Oath of Office. 1824.
(transcription - originally hand-written)
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Boone County sct.
This day Enoch Anderson personally
appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the County &
Commonwealth afsd. and made Oath that he has neither
directly nor indirectly given, accepted, or knowingly carried
a challenge to any person or persons to fight in Single
Combat or othrwise with a deadly weapon either in or out
of this state since the first of September 1821 and that he
would neither directly nor indirectly give or accept of
knowingly carry a Challenge to any person or persons to
fight in Single Combat or otherwise with any deadly weapon
either in or out of the state during his continuance in office as
an enfign. Which is hereby certified according to law.
Given under my hand this 10th day of Nov 1824
Ch. Chambers {JPBC}
Notes:
afsd. = aforesaid.
{JPBC} is a handwritten seal. = "Justice of the Peace. Boone County"
[Researched and scanned by James K. Duvall.]