State of Georgia
No
County Of
Spalding Personally
appeared before me this 15th
day Of
July
1867
Benjamin Blanton
who states that he resides in the
Election Precinct of
Line Creek
Spalding
County Georgia, and who makes
this oath as follows:
“I
Benjamin Blanton do solemnly swear in the presence of
Almighty God, that I am a citizen of the State of Georgia; that I
have resided in said State for
12 months
next preceding this day, and now reside in the County of
Spalding In
said State, that I am 21 years old; that I have not been
disfranchised for participation in any rebellion or civil war
against the United States, nor for felony committed against the
laws of any State or the United States; that I have never been a
member of any State Legislature, nor held any executive or
Judicial office in any State, and afterwards engaged in
insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or
given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; that I have never
taken an oath as a member of Congress of the United States , 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 United States, or
give aid and comfort to the enemies thereof ; that I will
faithfully support the Constitution and obey the laws of the
United States, and will to the best of my ability, encourage
others so to do. So help me God”
The Said
Benjamin Blanton
further swears that he has not
been previously registered under the provisions of “An act
supplementary to ‘ an act to provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel States’-passed March 2, 1867-and to
facilitate restoration,” under this or any other name, in this or
any other Election District; and further, that he was born in
Ga.
and naturalized by___________ on
the _______day of ____, 18___ in the _____
his
Benjamin X Blanton
mark
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me
Date & precinct & Co
aforesaid
James R. Willis
Register of the 26th
Registration District
