a term concurrent with the governor's (a two-year term at first, a four-year term since 1974). The office was first created by the Constitution of the Republic of Texas in 1836 (Article VI, Section 10), and has been continued by each succeeding Constitution. On May 9, 1846, the 1st Legislature approved an act to define the duties of Secretary of State, which among other things required the Secretary of State to arrange and preserve all books, maps, parchments, records, documents, deeds, conveyances, and other papers belonging to the State, that have been or may be properly deposited there.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Bonds are posted by public officials to secure their fiduciary responsibilities. Oaths are sworn and filed by public officials to assure their loyalty to the government, and their promise to uphold the duties of the office. No one governmental office has had the responsibility for filing all bonds and oaths. The Comptroller's office at some point maintained certificates of bonds, and possibly even oaths. However, state law has required many if not most state officers to file bonds and oaths with the Texas Secretary of State (as early as 1846).

These records are bonds and oaths and some related records of elected and appointed officials of the Republic and State of Texas, of districts, counties, and municipalities, dating 1837-1844, 1846-1920. The records making up this series appear to have been collected from various record groups and filed into two subseries--one for the Republic, 1837-1844, and one for the State, 1846-1920.

The Republic-era records consist of signed oaths and bonds filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, certifications of county Chief Justices that oaths of office have been taken, letters to Presidents recommending persons for various offices, and letters of resignation, dating 1837-1844. There are files for approximately 450 officials. An alphabetical list of the Republic era officials with bonds and/or oaths is given in this inventory.

The State-era records are bonds and oaths and some related records of elected and appointed officials of the State of Texas, of districts, counties, and municipalities, dating 1846-1920. Not all files will have a bond and an oath and some will have more than one for successive offices. In some files additional materials may be present, such as letters of recommendation, resignation, or application; Comptroller certificates of bonds; election returns; and minutes of commissioners meetings which include appointments to vacant offices. The state era officials with bonds and/or oaths can be accessed alphabetically through a card index in the State Archives search room.

Note: Some of the bonds filed may actually be treasury or revenue bonds rather than security bonds required to be posted by a public official.

Finally, although Reconstruction oaths dating 1866-1873 can be found in the State-era series, and are included in the card index, an additional 500 or so were later found misfiled with unprocessed Adjutant General's Department records, and therefore not included in the card index. These are described and listed in a separate series, Reconstruction oaths. These consist of signed oaths, plus one bond and a couple of appointment letters / notices of filing of oath of office, dating 1866-1873, bulk 1870-1873. Most of these oaths are at the municipal or county level.

To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.

Organization of the Records

These records are organized by State Archives staff into three series:

Bonds and oaths of county and Republic officials, 1837-1844, 2.5 cubic ft., 3 reels microfilm (duplicates)Bonds and oaths of county and State officials, 1846-1920, 70.91 cubic ft. Reconstruction oaths, 1866-1873, bulk 1870-1873, 0.5 cubic ft. Index Terms

The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.

Corporate Names: Texas (Republic). Dept. of State. Places: Texas---Officials and employees--Selection and appointment. Texas---Officials and employees--Selection and appointment--Bonding. Document Types: Bonds (legal records)--Texas--Officials and employees--1837-1844, 1846-1920. Oaths--Texas--Officials and employees--1837-1844, 1846-1920. Functions: Bonding. Related Material

The following materials are offered as possible sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by the records. The listing is not exhaustive.

Texas State Archives

Texas Secretary of State general correspondence of the Department of State, Republic of Texas, 1822-1859, undated, bulk 1835-1846, 4.96 cubic ft., 4 reels microfilm (especially Home letters) Texas Secretary of State executive record books, 1835-1917, 15.18 cubic ft. (originals), 14 reels of microfilm (duplicates) Texas Secretary of State election registers (a.k.a. appointment registers), 1837-2007, 32.15 cubic ft. (originals), 36 reels microfilm (duplicates) Texas Department of State Republic of Texas election returns, 1835-1845, 3.06 cubic ft. Texas Secretary of State State of Texas election returns (county-by-county), 1846-1984, 176.55 cubic ft. Texas applications for special pardons, 1865-1867

Publications

<emph render="italic">Compiled Index to Elected and Appointed Officials of the Republic of Texas, 1835-1846</emph> , State Archives Division, Texas State Library. Preferred Citation

(Identify the item and cite the series), Texas Secretary of State bonds and oaths. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Appraisal Information

Texas State Archives staff completed an appraisal of the Texas Secretary of State holdings already in the custody of the Texas State Archives in December 1998. Thirty-three series of the holdings containing Republic of Texas records were determined to be archival, including Bonds and oaths. The complete appraisal report (in two parts: Republic of Texas records, and non-Republic records) is available for consultation online at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/appraisal/sosrepublic.html and http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/appraisal/sosstate.html , and also in the search room of the Texas State Archives.

Processing Information

Processed by State Archives staff, dates unknown

Card file index (of state bonds and oaths) completed by State Archives staff, 1971

Finding aid encoded by Tony Black in EAD Version 2002 as part of the TARO project, October 2011

Strays and unprocessed records added by Tony Black, October 2011

Strays (including Reconstruction oaths) processed by Melanie Saegert and Tony Black, February 2012

Accession Information

Accession numbers: 1963/058, 1980/009, 1983/215, 2012/108

These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Office of the Secretary of State on December 2, 1962; and on other unknown dates (a portion of these reaccessioned on January 31, 2012); and by the Statutory Documents Section of the Secretary of State on September 21, 1979; and May 29, 1983.

Other Formats for the Records

The Bonds and oaths of Republic and county officers, 1837-1844, were microfilmed onto three reels of 35mm microfilm by the State and Local Records Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, paid for by the Friends of the Clayton Library, Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research of the Houston Public Library. The reels are available through interlibrary loan; contact your local librarian for details. They are also available for purchase (see https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/pubs/tslpublist.html#slrm and scroll down to Texas History: Bonds and Oaths); contact the State and Local Records Management Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Detailed Description of the Records Bonds and oaths of county and Republic officials, 1837-1844, 2.5 cubic ft., 3 reels microfilm (duplicates)

These records consist of signed oaths and bonds, certifications of Republic of Texas county Chief Justices that oaths of office have been taken, letters to Texas Presidents recommending persons for various offices, and letters of resignation, dating 1837-1844. There are files for approximately 450 officials.

An alphabetical list of the Republic era officials with bonds and/or oaths is given in this inventory. SEE references indicate that the documentation for that individual is found in the file of another individual; SEE ALSO references indicate that additional documentation for that individual is found in the file of another individual.

Arrangement

These records are arranged by State Archives staff alphabetically by last name of the person.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Bonds and oaths of county and Republic officials, Texas Secretary of State bonds and oaths. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession number: unknown

These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Secretary of State on unknown dates.

Restrictions on Access

Materials do not circulate, but may be used in the State Archives search room. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by staff members.

Restrictions on Use

Technical Requirements

Microfilm readers are available in the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building. Ask staff members for exact locations.

Processing Information

Processed by State Archives staff, unknown dates

Finding aid encoded by Tony Black in EAD Version 2002 as part of the TARO project, October 2011

