An Oath of Fidelity is a Duty of Fidelity
John Kimbrough of Richland Creek took an Oath of Soldiers of War of 1812. “I, John Kimbrough, do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the State of Georgia and to the utmost power and ability observe, conform to, support and defend the Constitution thereof without any reservation or equivocation whatsoever and the Constitution of the United States. John Kimbrough, 179th district, Colonel Thomas Wootten Regiment.”
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When I first saw these kinds of oaths in my ancestors' history, referring to King Charles I, the Cromwell government, Charles II, and King James II, I thought "how archaic"! Then it dawned on me that these were the precursor to what all schoolchildren do on every school day when they recite the "Pledge of Allegiance." I never knew it had such a lengthy history!!