Legal/Financial

Thomas N. Lindsey, Oath

1861-10-08

Date of Creation
October 8, 1861
Place of Creation
Franklin County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Legal/Financial
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862
Box / Folder
MG5-234
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-019-0140
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32208394
People
Lindsey, Thomas Noble
Franklin, Walter R.
Places
Franklin County, Kentucky
Kentucky
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Kentucky State Militia
Dates
1861-10-08
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Citation

Thomas N. Lindsey, Oath, 1861-10-08, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-019-0140 (November 12, 2026).

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State of Kentucky
Franklin County } Sct

I Th N Lindsey do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State and be faithful and true to the Commonwealth of Kentucky so long as I continue a citizen thereof & that I will faithfully execute to the best of my abilities the office of Paymaster General of the Militia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky 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 its with a citizen of this state; nor have I accepted or sent a Challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons with a citizen of this State nor have I acted as second as carrying a challenge or aided and assisted any person thus offending so help me God

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and I further swear that I will well and truly execute and obey the legal order of all officers legally placed over me when on duty

Th N Lindsey

sworn to before the undersigned Examiner of Franklin County
Oct 8 1861

W Franklin Examiner
Franklin Co Ky