2-9/37 Aldrich, George 2-9/37Alexander, Jerome B.2-9/37 Allen, John M. 2-9/37Amory, Nathaniel2-9/37Anderson, Carter2-9/37Anderson, K. L. 2-9/37Andrews, John: SEE White, Francis M.2-9/37Andrews, Reddin 2-9/37Armstrong, James: SEE Pamplin, William2-9/37Armstrong, William2-9/37Austin, William T.2-9/37 Ayers, Lewis2-9/37Baker, James S. 2-9/37Balfour, David2-9/37 Ballinger, John 2-9/37Banks, William G.2-9/37 Barnard, Joseph H. 2-9/37Barnett, E. D.2-9/37 Bates, Thomas2-9/37Bayless, Hezekiah2-9/37Baylor, R. E. B.2-9/37 Beal, John2-9/37Bellinger, Edmund: SEE McClure, B. D.2-9/37 Berry, John G. 2-9/37Bevil, John2-9/37 Birdsall, John 2-9/37Blair, John2-9/37 Bonnell: SEE Cruger and Bonnell 2-9/37Borden, Gail Jr.2-9/37 Borden, John P. 2-9/37Borden, Thomas H.2-9/37 Bourland, James 2-9/37Box, Stephen2-9/37Boyd, John 2-9/37Bracken, James R. SEE ALSO Blair, John2-9/37Bradly, John M. 2-9/37Brauch, Edward T.: SEE Isbell, James H.2-9/37Brenham, Richard F.2-9/37 Brigham, Asa2-9/37Bringhurst, George H.2-9/37 Briscoe, Andrew 2-9/37Bromley, William2-9/37Brooks, John W. 2-9/37Brooks, Wilson2-9/37Brower, John H. 2-9/37Brown, William C.2-9/37 Brown, William R. 2-9/37Bryan, Pryar2-9/37 Bryan, William 2-9/37Buchanan, John2-9/37 Bullard, Charles A. 2-9/37Burnett, J. P.2-9/37 Burroughs, William M. 2-9/37Burton, Isaac Watts2-9/37 Byrne, William 2-9/37Cady, D. C.2-9/37 Campbell, Isaac 2-9/37Campbell, James2-9/37 Canfield, Israel 2-9/37Carothers, Henry M.2-9/37 Carson, John2-9/37Caruthers, William C.: SEE O'Neal, James R.2-9/37Case, Joel T. 2-9/37Case, Uriah F.2-9/37 Castro, Henri2-9/37Catlett, H. G. 2-9/37Chatfield, Norman: SEE Kennedy, Thomas2-9/37Cleal, John G. 2-9/37Clifton, John M.2-9/37 Cocke, James H. 2-9/37Cockrill, John P.2-9/37 Coit, Daniel P. 2-9/37Collins, Thomas P.2-9/37 Collinsworth, George M. 2-9/37Collinsworth, James B.2-9/37 Conn, James: SEE Pamplin, William 2-9/37Cook, Hamilton2-9/37Cooke, A. W. 2-9/37Cooke, Louis Philip2-9/37Craft, Russell B.: SEE ALSO Patton, Samuel B.2-9/37Cranwill, Samuel2-9/37Cruger, J. H. 2-9/37Cruger and Bonell2-9/37Cruger and Moore: SEE Cruger, J. H.2-9/37 Cummins, Moses 2-9/37Dagley, Thomas A.2-9/37 Daingerfield, William Henry 2-9/37Dashiell, William C. V.2-9/37 Davis, George W. 2-9/37Davis, John2-9/37 Dean, Caolway2-9/37Delano, Oliver H.2-9/37 Delesdernier, George H. 2-9/37Delmour, William P.2-9/37 Dennis, Thomas M. 2-9/37Dexter, Thomas A.2-9/37 Dickerson, Waller 2-9/37Dilliard, Lewis H.2-9/37 Dilliard, William 2-9/38Dinsmore, Silas 2-9/38 Doom, R. C.2-9/38Dorlon, Joseph 2-9/38Dowell, James2-9/38 Downes, L. E.2-9/38Duke, Thomas M. 2-9/38Durham, George John2-9/38 Eldredge, Arthur 2-9/38Eldredge, Joseph C.2-9/38 Evans, Musgrove 2-9/38Evans, William G.2-9/38 Faison, N. W.[2 folders]2-9/38Farley, H. H. 2-9/38Ferguson, A.2-9/38 Fields, Smallwood S. B. 2-9/38Fisher, William S.2-9/38 Fisk, Greenleaf 2-9/38Fitzgerald, John2-9/38 Fitzgerald, Gearret 2-9/38Flanniken, Robert H.2-9/38 Force, William A. 2-9/38Fulkerson, James P.2-9/38 Fulton, George W. 2-9/38Gage, Moses: SEE Patton, Samuel B.2-9/38Gaines, Francis T.2-9/38 Gaines, James2-9/38Gardnier, A. A. 2-9/38 Garza, Rafael C. 2-9/38Gellatly, Robert2-9/38Giddings, Jabez D.2-9/38 Gilbert, Mabel: SEE O'Neal, James R. 2-9/38Gill, John P.2-9/38 Gill, Joshua T. 2-9/38Giroud, F.2-9/38 Gooch, Benjamin 2-9/38Good, Hannibal2-9/38Grammont, John J. H.2-9/38 Gray, Fairfax2-9/38Gregg, Darius 2-9/38Green, John G.2-9/38 Green, Thomas2-9/38Gritten, Edward 2-9/38Groesbach, John D.2-9/38 Guthrie, G. W. 2-9/38Hagler, L. S.2-9/38 Halderman, Allen S. 2-9/38Hamilton, Thomas Lynch2-9/38 Hansford, John M. 2-9/38Hardin, B. W.2-9/38 Harelson, James C. 2-9/38Harmon, John T.2-9/38 Harris, D. W. Clinton 2-9/38Harris, William H.2-9/38 Harris, William P.: SEE ALSO Smith, Benjamin Fort2-9/38 Hart, Benjamin Jr. 2-9/38Hart, William2-9/38Harvey, John 2-9/38Harvey, Thomas2-9/38Haskins, Isaac C.2-9/38 Hayes, John2-9/38Haynie, John A. 2-9/38Hays, John C.2-9/38 Hemphill, John 2-9/38Henderson, H. G.: SEE McClure, B. D.2-9/38Henderson, James W.2-9/38 Hendsley, William R. 2-9/38Herndon, Robert S.2-9/38 Herring, William P. 2-9/38Hewes, Samuel2-9/38Hicks, Archibald W. O.2-9/38 Hill, Benjamin F. 2-9/38Hill, David2-9/38 Hillyard, James 2-9/38Hinckley, Walter2-9/38Hockley, George W.: SEE Stickney, E. Lawrence2-9/38Hoggatt, James 2-9/38Holman, James S.: SEE Smith, Benjamin Fort2-9/38Holmes, W. 2-9/38Hooper, Richard2-9/38Hope, Hugh S. 2-9/38Hord, Thomas H.2-9/38 Horton, Albert C. 2-9/38Horton, Alexander2-9/38Houston, Sam [photostat] 2-9/38Howard, Charles2-9/38Howe, N. B. 2-9/38Howlet, James2-9/39 Hoyle, Stephen Z. 2-9/39Hoyt, Nathaniel2-9/39Hubert, John R. 2-9/39Hudson, Harris C.2-9/39 Hudson, James P. 2-9/39Huesman, Frederick William2-9/39Huling, Thomas B.: SEE Bevil, John2-9/39 Humphreys, Henry 2-9/39Hunt, William H.2-9/39 Hurt, William M. 2-9/39Hyde, A. C.2-9/39 Ijams, Basil G. 2-9/39Ikin, Arthur2-9/39Isaacks, Andrew J.2-9/39 Isbell, James H. 2-9/39Jackson, Hugh2-9/39 Jackson, Peter 2-9/39Jameson, Thomas: SEE Cook, Hamilton L.2-9/39Jewell, Ebenezer2-9/39Johnson, Benjamin F.2-9/39 Johnson, James 2-9/39Johnson, Moses2-9/39 Johnson, Owen D. 2-9/39Johnson, Samuel2-9/39Jonas, Randall: SEE Barnard, Joseph2-9/39Jones, A. B. 2-9/39Jones, Anson2-9/39 Jones, Archibald 2-9/39Jones, John Rice2-9/39 Jones, S. L.2-9/39Jordan, Levi 2-9/39Jowett, John G.2-9/39 Joy, Cyrus2-9/39Keaghey, William S.2-9/39 Keese, Thomas J. 2-9/39Kennedy, Calvin W.2-9/39 Kennedy, John J. 2-9/39Kennedy, Thomas2-9/39Kennedy, William2-9/39Kerr, James: SEE Menefee, William2-9/39Key, David P. 2-9/39Key, Thomas W.2-9/39 Kimbell, Albert G. 2-9/39Kincaid, David G.2-9/39 Kinney, Henry L. 2-9/39Kirchhoffer, John