Since we have so many folks on the NC Orange List that are researching their German ancestors, thought I would send along this information.... