Creator: Territorial Governor (RG 2).

Collection Summary: Lists containing names (and sometimes signatures) of persons acknowledging “allegiance to the United States” and swearing to “support, maintain and defend the Constitution thereof.” A list of names as they appear on each document can be found below.

Access Restrictions: Original records in this series are restricted due to age and/or fragility. 

Date(s): 1798-1799.

Volume: 0.25 Cubic Feet.

Finding Aid Created By: Colby Cox in March 2025.

Related Materials: TBD.

Record Group History: The Territorial Governor of Mississippi was the figure selected by the U.S. Congress to be the leading political figure of the Mississippi Territory. The Office of the Territorial Governor was created on April 7, 1798, when the creation of the Mississippi Territory was authorized. The Territorial Governor initially had full power over the creation of legislation until a general assembly was formed to represent the state in May of 1800. The Territorial Governor additionally served as the commander-in-chief of the Mississippi militia and was given authority over affairs with native peoples. The office was abolished once Mississippi became a full state in 1817.

Collection Inventory:
Box Content 

Box Number

1798-1799: Oaths - Lists of Names and Signatures16589

 

Names of Persons Swearing Allegiance
Doc. #A1
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, Clark's Ville, by Hunter & others: 
Edward RandolphHenry Hunter Junior
Thomas DawsonJoseph Hunter
Reuben DenhamAbraham Horton
Thomas Vilis (?)Nathan Horton
William McCannThomas Donnell
Joseph DenhamWilliam Berry
Hugh DenhamSimeon Dandridge
Ph. RyleyPeter Smith
H. HunterZachariah Smith
Archibald ReaJohn Wall
Francis Brerina (?)Thos Lovelace
H. HunterElisha Hunter
Zechariah Smith SeniorJohn Lovelace Senior
Henry RoachDaniel Clark Junior
William Roach 
Doc. #A2
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, Second Creek:
John Ellis SeniorSamuel Phipps
Anthony HutchinsChristian Gilbert
John HutchinsJohn Phipps
Wm AtchinsonHenry Green
Mordcai RichardsAbraham Clawson
Israel SmithJohn Lintot
Evan ShelbyJames Sanders
Charles SurgetRobert Monson
Bern LintotArchd McDuffe
Abner GreenJ.H. White
John CallihamDavid Mitchell
Joseph KingWillon Mulholan
James HarwickJesse Carter
Robert ElliotWilliam Sheunck (?)
Arthur CobbJohn Kennard
Wm CobbJacob Earhart
Alex Ross 
Doc. #A3
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, taken before Samuel Gibson, Conr of the peace: 
Pliny SmithEzekiel Hoskinson
James ArbuthnotJames Hollway
Buckner PittonEphram Story
Nelson WhiteJohn George Willkinson
Thomas WhiteJohn Coilmon
Jesse HowardJohn Hartly
Stephen KimballMathew Tierney
Peter SavageJames Harmon
James KaderLewellin Price
William BootheSolomon Whitley
Anthony ProcterRichard Grayham
Miles ParefieldJeremiah Miller
Waterman CraneElisha Flowers
Robt Ashley[Demey (?) White
Moses ArmstrongHezekiah Harmon
Julas SmithReuben White
John PollardEnoh Budwell
Arthur CarneyStephen Richards
Gibson ClarkPatrick Cogin
Eden BrashearsDevenport Wiseman
Josiah FlowersThomas White Senior
Thomas Vause (?)Thomas Hubboard
Nathaniel HalleyPhinehas Smith
William MillerSeth Rundell
Christopher BraxtonEzekiel Flowers
Lucius SmithJesse Smith
Patrick ForbesJohn Clark
Edward EvensFrederick Mayers
Josiah StansboroughSamuel Goodwin
Josiah RundellIsac Fiffe (?)
James LobdellJohn Hamelton
John GlazerChileab Smith
John BootheThomas Eavens
Joshua Arons (?)Frederick Gunnels
John LobdellJames Gibson
George HuttonTobias Pond
Edward Frall (?)Thomas Harington
William HoweThomas Mullins
Joseph WhiteJames Courtes (?)
William BrocusWilliam Tompson
James DavenportEbenezer Smith
John MasonSamuel Cobun
John AshleyWilliam Taber
John ClarkJohn Gibson
Phillip BriscoePaul Shaver
Saml MasonCato West
John BurnetHugh Flanakin
Benjamin HutsonJohn Flanakin
Thos BeemsJohn Stillbe
Doc. #A4
Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America, of Robert Turner, before Lewis Evans 
Doc. #A5
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, Natchez, taken before Lewis Evans: 