H.2-9/39 Knight, Washington I. 2-9/39Lane, David G.2-9/39 Latimer, James 2-9/39Lawder, Rynd2-9/39 Levey, Manasseh 2-9/39Lewis, Elmanson2-9/39Lewis, Martin B.2-9/39 Lewis, William P. 2-9/39Liedikum, Fredrick2-9/39Lindsey, Thomas 2-9/39Lindsey, William2-9/39Linn, Edward 2-9/39Lockhart, Charles2-9/39Long, Jacob 2-9/39Longley, James P.2-9/39 Love, John G.2-9/39Lubbock, Francis R.2-9/39 Lund, Charles C. 2-9/39Lusk, George O.2-9/39 McAdo, John S. 2-9/39McCamly: SEE Steward & McCamly2-9/39McClure, B. D. 2-9/39McCrabb, John2-9/39 McCulloch, Henry E. 2-9/39McDaniel, John2-9/39 McFarland, Samuel: SEE O'Neal, James R. 2-9/39McFarlane, John W. B.2-9/39 McGary, Isaac2-9/39McGuffy, Alexander H.2-9/39 McHenery, John 2-9/39McJimsey, George D.2-9/39 McKissick, John W. 2-9/39McLamore, Atkin2-9/39 McLaughlin, Stephen 2-9/39McMahan, Thompson H.2-9/39 McManus, Robert O. W. 2-9/39McNeill, A.2-9/39 McNutt, Nicholas 2-9/39McRae, John H.: SEE ALSO White, Martin D.2-9/39Mabbitt, L. H. 2-9/40Magruder, Napoleon 2-9/40 Manson, Lewis C. 2-9/40Martin, George M.2-9/40 Martin, James F. 2-9/40Martin, John S.2-9/40 Martin, Robert W. 2-9/40Matson, Henry2-9/40 Matthews, M. W. 2-9/40Mays, Thomas H.2-9/40 Menefee, John S. 2-9/40Menefee, William2-9/40Milam, Jefferson2-9/40Miles, George W.2-9/40 Millard, D. J. Otho 2-9/40Millard, Henry2-9/40 Miller, John C. 2-9/40Milllican, E. M.2-9/40 Mills, John T. 2-9/40Miner, J. G.2-9/40 Money, John H. 2-9/40Montague, Daniel2-9/40Moody, John W. 2-9/40Moore, Francis Jr.: SEE ALSO Cruger, J. H. 2-9/40Morewood, Thomas2-9/40Morgan, David 2-9/40Munger, Sylvester S.2-9/40 Murphree, David 2-9/40Murphy, Joseph2-9/40Myers, William 2-9/40Nash, James P.2-9/40 Neill, Andrew2-9/40Nelson, Albert A.2-9/40 Newcomb, Thomas 2-9/40Ochiltree, Hugh2-9/40 O'Hara, James W. 2-9/40O'Neal, James R.2-9/40 Osburn, James2-9/40Overton, James D.2-9/40 Owen, James D. 2-9/40Pamplin, William2-9/40Parmalee, Richard2-9/40Parker, M. 2-9/40Patrick, Isham T.2-9/40 Patterson, William P. 2-9/40Patton, Edwin L.2-9/40 Patton, John D. 2-9/40Patton, Samuel B.2-9/40 Pease, E. M.2-9/40Peck, Nathaniel 2-9/40Pennall, Robert A.2-9/40 Peres, Manuel2-9/40Perry, James F. 2-9/40Pettus, William2-9/40Phelan, Andrew J. F.2-9/40 Pillot, Eugene 2-9/40Pilsbury, T.2-9/40 Pinckney, John T. 2-9/40Plummer, Joseph E.2-9/40 Pool, William H. 2-9/40Potter, Reuben M.2-9/40 Powers, Richard 2-9/40Prendergast, Luke B.2-9/40 Prendergast, William M. D. 2-9/40Prewitt, John M.2-9/40 Pridham, P. U. 2-9/40Prissick, William2-9/40Pulsifer, Joseph P.2-9/40 Raglin, Henry W. 2-9/40Railey, Charles2-9/40Raymond, James H.2-9/40 Read, James G. 2-9/40Read, John C.2-9/40 Redmond, Henry 2-9/40Reel, Robert I. W.2-9/40 Reeves, William B. 2-9/40Renfro, Peter F.2-9/40 Roberts, Alex L. 2-9/40Roberts, Oran M.2-9/40 Roberts, Reuben H. 2-9/40Roberts, Willis2-9/40Rogers, Sam 2-9/40Rogers, Samuel2-9/40Rose, Robert 2-9/40Ross, David2-9/40 Rothhaas, Frederick Jacob 2-9/40Rowley, Obadiah2-9/40Rusk, Thomas Jefferson2-9/40Russell, William2-9/40Scott, William P.2-9/40 Selkirk, James H. 2-9/40Shapard, Thomas P.2-9/40 Sharp, Thomas2-9/40Shea, John 2-9/40Shelby, Alfred2-9/41Sheppard, James G. 2-9/41 Sheppard, Joseph G. 2-9/41Shores, W.2-9/41 Sigler, William N. 2-9/41Simmons, James W. (Harrisburg County)2-9/41Simmons, James W. (Travis County)2-9/41Simons, Thomas 2-9/41Simpson, John P. 2-9/41 Sims, William C. W. 2-9/41Smith, Benjamin Fort2-9/41 Smith, Francis Gurenuy 2-9/41Smith, John D.2-9/41 Smith, Niles F. 2-9/41Smith, Walter2-9/41Smyth, George W.: SEE ALSO Bevil, John2-9/41 Smyth, Henry M. 2-9/41Somervell, Alexander2-9/41Spence, Isaac C.2-9/41 Stagner, Henry 2-9/41Stanfield, William W. O.2-9/41 Starr, James H. 2-9/41Sterne, John E.2-9/41 Stevenson, Robert 2-9/41Stewart, Charles B.2-9/41 Stewart & McCamly 2-9/41Stickney, E. Lawrence2-9/41Stinson, Samuel 2-9/41Stuart, William S.2-9/41 Sutton, Jesse2-9/41Swaim, John D. 2-9/41Swift, Arthur2-9/41Tally, John R. 2-9/41Taylor, Charles S.2-9/41 Terrell, George W. 2-9/41Thomason, William D.2-9/41 Thompson, A. (Algernon) P. 2-9/41Thorn, John L.2-9/41 Todd, Samuel2-9/41Toliver, John 2-9/41Torrey & Brothers: SEE Torrey, D. K. 2-9/41Torrey, D. K.2-9/41 Townsend, Nathaniel 2-9/41Townsend, Spencer2-9/41Travis, Mathias 2-9/41Trimble, Robert C.2-9/41 Trott, Henry2-9/41Trueheart, James L.2-9/41 Turner, Edward B. 2-9/41Tutt, Richard B.2-9/41 Underwood, A.2-9/41Upshur, Horace L.2-9/41 Usher, Patrick 2-9/41Vess, William2-9/41Vining, Wade H. 2-9/41Vining, William W.2-9/41 Wade, John M.2-9/41Wallace, James P.2-9/41 Wallace, William S. 2-9/41Waller, Edwin2-9/41 Waples, Joseph 2-9/41Ward, Thomas William2-9/41Watts, Hugh O. 2-9/41Webb, David K.2-9/41 Wells, Fleming T. 2-9/41Wells, Samuel G.2-9/41 Welschmeyer, J. G. 2-9/41West, Claiborne2-9/41West, Edward 2-9/41West, Robert A.2-9/41 Western, Thomas G. 2-9/41White, Francis M.2-9/41 White, Martin D. 2-9/41Wigginton, Alfred M.2-9/41 Wrightman, E. R.: SEE ALSO Cady, D. C. 2-9/41Wilbarger, Josiah: SEE Patton, Samuel B.2-9/41Wilbarger, Matthias2-9/41Wilkins, Charles C.2-9/41 Wilkins, Manlius M. 2-9/41Williams, Ezekiel: SEE ALSO McClure, B. D.2-9/41Williams, Hezekiah2-9/41Williams, Samuel2-9/41Williamson, David G.2-9/41 Willis, F. A.2-9/41Wilson, James G.2-9/41 Wilson, William L. 2-9/41Winkler, Clinton M.2-9/41 Woodhouse, M. P. 2-9/41Woodruff, John2-9/41 Wright, Charles 2-9/41Wright, James G.2-9/41 Young, William C. 976.404 B64oaBonds and oaths of Republic and county officers, 1837-1844 [3 microfilm reels]:1 Aldrich, George through Hewes, Samuel 2Hicks, Archibald W.O. through Pulsifer, Joseph P. 3Raglin, Henry W. through Young, William C. Bonds and oaths of county and State officials, 1846-1920, 70.91 cubic ft.

