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Confederate States of America
The State of
Texas}
In County Court
County of
Refugio}
July Term A.D. 1861
Be it remembered that on the first day of July A.D. 1861, personally
appeared in open Court Thomas McGuill, an alien and a subject of Queen
Victoria Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and make application to be
admitted as a citizen of the Confederated States of America in conformity
to the laws of the Confederated States and of the State of Texas and
declares under oath that it has been his bona fide intention to become a
citizen of the Confederated States and that he has been residing in the
State of Texas for seven years just past and proves by the evidence of
Patrick Shelly and Joseph C. Fagan both citizens of the Confederated
States, who appeared in open Court and testified that the said Thomas
McGuill has continuously resided within the limits of the State of Texas
and within the now jurisdiction of the Confederated States of America for
more than five years, that during the whole time, he has behaved himself
as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the
Constitution of the State of Texas and well disposed to the good order and
happiness of the Same and of the Confederated States. And it further
appearing to the Court that the said Thomas McGuill has not born a
hereditary title or been of any of the orders of nobility in the Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland. And it appearing to the Satisfaction
of the Court that the said Thomas McGuill having made oath in open Court
that he will support the Constitution of the Confederated States of
America and of the State of Texas and that he shall (??)
absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and
fidelity to any foreign Prince - Potentate, State or Sovereignty and
particularly those of Great Britain and Ireland and that he will true
allegiance bear to the Confederated States of America.
Thomas McGuill
Sworn to and subscribed
before me in open Court the first day of July A.D. 1861.
L.M. Rogers, J.R.C.
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