Thomas E. Bramlette, First Lieutenant, Alexander W. Nickell

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KYR-0002-060-0018

Document Genre

Commission/Appointment

Repository

Kentucky Department of Military Affairs

Collection

Active Militia Records - Capital Guards, North Cumberland Btn., and Three Forks Btn.

Item Location

Box 76, Folder 864 1st REGT CAPITAL GUARDS CO K SANDY VALLEY BN OATH OF OFFICE

Place of Creation

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

11 June 1864

Dates Mentioned

1864-06-11

1864-08-20

Thomas E. Bramlette, First Lieutenant, Alexander W. Nickell, 11 June 1864, Active Militia Records - Capital Guards, North Cumberland Btn., and Three Forks Btn., Box 76, Folder 864 1st REGT CAPITAL GUARDS CO K SANDY VALLEY BN OATH OF OFFICE, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-060-0018, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF
The Commonwealth of Kentucky,
{KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}
THOMAS E. BRAMLETTE,
GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH.
To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

Know Ye, That Alexander W. Nickell. having been duly appointed to the office of First Lieutenant Company K -- In the Capitol Guard Regiment of Kentucky State forces organized under the Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth:

NOW KNOW YOU, That, by the powers vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of said State, and reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity, and ability, I do, by these presents Commission you as 1: Lieutenant as aforsaid, for the term prescribed by law unless sooner discharged, upon condition that you take the oath indorsed hereon, within ten days from receipt hereof, sending a certificate thereof to General Headquarters; and I do hereby authorize and require you to discharge, all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to your said office, agreeably to law and general regulations, and to obey such orders and instructions.as you shall, from time to time, receive from your superior officers.

{SEAL OF KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the State of Kentucky to be affixed, at Frankfort, the eleventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty=four and in the seventy=fourth year of the Commonwealth.

Thos E Bramlette
BY THE GOVERNOR:
E. L. VanWinkle, Secretary of State.
By Jas R. Page
Asst Secty

Commonwealth Office -- WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer.

OATH.

I do solemnly swear, that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this State, and be faithful and true to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, so long as I continue a citizen thereof, and that I will faithfully execute, to the best of my abilities, the office of 1 Lieut according to law; and I do further solemnly swear, that since the adoption of the present Constitution, I being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons, within this State nor out of it, with a citizen of this State; nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, with a citizen of this State; nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge, or aided or assisted any person thus offending -- so help me God.

Alexander W Nickell

Subscribed and sworn to before me, a ~~Justice of the Peace~~ Notary Public for Franklin -- County, Kentucky, this 20' day of August, 1864.

Chas Hayden
~~Justice of the Peace.~~Notary Public
Franklin Co^y Ky

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