Ebenezer ReesDavid Ferguson
Leonard D. ShawJohn Arden
Richard SwazeySolomon Swazey
Henry NobleDavid Michel(?)
Wm B. SmithAlexander Boyd
Andrew ScandlingM. Stacpoole
Alexander McGintyAndrew White
William NichollsRobert Dunbar
George OverakerJoseph Killian
Rollay MartinSamuel Morris
Patrick ConnelyDavid Kennedy
A. GalteneyChristopher Millar
John StowersJohn Scott
C.W. MillarJohn Millar
Robert Lewis PryorJohn Scott
Thomas LeavensPeter Christian
William MoranJohn Allen
James StuartJohn Shunk
Fredrick ManMoses Bonner
Elijah CushingCharles F. Todd
James WadeJohn Nicholas Hitchler
John HartRobert Turner
William LewisWilliam L. Kimble
John ConoradThomas Tylor
John BollsJohn Roberts
Cornelious ShawWilliam Kidd
Thomas DarleyAndrew Beall
William BishopJames Woods
Alexander MontgomeryProsper King
Daniel KeithAntonio Grass
John WilsonHugh Coyl
Job RuthJeremiah Ruth
William Shaw 
Doc. #A7
Letter, Joshua Howard, Second Creek, to Governor Sargent, enclosing list of persons who had taken the Oath of  Allegiance before him 
Doc. #A7a
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, Southern District, taken by Joshua Howard:
James StewartSimson Holmes
Isaac CoryJames McMullans
John CammackGeorge Lawing (?)
Barton HannonWilliam Calvit
James HaysDaniel Cole (?)
John CalvitSamuel Watson
Pinkney MorrellWiley Claryans (?)
Richard YoungGeorge Baley
Elijah SwayzeCharles Carter
Wilson BollsGeorge Alexander
Joseph CarterJohn Erwin
James ErwinVincent Carter
Isaac ErwinBenjamin Dowley (?)
John WestJohn Mitchell
Sylvester Stauts (?)Wm Erwin
Joseph ErwinZadok Barrow
Benj BickhamJohn Patterson
Austin HolbrookeJohn Talley
Elisha Easties (?)James Clark
Peter NelsonJoseph Ford (?)
Kinchen SheffieldJames Oglesbee
Cado RabaJohn Armstate [(?)
William WestW.L.K. Oglesby
Stephen BlountJohn Odom
John CravenThomas Ford
Charles CassonJames West
Thomas MorganDan Strickland
Nathl HoggattWilford Hoggatt
Abriham TalorJohn Calliham
William PharesWilliam MacDuggle (?)
Samul HeadyAbner Bickham
John BickhamAnthony Calvit
Jesse HooperJohn Delanny (?)
Stephen StephensonWilliam Bickham
John Quitt (?)Henry Ledbetter
William Baker (?)William Noin (?)
Robert ShuffieldJeremiah Cahel
John ChambersWilliam Vardiman
James HowardArchiball Sansom
John VardemanIsaac Alexander
David HillibrandJohn Henderson
George KillionMorris Custard (?)
Cornelius Seely (?)Robt Abrams
William JoynerJesse Caudle (?)
John Hollidy (?)William Mosford (?)
Daniel WaltersMoses Stearnes
Doc. #A8
Photocopy of Oaths of Allegiance in Natchez District, taken by Joshua Howard,
printed in National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume XLII, No. 3, 
September 1954.
Doc. #A9
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, Southern District, taken by Joshua Howard:
Henry JacobsSaml Means
Joseph FoardWilliam Fletcher
Abraham GuiceMichael Guice
Jonathan GuiceJohn Ford
James CrowLittleberry West
Thomas NashJohn Spires
Robert FordWm. Evens (?)
Doc. #A10
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, Northern District, taken by Cato West:
Thomas GreenMichael Fark (?)
Jesse HarperThomas M. Green
Samuel GibsonFrancis Jones
Henry GreenFelmer W. Green
Joseph GreenNathan Green
John GiraultGeorge Clase
Abraham GreenHenry Kesser (?)
William HamberlinRichard Trivillion
William FairbanksPhillip Lughtiter (?)
John McKieLittleberry Huck
Jacob CableEverard Green
Edmund JohnsonGeorge Stamply
John FaikGustavus Campbell
Barna IsonhookJoseph Dyson
States TrevellionJohn Young
Andrew WadkinsLot Douglass
William ErwinAdam Rum
George FormanClem Dyson
John DysonJohn Murphey
Stephen TerryThomas Sullivan
Benjamin GregoryConrad Young
Lawrence HerdSolomon Cole
James SimonsThomas Calvit
Henry MilburnJohn Ferguson
William StamplyRichard Curtis
William SmithDavid Smith
Mark ColeStephen Sinber (?)
William BarefieldWilliam Daniels
William UsherAnthony Benedict
Martin HacklerWilliam Lee
Felix HughsFrederick Cable
Jacob CableCaleb Potter
Benjamin CurtisPeter Hill
William BirdGeorge Bender
William CurtisGeorge Jones
Morris OliverWilliam Brabsdon (?)
Henry StamplyAnthony Hamberlin
Charles Treso (?)Michael Treso (?)
Henry PlatnerJohn Hamberlin