These records are bonds and oaths and some related records of elected and appointed officials of the State of Texas, of districts, counties, and municipalities, dating 1846-1920. Not all files will have a bond and an oath and some will have more than one for successive offices. In some files additional materials may be present, such as letters of appointment, application, recommendation, or resignation; Comptroller certificates of bonds; schedules of property to accompany bonds; election returns; and minutes of commissioners meetings which include appointments to vacant offices. Most of the state-era officials with bonds and/or oaths can be accessed alphabetically through a card index in the State Archives search room. An alphabetical listing of additional bonds and oaths is also included below, for records that were not included in the card index.

Note: Although Reconstruction oaths dating 1866-1873 can be found in this series, and are included in the card index, an additional 500 or so were later found misfiled with unprocessed Adjutant General's Department records, and therefore not included in the card index. These are described and listed in the next series, Reconstruction oaths.

In addition, there is a bonds register dating 1846-1855, giving the following information, county by county: county, year, name of officer, names of securities, date of bond, amount, and remarks. There is also a bonds and oaths letter book, dating 1882-1897.

And finally, there is a box of unprocessed bonds and oaths, dating 1917-1919, consisting of bonds, oaths, appointment letters, and cover letters, dating 1917-1919. The bulk of the officials in this group are state bank examiners, but there are also members of seven small state agencies. Most of the folders contain multiple appointees, so the inventory given is to agency rather than to the individual.

Arrangement

These records are arranged by State Archives staff alphabetically by last name of the person. Additional bonds and oaths (not in the card file index) are listed alphabetically at the end. The bonds and oaths letter book is arranged chronologically. The unprocessed bonds and oaths are neither listed nor physically arranged in any order.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Bonds and oaths of county and State officials, Texas Secretary of State bonds and oaths. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession numbers: 1963/058, 1980/009, 1983/215, 2012/108

Restrictions on Access

Materials do not circulate, but may be used in the State Archives search room. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by staff members.

Restrictions on Use

Processing Information

Processed by State Archives staff, unknown dates

Card file index completed by State Archives staff, 1971

Finding aid encoded by Tony Black in EAD Version 2002 as part of the TARO project, October 2011

Strays and unprocessed records added by Tony Black, October 2011

Strays processed by Melanie Saegert and Tony Black, February 2012

2-9/777Abbott, A. C. thru Adkisson, John T. 2-9/778Agnew, J. B. thru Allen, W. T. 2-9/779Allgood, J. D. thru Angel, Thad T. 2-9/780Angel, T. F. thru Atkinson, G. A. 2-9/781Atkinson, H. N. thru Baird, P. C. 2-9/782Baites, F. M. thru Bardwell, H. G. 2-9/783Barfield, G. W. thru Batts, R. L. 2-9/784Baughman, F. M. thru Belk, A. S. 2-9/785Bell, C. K. thru Berry, T. D. 2-9/786Berryman, Frederick thru Black, G. S. 2-9/787Black, H. R. thru Bluntzer, John V. 2-9/788Board, A. L. thru Boswell, William A. 2-9/789Bosworth, T. P. thru Brady, E. W. 2-9/790Brady, John W. thru Brigance, Franklin 2-9/791Briggs, A. W. thru Brower, John D. 2-9/792Browman, George W. thru Brown, R. E. 2-9/793Brown, R. J. thru Brucks, Bernhard 2-9/794Bruce, Edwin thru Bullard, I. H. 2-9/771Bullins, J. A. thru Burns, C. 2-9/772Burns, D. S. thru Bywaters, Ban A. 2-9/773Cabanas, Raphael thru Campbell, John E. 2-9/774Campbell, L. D. thru Carson, Burch 2-9/775Carson, Cruise thru Chamberlin, Willard 2-9/776Chambers, A. J. thru Chester, August C. 2-9/795Chichester, W. S. thru Clarke, William F. 2-9/796Clarkson, E. D. thru Cockerham, T. E. 2-9/797Cockrell, J. V. thru Collier, H. T. 2-9/798Collier, J. F. thru Connerly, F. T. 2-9/799Connerly, R. H. thru Cornett, J. W. 2-9/800Cornibe, Ernest J. thru Craig, James 2-9/801Craig, John thru Crutchfield, Jasper J. 2-9/802Cuellar, Antonio M. thru Custin, Martin 2-9/803Dabney, Brice thru Davis, John T. 2-9/804Davis, John W. thru Decrow, Thomas 2-9/805Deen, J. R. thru Dexter, John F. 2-9/806Dial, A. A. thru Dixon, William 2-9/807Doak, C. H. thru Dozier, Ed 2-9/808Drake, Oren thru Dunnan, C. R. 2-9/809Dupree, Charles thru Dzink, Alex 2-9/810Eads, Homer thru Edwards, William H. 2-9/811Egan, John thru Emmons, A. J. 2-9/812Ellington, J. E. thru Ferguson, R. V.

[Note: There is alphabetical overlap with boxes 811 and 813.]

2-9/813Faddis, R. P. thru Fields, Leon W. 2-9/814Fields, R. R. thru Flinn, Enoch 2-9/815Floke, S. H. thru Fox, Wiley 2-9/816Francis, D. H. thru Furneau, William 2-9/817Gaffney, James O. thru Garrison, James G. 2-9/818Garside, Hugh thru Gibson, J. N. 2-9/819Gibson, J. P. thru Glass, John C. 2-9/820Glasscock, George W. thru Gorrey, T. J. 2-9/821Gose, John A. thru Graves, W. S. 2-9/822Gravis, C. K. thru Greenwood, T. B. 2-9/823Greer, D. D. thru Gross, John Jacob 2-9/824Groos, M. E. thru Hale, John J. 2-9/825Hale, Otho L. thru Hamon, A. O. 2-9/826Hampe, F. thru Harmon, J. E. 2-9/827Harn, A. D. thru Harris, Loring P. 2-9/828Harris, M. T. thru Hawkins, J. A. 2-9/829Hawkins, J. Em thru Henderson, William R. 2-9/830Hendrick, S. J. thru Hilgartner, H. L. 2-9/831Hill, A. B. thru Hill, W. W. 2-9/832Hillebrand, W. A. thru Holland, J. M. 2-9/833Holland, W. A. thru Hoskins, A. G. 2-9/834Hoskins, H. M. thru Hughes, A. L. 2-9/835Hughes, C. H. thru Hynson, H. C. 2-9/836Iglehart, D. T. thru Iwonski, L. 2-9/837Jack, William thru Jines, A. M. 2-9/838Jinkins, G. M. thru Johnson, N. N. 2-9/839Johnson, P. A. thru Jones, H. H. 2-9/840Jones, H. R. thru Justus, A. S. 2-9/841Kahn, S. L. thru Kennard, John H. 2-9/842Kennard, John R. thru King, James 2-9/843King, James thru Knight, L. H. 2-9/844Knight, Mark A. thru Kyser, George W. 2-9/845Laas, Henry thru Latham, Ben F. 2-9/846Latham, J. L. thru Leonard, John S. 2-9/847Leonard, John William thru Lisman, B. F. 2-9/848Litten, Mrs. Frank thru Lopez, Jose 2-9/849Lopez, Valentine J. thru Lytle, Francis 2-9/850McAdams, J. J. thru McCoppen, James 2-9/851McCord, F. J. thru McDonough, James S. 2-9/852McDougal, J. M. thru McGowen, W. C. 2-9/853McGreal, Patrick thru McKnight, Thomas 2-9/854McLain, A. D. thru McVillarreal, Jose 2-9/855Maas, Julius thru Manning, E. H. 2-9/856Manning, E. R. thru Marx, Fred C. 2-9/857Marx, Jose Eugenio thru Mayfield, J. C. 2-9/858Mayhan, John thru Meyer, Samuel 2-9/859Michael, T. B. thru Mitcham, W. F. 2-9/860Mitchell, A. B. thru Moore, J. M. 2-9/861Moore, J. T. thru Morris, P. T. 2-9/862Morris, Robert H. thru Moursund, A. W. 2-9/863Moury, W. H. thru Myrick, L. V. 2-9/864Nabors, T. J. thru Newcome, R. B. 2-9/865Newland, Ben thru Northington, K. V. 2-9/866Northington, M. W. thru Nye, W. M. 2-9/867Oates, A. E. thru Osborn, Gus 2-9/868Osborne, E. A. thru Ozment, M. M. 2-9/869Pabst, Fred C. thru Parsons, David H. 2-9/870Parsons, J. H. thru Peebles, A. J. 2-9/871Peek, J. N. thru Pfeuffer, Christopher 2-9/872Pfeuffer, George thru Plumlee, M. D. 2-9/873Plumly, B. Rush thru Potshinsky, F. K. 2-9/874Potter, S. B. thru Pyle, William H. 2-9/875Queen, R. L. thru Quintle, Laurent 2-9/876Rabb, J. B. thru Randolph, Cyrus 2-9/877Randolph, J. B. thru Reeves, S. R. 2-9/878Reeves, W. F. thru Richardson, Williard 2-9/879Richard, H. J. thru Roberts, Oliver C. 2-9/880Roberts, O. M. thru Robson, W. S. 2-9/881Roby, Andrew D. thru Rouse, William 2-9/882Rowe, D. J. thru Rzeppa, E. 2-9/883Sabel, Jabez B. thru Scale, E. C. 2-9/884Scales, Mrs. H. L. thru Scott, S. R. 2-9/885Scott, Samuel B. thru Shaw, James B. 2-9/886Shaw, R. B. thru Shuford, E. R. 2-9/887Shuford, P. T. thru Smith, Alfred D. 2-9/888Smith, A. F. thru Smoot, R. K. 2-9/889Smyth, A. P. thru Spotts, S. J. 2-9/890Spradling, R. W. thru Stell, Thomas M. 2-9/891Stemoff, Henry thru Steves, Ernest 2-9/892Stewart, B. F. thru Stewart, Willis 2-9/893Stickley, Vas thru Stublefield, John J. 2-9/894Stuckler, William thru Syers, W. H. 2-9/895Taber A. W. thru Taylor, Robert 2-9/896Taylor, S. C. thru Thomas, E. K. 2-9/897Thomas, Edward R. thru Timmins, J. W. 2-9/898Timmons, Calvin thru Towsey, Samuel A. 2-9/899Tracy, J. G. thru Troy, Dan 2-9/905Troyman, R. G. thru Turner, D. McNeil 2-9/912Turner, Ezekiel B. thru Tyman, R. G. 2-9/900Umbdenstock, William thru Voss, William M. 2-9/901Waalford, Joseph B. thru Walkup, J. W. 2-9/902Wall, G. W. thru Warren, J. R. 2-9/903Warren, Joseph thru Wells, J. H. 2-9/904Wells, J. P. thru White, J. C. 2-9/906White, J. D. thru Wilkinson, J. B. 2-9/907Wilkinson, J. P. thru Willis, William C. 2-9/908Wills, L. F. thru Witten S. C. H. 2-9/909Wofford, J. H. thru Woodyear, Jo 2-9/910Woofter, Newton J. thru Wyse, Charles D. 2-9/911Yandell, W. M. thru Zwitzers, George 2-9/911Miscellaneous Additional bonds and oaths, 1849-1908

