During the Revolutionary War, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed an act, dated 13 June 1777, that all men must sign the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance, renouncing the authority of King George the III. This was passed by a general militia law and made full provision for the enrollment of all persons fit for miliatry duty and established a test and oath of allegiance. Found in "Oaths of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania" by Thompson Westcott, published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1965: Conrad Luther , my GGGgf,took the required Oath 1782 as having deserted Hessian line in 1778 NJ.