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October 10, 1778

Undated Petition to the General Assembly From Inhabitants of Brunswick County, Presented to the House of Delegates on 10 October 1778. Legislative Petitions, Oversize, Box 10, Folder 10, Record Group 78, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Inhabitants of Brunswick County Petitioned the House of Delegates

This petition from Brunswick County inhabitants explained why many of the county's freeborn males above the age of sixteen, who were by law required to take an oath of allegiance to the United States, had not yet taken the oath. The petitioners believed that because the court had not sent around an official to administer the oath, they should not be required to pay the fine imposed for not having taken it.