[Note: More information about each file (such as office, city and/or county), is available through a spreadsheet accessible only to State Archives staff.]

2012/108-1 Bardwell, H. G., 1883 2012/108-1 Bardwell, H. G., 1884 2012/108-1 Beall, J. C., and Moore, John L. 1885 2012/108-1 Bremond, John, 1885 2012/108-1 Brockman, C. T., 1882 2012/108-1 Buckley, John, 1884 2012/108-1 Collett, J. F., 1886 2012/108-1 Craig, T. H., 1892 2012/108-1 Cummings, J., 1887 2012/108-1 Darden, Stephen H., 1883 2012/108-1 Davie, W. R., 1908 2012/108-1 Delany, W. S., 1883 2012/108-1 Duck, G. W. M., 1864 2012/108-1 Ethridge, J. W., 1870 2012/108-1 Gilstrap, W. T., 1882 2012/108-1 Gould, Robert L., 1855 2012/108-1 Harrison, R.S.; Pitts, H.H.; and Sayers, Joseph D., 1879 2012/108-1 Henry, Isaac H., 1874 2012/108-1 Herndon, C. E., 1891 2012/108-1 Herrea, Manuel C., 1864 2012/108-1 Laurence, Randolph, 1883 2012/108-1 Magoffin, Joseph, 1871 2012/108-1 McClarty, John, 1865 2012/108-1 McCoppin, James, 1871 2012/108-1 McGary, Austin, 1876 2012/108-1 McGee, Thomas, 1894 2012/108-1 McMichael, Griffin C., 1870 2012/108-1 Merriman, Eli T., 1849 2012/108-1 Moore, John L. (SEE Beall, J. C.), 1885 2012/108-1 Oliphint, H. C., 1865 2012/108-1 Peters, Jonathan, 1871 2012/108-1 Pitts, H.H. (SEE Harrison, R.S.), 1879 2012/108-1 Pressler, F., 1871 2012/108-1 Robertson, Orrin, 1886 2012/108-1 Robinson, S. A., 1896 2012/108-1 Roy, C. E., 1886 2012/108-1 Royston, Martin H., 1883 2012/108-1 Sains, Camila, 1866 2012/108-1 Sayers, Joseph D. (SEE Harrison, R.S.), 1879 2012/108-1 Sherman, Leverett, 1871 2012/108-1 Slocum, Mortimer, 1869

[iron-clad oath]

2012/108-1 Smith, William J., 1866 2012/108-1 Stevens, Joseph, 1863 2012/108-1 Terry, William P., 1876 2012/108-1 Tompkins, A. N. B., 1871 2012/108-1 Williams, Francis, 1871 2012/108-1 Williams, H. G., 1878 2012/108-1 Wilson, Alexander T., 1876 2012/108-1 Wren, William, 1860 4-16/162ABonds register, 1846-1855

[The register gives the following information, county by county: county, year, name of officer, names of securities, date of bond, amount, and remarks.]

2-7/424Bonds and oaths letter book, 1882-1897 2-10/816Unprocessed bonds and oaths, 1917-1919

[These records consist of bonds, oaths, appointment letters, and cover letters, dating 1917-1919. The bulk of the officials in this group are state bank examiners, but there are also members of the State Highway Commission, Textbook Commission, Locating Board for State Home for Lepers, State Council of Defense, Board of Managers for Hospital for the Negro Insane, Grubb Vocational College, and Clayton Vocational Institute Commission. Most of the folders contain multiple appointees, so the inventory below is to agency rather than to the individual.]

2-10/816Locating Board for State Home for Lepers, 1918 2-10/816State Highway Commission, 1917-1919 2-10/816State Council of Defense, 1917-1918 2-10/816Grubb Vocational College, 1917 2-10/816Texas State Textbook Commission, 1918-1919 2-10/816Board of Managers for Hospital for the Negro Insane, 1917 2-10/816Clayton Vocational Institute Commission, 1919 2-10/816State Bank Examiners, 1917-1918 [wallet] Reconstruction oaths, 1866-1873, bulk 1870-1873, 0.5 cubic ft.

Oaths are sworn and filed by public officials to assure their loyalty to the government, and their promise to uphold the duties of the office. The years of Reconstruction following the Civil War involved two different kinds of oaths, the test oath (also called the iron-clad oath), and a simpler loyalty oath involving the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. An explanation of each follows.

Special Order 66, from Headquarters (HQ), District of Texas, dated April 15, 1867, suspended all elections by civil authorities in Texas. Although the governor was allowed to continue to make appointments in the Executive Department of the State (so long as he notified the Headquarters of the Military District), any appointments to offices previously filled by election would thenceforth be made by the HQ of the 5th Military District. Announcements of these appointments, which included county and municipal offices, were then made by Special Orders from the HQ of the 5th Military District, which stated that the appointee will forward to this Headquarters the oath prescribed by act of Congress approved July 2, 1862. This oath, found in U.S. Statutes at Large, 37th Congress, Session II, Chapter 128, 1862, is the iron-clad oath, stating in part that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States...; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto..., etc. That this procedure was followed in Texas is verified by a letter from the Office of the Secretary of Civil Affairs, Headquarters, 5th Military District, to the Secretary of State of Texas, dated March 1869. The last such Special Order of appointment to civil office is dated April 16, 1870, which was also the date civil authority was returned to the State, ending congressional Reconstruction and beginning radical rule.

The second kind of oath dominated the period of radical Republican rule in Texas, under Governor Edmund J. Davis, 1870-1873. It stated, among other things, that I am not disqualified from holding office under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; (or as the case may be, my disability to hold office...has been removed by Act of Congress). The reference to 14th Amendment disqualification is made clear by a third kind of oath, one of which was found dated April 29, 1870: that I have never taken an oath as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.

These records consist of signed oaths, plus one bond and a couple of appointment letters / notices of filing of oath of office, dating 1866-1873, bulk 1870-1873. There are files for more than 500 officials, most of them at the municipal or county level.

Additional Reconstruction oaths (including some for individuals listed below) are found in the series Bonds and oaths of county and State officials, 1846-1920. These have been determined not to be duplicated by each series; the list below is provided because they are not represented in the card-file index in the Archives search room.

Note: More information about each file (such as office, city and/or county), is available through a spreadsheet accessible only to State Archives staff.

Arrangement

These records are arranged by State Archives staff alphabetically by last name of the person. Although listed individually here, the oaths are filed in small groups, with the folder label giving first and last entries in the folder.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Reconstruction oaths, Texas Secretary of State bonds and oaths. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession number: 2012/108

These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Secretary of State on unknown dates (reaccessioned on January 31, 2012).

Restrictions on Access

Materials do not circulate, but may be used in the State Archives search room. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by staff members.

