---
title: 'Petition to Take Dissenting Oath'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'George McNish'
date: 1838-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Colonial Presbyterian History'
- 'Church-State Relations'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Acts 5'
- 'Matthew 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcnish-1838-petition-to-take-dissenting-oath
---

# Petition to Take Dissenting Oath

Court extracts (1705–06) from Somerset County, Maryland, recording Presbyterian dissenters (Hampton, McNish) seeking to take oaths and legal qualification to preach. Highlights colonial church-state relations.

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