John OlaugalinWilliam Hunter
George Selus (?)Archibald Douglass
George DemangeJonathan Jones
Israel ColemanJohn Griffin
Phillip SixDavid Greenleaf
William BoydDaniel Boon
Henry HoglandJeremiah Coleman
Ambrose MarbleEphraim Coleman
Nicholas JonesLewis Porter
Robert ThrockmortonJohn Jones
Thomas SplaneJoseph Adams
Stewart HigginsonHugh Bell
John StephensonCharles Watts
Wily SmithJames Hinum
Thomas JordanJohn Gaskins
John RobertsFrederick Manne (?)
William MathewsWilliam Cororan (?)
Joseph RobertsWilliam Clare (?)
Nathaniel NorwoodJoel Humphreys
Doc. #A11
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, Northern District, taken by William Ferguson, Sheriff: 
William MossRoswall Maygott (?)
John ShaybreakerFrancis Smith
James SpainThomas Spain
William LumJames Truly
William BurchAdam Snyder
Thomas WoodsParker Carradine Junior
John Nailer (?)Parker Carradine Senior
David Carradine, Richard CarradineDibdal Holt
Washington BurchDavid Adams Junior
Joshua CollinsJohn Smith
William SmithJames Simpson
David DavisWilliam Richie
Lacy RumseyJames J. Chaney
Richard HarrisonJonathan Rucker
Abraham MayesDavid Chalfert (?)
John Joce (?) CarradineDaniel Davis Junior
William ThomasSamuel Davis
Alexander Callinder (?)Humphry Beardin
James NevileAbner Travillion
James McIntyreSimon Grimlaer (?)
Francis SpainHugh Mathews
Philip NevileBenjamin Richie
John BrookesAbraham Penington
Daniel Davis SenrJohn King
Jacob SimmonsJohn Richie
William Cahoon (?)Jonah Walters
Thomas JonesGeorge Winn
Ham WinnJacob Shilling
Mordecai ThrockmortonNicholas Earhart
Russell MasseyDaniel Harrigill
John GarrardNathaniel Kenningson
William KenningsonWilliam Chaney
James N. ChaneyChristopher Guice
Jacob GuiceJacob Stamply
James JonesArchibald Sherman
William ColeWilliam Cranfeild
William A. MillerJonathan Curtis
John StamplyAbner Marble
James ColeTheophilus Marble
Marshal JonesHugh Slater
William BellJohn Martin
Doc. #A12
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America:
Benjamin FararN. Carter
N.(?) CarterWilliam Cunningham 
Doc. #A13
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, Lower County, taken by Philander Smith:
Courtland SmithNathan Thomson
Luther SmithRichard Thomson
Charles QuinWilliam B. Smith, Jr.
Moses YoungIsaac Foster
Archibald BruntonWilliam Cook
David NesbitJohn Stewart
Solomon H. WisdomThomas Thomson
Martin DoyleJonathan Seaman
Jonas GilbertElijah Adams
McDonelCalvin Smith
Doc. #A14
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, taken by Mr. Wilkins: 
William Lils (?)Simon Boland
John ShonauerCharles Mulholan
T.R. TorransRobert Caln
John CarolLuke Carrol
Saml MarshalRobert Withers
John WrayRobert Taylor
William OxberyJohn Short
Martin Urens (?)Willis Coner
Geo. FitzgeraldDaniel Grafton
Thomas GraftonDaniel Grafton Junr.
Roger DoadFolger Shilling(?)
Wm. BarlandWillm Foster
Eustace HumphreyJonas Scoggin
John F. Blany (?)Antwine Niclas
Hugh StevensonMoses Carrel
Francis Hubard (?)Jesse Withers
John MiscelleyJams Bonner
Hollenworth Withers   Marshal Hadden
Doc. #A15
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, taken by Mr. Ellis:
Joseph PannellJohn B. Pannell
Matthew McCullahJames Nickolson
Hardres EllisElisha Deval
Joseph UsherWm Fenner
Wm OgdenDavid Jones
James SmithHenry Nickolson
Barn (?) DunneleyHenry Phips
Elisha PhipsStephen Ambros
Watkins NicholsonWilliamson Nicholson
Benjamin CarrolJohn Collins
Augustus RodyHugh Davis
Justus AndrewsTimothy Edwards
Adam LainhartThomas Cummins
Wm BeverdArchibald Palmer
Parsons CarterJoseph Miller
Nathan WrightGiles Andrews
Patrick Foley 
Doc. #A16
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, taken by Mr. Brashears: 
Stephen Cole, DoctAbel Eastman
Jeremiah GriffingLanourn Smith
Robert GibbsJohn Peters, Doct
Thomas FortnerVincent Fortner
John RossJohn Calhoon
John AndertonJames Hylands Junr
John AllisonBenjamin Steele
Archibald ErwinEarl Marbel
William MillerRobert Camel
Ezra MarbelStephen Marbel
William CooperJames Frazier
Thomas CunninghamJesse Edwards
James Hylands SeniorJoseph Ferguson Junior
Jacob HylandsBennet Roberts
Joseph Ferguson SeniorJoseph Allison