Restrictions on Use

Processing Information

Discovered by Tony Black among unprocessed records of the Texas Adjutant General's Department, but determined to be part of Secretary of State bonds and oaths, November 1986

Processed by Melanie Saegert and Tony Black, February 2012

2012/108-2 Able, J.S., 1872 2012/108-2 Adams, J.J., 1872 2012/108-2 Adams, S.P., 1872 2012/108-2 Adams, Thomas, 1872 2012/108-2 Adams, William, 1871 2012/108-2 Adams, William B., 1871 2012/108-2 Adkins, Randal, 1870 2012/108-2 Ahrenbeck, Daniel, 1871 2012/108-2 Alexander, Henry, 1871 2012/108-2 Alexander, J.M., 1872 2012/108-2 Alexander, W.F., 1872 2012/108-2 Allen, Albert, 1872 2012/108-2 Allen, John W., 1870 2012/108-2 Allen, Thomas, 1871 2012/108-2 Almond, Joseph, 1870 2012/108-2 Anderson, James, 1870 2012/108-2 Anderson, W.J., 1872 2012/108-2 Andrews, Richard, 1872 2012/108-2 Anschicks, Conrad, 1872 2012/108-2 Arndt, Charles E., 1872 2012/108-2 Arndt, Charles, 1870 2012/108-2 Atkins, G.F., 1870 2012/108-2 Austin, Edward T., 1870 2012/108-2 Austin, William H., 1873 2012/108-2 Baker, Thomas, 1871 2012/108-2 Ballauf, R., 1872 2012/108-2 Ballinger, Henry, 1870 2012/108-2 Bankhead, R.M., 1871 2012/108-2 Barbour, John M., 1870 2012/108-2 Barmore, D.C., 1872 2012/108-2 Barron, S.B., 1872 2012/108-2 Barton, John, 1871 2012/108-2 Bates, Morris F., 1870 2012/108-2 Bauer, Frederick, 1871 2012/108-2 Beaton, Alexander, 1872 2012/108-2 Beetley, S.Z.J., 1872 2012/108-2 Belk, A.S., 1870 2012/108-2 Belk, A.S., 1872 2012/108-2 Bell, Mathew, 1871 2012/108-2 Bellefeuille, L.J.R., 1870 2012/108-2 Bellefeuille, L.J.R., 1872 2012/108-2 Bellows, John T., 1872 2012/108-2 Benners, Henry D., 1872 2012/108-2 Bennett, J.A., 1871 2012/108-2 Berleth, Henry, 1872 2012/108-2 Bianchini, Raphael, 1872 2012/108-2 Bickford, C.C., 1872 2012/108-2 Bickford, J.M., 1870 2012/108-2 Biddy, Jasper, 1872 2012/108-2 Binford, R.A., 1871 2012/108-2 Blackwood, Custis, 1870 2012/108-2 Blanchett, W.G., 1872 2012/108-2 Blocker, William, 1870 2012/108-2 Blount, John H., 1872 2012/108-2 Bolles, C.E., 1872 2012/108-2 Bookman, J.J. Jr., 1872 2012/108-2 Boykin, Mastin, 1870, 1872 2012/108-2 Bozman, R.M., 1871 2012/108-2 Bradfield, J.G., 1871 2012/108-2 Brandice, C.E., 1872 2012/108-2 Brandice, Charles E., 1872 2012/108-2 Branton, Arnold, 1870 2012/108-2 Bratcher, William P., 1871 2012/108-2 Braubach, P. (substituted for Brackenridge, G.W.), 1867 2012/108-2 Brauner, J.K., 1870 2012/108-2 Bridges, Edward L., 1872 2012/108-2 Briggs, Elias, 1871, 1872 2012/108-2 Briggs, Elias, and Brown, E.Y. 1872 2012/108-2 Bright, B.W., 1872 2012/108-2 Bright, R.W., 1870 2012/108-2 Bristow, Benjamin W., 1872 2012/108-2 Brooke, John C., 1870 2012/108-2 Brooks, W.W., 1872 2012/108-2 Brown, David, 1872 2012/108-2 Brown, E.G., 1871, 1872 2012/108-2 Brown, J.M., 1871 2012/108-2 Brown, James, 1871 2012/108-2 Brown, John, 1870 2012/108-2 Brown, Peter, 1872 2012/108-2 Brown, Wilfred (or Wilferd), 1870, 1872 2012/108-2 Bryan, Alf, 1871 2012/108-2 Bryan, Alfred, 1872 2012/108-2 Bryant, T.G., 1870 2012/108-2 Buchanan, John, 1872 2012/108-2 Burch, Alf A., 1871 2012/108-2 Burch, Jack, 1870-1871 2012/108-2 Burch, William, 1872 2012/108-2 Burges, William, 1872 2012/108-2 Burgess, Alfred, 1870 2012/108-2 Burgis, Alfred, 1870 2012/108-2 Burks, Joshua, 1870 2012/108-2 Burks, Joshua, 1872 2012/108-2 Burleson, Aaron, 1870 2012/108-2 Burns, Eldon, 1870 2012/108-2 Burns, Reason, 1870 2012/108-2 Burns, T.A., 1870 2012/108-2 Burton, John S., 1872 2012/108-2 Burton, John, 1872 2012/108-2 Busch, Louis A., 1870 2012/108-2 Butler, Ned, 1872 2012/108-2 Butler, T.M., 1871 2012/108-2 Campbell, T.E., 1872 2012/108-2 Cooke, Mark, 1871 2012/108-2 Cowen, Willis, 1871 2012/108-2 Crow, W.J., 1872 2012/108-2 Culbreath, William L., 1867

[iron-clad oath]

2012/108-2 Day, R.F., 1870 2012/108-2 Derrington, F.W., 1872 2012/108-2 Douglass, E.E., 1871 2012/108-2 Eubank, Cyrus, 1871 2012/108-2 Goldbeck, Friedrick, 1867

[iron-clad oath]

2012/108-2 Gordon, John A., 1872 2012/108-2 Grigsby, John P., 1872 2012/108-2 Halley, R.B., 1873

[election return and bond, as well as oath of office]

2012/108-2 Harris, George T., 1871 2012/108-2 Helmecke, F., 1870 2012/108-2 Hogan, J.L., 1870 2012/108-2 Hopkins, D.S., 1869

[appointment letter and notice of filing of oath of office]

2012/108-2 Huth, C., 1870 2012/108-2 Jenkins, William E., 1870 2012/108-2 Jenkins, W.E., 1871 2012/108-2 Jones, John E., 1872 2012/108-2 Keese, James E., 1870 2012/108-2 Kegley, Sam, 1871 2012/108-2 Kegley, Sam, 1872 2012/108-2 Kellam, Henry, 1870 2012/108-2 Kempton, A.W., 1871 2012/108-2 Kilpatrick, Mattis, 1872 2012/108-2 Kinney, R.D., 1867

[iron-clad oath]

2012/108-2 Kinney, R.D., 1870 2012/108-2 Kleinert, C., 1870 2012/108-2 Knight, Rubin, 1872 2012/108-2 Kopperl, M., 1871 2012/108-2 Kraege, A., 1871 2012/108-2 Kreisle, M., 1870 2012/108-2 Kremer, J.P., 1872 2012/108-2 Kuhne, Ferdinand F., 1870 2012/108-2 Lane, J.C., 1870 2012/108-2 Latchem, John, 1870 2012/108-2 Lewis, T.D., 1872 2012/108-2 Lewis, William R., 1871 2012/108-2 Liles, J.T., 1872 2012/108-2 Lillard, W.C., 1872 2012/108-2 Lindenburg, F., 1872 2012/108-2 London, Matt, 1870 2012/108-2 Lopez, Evanisto, 1870 2012/108-2 Lott, U., 1872 2012/108-2 Lyons, Christopher, 1870 2012/108-2 Lyons, Christopher, 1871 2012/108-2 McAshan, P.Y., 1870 2012/108-2 McCarty, Thomas, 1871 2012/108-2 McCarty, Thomas, 1872

[telegram]

2012/108-2 McCarty, Thomas, 1872 [2 oaths] 2012/108-2 McClay, Henry, 1872 2012/108-2 McConnell, James, 1870 2012/108-2 MacCormack, H., 1871 2012/108-2 MacCormack, H., 1872 2012/108-2 McCormick, William, 1871 2012/108-2 McCoy, John, 1871 2012/108-2 McGuire, Francis W., 1870 2012/108-2 McGuire, James, 1870 2012/108-2 McHugh, T., 1870 2012/108-2 McIntosh, David, 1872 2012/108-2 McKee, Alexander, 1870 2012/108-2 McKeown, James, 1870 2012/108-2 McKinney, A.T., 1870 2012/108-2 McMurray, Hiram, 1870 2012/108-2 McMurray, John, 1872 2012/108-2 McNeely, James, 1870 2012/108-2 McNeely, W.H., 1872 [2 oaths] 2012/108-2 McNeil, William J., 1871 2012/108-2 McNutt, J.W., 1870 2012/108-2 Madison, James, 1871 2012/108-2 Mahavier, Valentine, 1872 2012/108-2 Malloy, A.G., 1870 2012/108-2 Mangum, Joseph, 1870 2012/108-2 Mantooth, Calvin, 1870 2012/108-2 Marshall, A.A., 1872 2012/108-2 Marshall, William, 1871 2012/108-2 Martin, Ernst, 1872 2012/108-2 Martin, J.E., 1870 2012/108-2 Martin, James, 1872 2012/108-2 Martin, R.B., 1872 2012/108-2 Martin, Thomas, 1870 2012/108-2 Martines, Proceso, 1871 2012/108-2 Martines, Proceso, 1872 2012/108-2 Mason, Nelson (freedman), 1870 2012/108-2 Mason, Nelson, 1870 2012/108-2 Mason, Sanford, 1870 2012/108-2 Matthaei, C.A., 1872 2012/108-2 Matthew, David, 1872 2012/108-2 Matthews, Charles, 1872 2012/108-2 Mattox, J.M., 1872 2012/108-2 Mayer, John C., 1870 2012/108-2 Mayfield, Joseph E., 1872 2012/108-2 Maynard, T.W., 1872 2012/108-2 Mead, James H., 1871 2012/108-2 Melton, U.P., 1870 2012/108-2 Methoin, L.T., 1872 2012/108-2 Michaux, W.O., 1871 2012/108-2 Milam, B.R., 1872 2012/108-2 Miller, Ferdinand, 1871 2012/108-2 Miller, Joseph, 1872 2012/108-2 Miller, Joseph F., 1870 2012/108-2 Miller, S.H., 1872 2012/108-2 Miller, T.L., 1870 2012/108-2 Miller, William, 1871 2012/108-2 Miller, William A., 1870 2012/108-2 Milliken, James H., 1871 2012/108-2 Milliken, James H., 1872 [2 oaths] 2012/108-2 Mills, Fed, 1871 2012/108-2 Mills, Fred, 1871 2012/108-2 Minnigan, C.C., 1872 2012/108-2 Mitchell, Alexander G., 1870 2012/108-2 Montgomery, J.R., 1870 2012/108-2 Montgomery, J.S., 1872 2012/108-2 Montier, David, 1870 2012/108-2 Montier, David, 1872 2012/108-2 Moore, C.F., 1871 2012/108-2 Moore, H.A., 1871 [2 oaths] 2012/108-2 Moore, J.L., 1872 2012/108-2 Morgan, Joseph, 1870 2012/108-2 Morgan, Joseph, 1871 2012/108-2 Morris, H., 1872 2012/108-2 Moseley, D.H., 1871 2012/108-2 Mosely, George, 1872 2012/108-2 Moses, J.W., 1872 2012/108-2 Mounts, Joseph H., 1870 2012/108-2 Mounts, Joseph H., 1872 2012/108-2 Mounts, William H., 1871 2012/108-2 Muckleroy, R., 1872 2012/108-2 Mumford, Abraham, 1870 2012/108-2 Murray, A.J., 1870 2012/108-2 Musgrave, Calvin, 1870 2012/108-2 Musgrave, Calvin, 1872 2012/108-2 Myers, Samuel, 1872 2012/108-2 Napier, E.H., 1871 2012/108-2 Napier, John B., 1872 2012/108-2 Nash, R.S., 1872 [2 oaths] 2012/108-2 Neill, G.H., 1871 2012/108-2 Newman, J.W., 1872 2012/108-2 Nicholson, James, 1872 2012/108-2 Oates, M.A., 1871 2012/108-2 Odell, David W., 1871 2012/108-2 Odiorne, James, 1871 2012/108-2 Odiorne, James, 1872 2012/108-2 Odom, J.W., 1870 2012/108-2 Odom, J.W., 1872 2012/108-2 Oliphant, A.M., 1870 2012/108-2 Oliphint, H.C., 1871 2012/108-2 Orr, John, 1870 2012/108-2 Overstreet, Claiborne, 1870 2012/108-2 Owen, John H., 1871 2012/108-2 Owens, John G., 1870 2012/108-2 Ozment, J.W., 1871 2012/108-2 Page, S.N., 1870 2012/108-2 Pahl, Henry, 1870 2012/108-2 Pahl, Henry, 1871 2012/108-2 Pahl, Henry, 1872 2012/108-2 Palm, Henry, 1872 2012/108-2 Park, J.B., 1872 2012/108-2 Parker, H.H., 1872 2012/108-2 Parker, William E., 1871 2012/108-2 Parks, J.W., 1870 2012/108-2 Patrick, J.H., 1871 2012/108-2 Patten, Nathan, 1871 2012/108-2 Payton, W.H., 1871 2012/108-2 Payton, W.H., 1872 2012/108-2 Peacock, John A., 1871 2012/108-2 Pearce, Benjamin W., 1870 2012/108-2 Peay, R.W., 1872 2012/108-2 Peevy, William D., 1872 2012/108-2 Pendarois, Caleb, 1870 2012/108-2 Penn, R.R., 1870 2012/108-2 Perkins, Henry, 1871 2012/108-2 Perkins, Henry, 1872 2012/108-2 Perkins, J.W., 1870 2012/108-2 Perrenot, E.A., 1872 2012/108-2 Perry, James S., 1870 2012/108-2 Peverly, B.H., 1872 2012/108-2 Philips, James, 1872 2012/108-2 Phillips, W.L., 1870 2012/108-2 Pierson, Henderson, 1870 2012/108-2 Polk, John A., 1872 2012/108-2 Ponder, J.R., 1871 2012/108-2 Pool, W.C., 1872 2012/108-2 Preiss, Balthasar, 1870 2012/108-2 Price, F.L., 1871 2012/108-2 Pryor, R.N., 1872 2012/108-2 Purnell, Robert, 1870 2012/108-2 Ramon, George, 1870 2012/108-2 Ramshay, John, 1870 2012/108-2 Rankin, Henry L., 1871 2012/108-2 Ray, W.N., 1872 2012/108-2 Real, Caspar, 1870 2012/108-2 Rector, Amos, 1872 2012/108-2 Reed, James P., 1870 2012/108-2 Reed, Johnson, 1871 2012/108-2 Rehm, Albert W., 1870 2012/108-2 Reid, Warren, 1870 2012/108-2 Reinhardt, J.J., 1871 2012/108-2 Remish, Louis, 1872 2012/108-2 Rhodes, Thadeus M., 1870 2012/108-2 Ribble, H.H., 1870 2012/108-2 Ricerson, Lewis, 1870 2012/108-2 Richards, Thomas, 1872 2012/108-2 Richards, William, 1872 2012/108-2 Richardson, Mack, 1872 2012/108-2 Richardson, Robert, 1870 2012/108-2 Richart, F., 1870 2012/108-2 Riddle, Elam, 1871 2012/108-2 Riddle, J.G., 1872 2012/108-2 Riley, Allen W., 1871 2012/108-2 Ripetoe, Walter, 1870 [2 oaths] 2012/108-2 Riptoe, Walter, 1872 2012/108-2 Rivers, James, 1870 2012/108-2 Roberts, J.H., 1870 2012/108-2 Roberts, W.W., 1871 2012/108-2 Robertson, T.D., 1870 2012/108-2 Robie, George F., 1872 2012/108-2 Robinson, Robert, 1871 2012/108-2 Rodgers, Jesse, 1870 [2 oaths] 2012/108-2 Rodgers, S., 1871 2012/108-2 Rodriguez, Jose M., 1870 2012/108-2 Rogers, Elijah, 1871 2012/108-2 Rogers, Irvine, 1870 2012/108-2 Rogers, J.H., 1870 2012/108-2 Rogers, John H., 1870 2012/108-2 Rogers, Wallace, 1870 2012/108-2 Rose, A.J., 1871 2012/108-2 Rosenberg, H., 1871 2012/108-2 Ross, G.T., 1870 2012/108-2 Ross, Jack, 1872 2012/108-2 Ross, John H., 1872 2012/108-2 Ross, Robert S., 1871 2012/108-2 Ross, Theodore, 1871 2012/108-2 Ross, W.J., 1872 2012/108-2 Rowley, Joseph F., 1871 2012/108-2 Rowley, Joseph F., 1872 2012/108-2 Rudorf, Casimir, 1872 2012/108-2 Ruffian, Norman, 1870 2012/108-2 Russell, H.H., 1870 2012/108-2 Russell, William R., 1871 2012/108-2 Rutherford, J.R., 1872 2012/108-2 Ryan, Joseph D., 1870 2012/108-2 Ryan, Joseph D., 1872 2012/108-2 Salinas, Clemente, 1870 2012/108-2 Sampson, George W., 1866 2012/108-2 Sanders, A.M., 1872 2012/108-2 Sandifer, J.S., 1871 2012/108-2 Saunders, L.D., 1870 2012/108-2 Schadwitz, Edward, 1870 2012/108-2 Schaefer, C.V., 1870 2012/108-2 Schafer, C.V., 1870 2012/108-2 Schafer, George W., 1871 2012/108-2 Schefsky, C.R., 1870 2012/108-2 Schermack, G., 1870 2012/108-2 Schlottman, L., 1871 2012/108-2 Schmeidler, Isaac, 1870 2012/108-2 Schmeidler, I., 1872 [2 oaths] 2012/108-2 Schmidtke, Charles, 1870 2012/108-2 Schmidt, Fredrick, 1871 2012/108-2 Schoolcraft, John, 1870 2012/108-2 Schoolcraft, John, 1872 2012/108-2 Schwartz, E., 1872 2012/108-2 Scott, Alex, 1871 2012/108-2 Scudder, Sydney, 1872 2012/108-2 Sealy, John, 1871 2012/108-2 Seeligson, Edward, 1870 2012/108-2 Seidel, Robert, 1871 2012/108-2 Sentell, John B., 1872 2012/108-2 Shaw, James M., 1872 2012/108-2 Shaw, P.T., 1871 2012/108-2 Shell, John, 1871 2012/108-2 Shelley, Jonathan C., 1872 2012/108-2 Shuler, M.L., 1871 2012/108-2 Shwartz, E., 1870 2012/108-2 Simmons, Noah, 1872 2012/108-2 Simpson, W.N., 1872 2012/108-2 Singleton, Mason, 1871 2012/108-2 Skaggs, Henry E., 1870 2012/108-2 Skeen, W.P., 1871 2012/108-2 Skeen, William P., 1872 2012/108-2 Slocum, Mortimer, 1870 2012/108-2 Sluder, E.J., 1870 2012/108-2 Smith, J. Lyle, 1871 2012/108-2 Smith, J.M., 1871 2012/108-2 Smith, Orange D., 1872 [2 oaths] 2012/108-2 Smith, R.D., 1872 2012/108-2 Smith, Samuel H., 1872 2012/108-2 Smith, W.H., 1871 2012/108-2 Smith, W.W., 1870 2012/108-2 Somerville, Albert, 1871 2012/108-2 Spencer, George, 1872 2012/108-2 Splitgerber, Oscar, 1871 2012/108-2 Stacey, George H., 1871 2012/108-2 Stark, John T., 1872 2012/108-2 Steele, A., 1872 2012/108-2 Steele, A.L., 1870 2012/108-2 Steele, A.L., 1871 2012/108-2 Steinle, H.W., 1870 2012/108-2 Stevens, C.G., 1871 2012/108-2 Stewart, Greenbury, 1872 2012/108-2 Stinson, Samuel, 1870 2012/108-2 Stirman, V.I., 1871 2012/108-2 Stokes, Josiah H., 1867

[iron-clad oath]

2012/108-2 Stork, E.B., 1872 2012/108-2 Story, F.M., 1870 2012/108-2 Stroube, George, 1872 2012/108-2 Stroud, A.D., 1872 2012/108-2 Stuart, Hamilton, 1871 2012/108-2 Sullivan, D.O., 1872 2012/108-2 Sullivan, Wash, 1871 2012/108-2 Sumner, Fred W., 1870 2012/108-2 Sweet, Alex E., 1872 2012/108-2 Talbot, E.W., 1871 2012/108-2 Talbot, E.W., 1872 2012/108-2 Talbot, Joseph W., 1871 2012/108-2 Talbot, Richard E., 1871 2012/108-2 Talley, Thomas J., 1872 2012/108-2 Tate, William, 1870 2012/108-2 Tate, William, 1871 2012/108-2 Tatem, Howell, 1872 2012/108-2 Taylor, H.M., 1871 2012/108-2 Taylor, J.B., 1871 2012/108-2 Taylor, Murfrey, 1872 2012/108-2 Taylor, R. Melvin, 1870 2012/108-2 Taylor, R.M., 1871 2012/108-2 Teague, J.H., 1870 2012/108-2 Terrell, T.P., 1872 2012/108-2 Tevis, W.H., 1870 2012/108-2 Thayer, Charles K., 1871 2012/108-2 Thielepape, William C.A., 1867, 1869

[appointment letter and notice of filing of oath of office]

2012/108-2 Thielepape, William C.A., 1870 2012/108-2 Thomas, Jackson, 1872 2012/108-2 Thomas, William, 1871 2012/108-2 Thompson, Plato, 1870 2012/108-2 Thurmond, A.S., 1872 2012/108-2 Thurmond, Israel S., 1872 2012/108-2 Tilden, Silas, 1870 2012/108-2 Tipton, T.D., 1870 2012/108-2 Tomlinson, A.A., 1871 2012/108-2 Turner, D.H., 1871 2012/108-2 Turner, John L., 1872 2012/108-2 Turner, T.H., 1872 2012/108-2 Tusten, Frank E., 1872 2012/108-2 Upton, E.P., 1872 2012/108-2 Upton, E.P., 1867

[iron-clad oath]

2012/108-2 Urban, W.W., 1871 2012/108-2 Uribe, Fernando, 1871 2012/108-2 Van Dyne, Robert C., 1872 2012/108-2 Varner, 187_

[letter, with blank oath form]

2012/108-2 Vogelsang, E., 1870 2012/108-2 Vogt, Charles, 1871 2012/108-2 Wages, William, 1870 2012/108-2 Waldron, S.A., 1870 2012/108-2 Walker, George W., 1871 2012/108-2 Walker, N.S., 1872 2012/108-2 Walker, Peter, 1870 2012/108-2 Walker, Richard, 1870 2012/108-2 Walker, T.J., 1871 2012/108-2 Warren, J.A., 1870 2012/108-2 Warren, J.A., 1872 2012/108-2 Washington, George, 1870 2012/108-2 Waters, Clem R., 1870 2012/108-2 Waters, Clem R., 1871 2012/108-2 Waters, F.A., 1871 2012/108-2 Watts, J.F., 1871 2012/108-2 Webber, Samuel, 1870 2012/108-2 Weidenmueller, Charles, 1872 2012/108-2 Welch, Horace, 1871 2012/108-2 Welch, John H., 1870 2012/108-2 Welch, Stanley, 1870 2012/108-2 Weldon, V., 1870 2012/108-2 West, G. Russell, 1872 2012/108-2 Wheeler, Frank, 1872 2012/108-2 Wheeler, J.E., 1870 2012/108-2 Wheeler, J.W., 1870 [2 oaths] 2012/108-2 White, Henry K., 1872 2012/108-2 White, J.L., 1872 2012/108-2 White, R. Newton, 1872 2012/108-2 White, R.N., 1872 2012/108-2 Whitmore, G.S., 1872 2012/108-2 Wiggins, John T., 1872 2012/108-2 Wigginton, A.M., Jr., 1871 2012/108-2 Williams, J.K., 1872 2012/108-2 Williams, Jack, 1872 [2 oaths] 2012/108-2 Williams, L.W., 1870 2012/108-2 Williams, N.H., 1871 2012/108-2 Williams, Stephen G., 1871 2012/108-2 Willis, Shadrick, 1870 2012/108-2 Willson, W.U., 1870 2012/108-2 Willson, W.U., 1872 2012/108-2 Wilson, A.T., 1871 2012/108-2 Wilson, Alex, 1872 2012/108-2 Wilson, J.N., 1871 2012/108-2 Wilson, J.N., 1872 2012/108-2 Wilson, John H., 1871 2012/108-2 Wilson, Peter, 1870 2012/108-2 Wilson, Peter, 1872 2012/108-2 Winn, Charles W., 1870 2012/108-2 Winn, John A., 1871 2012/108-2 Woodlief, T.C., 1870 2012/108-2 Woodlief, T.C., 1872 2012/108-2 Woods, Caloway, 1870 2012/108-2 Woodward, Robert, 1870 2012/108-2 Yates, John H., 1872 2012/108-2 Young, D.D., 1870 2012/108-2 Zadek, A.A., 1871 2012/108-2 Zadek, Adolph Sr., 1872 [2 oaths] 2012/108-2 Zadow, F.W., 1871 2012/108-2 Zedler, Frederick, 1871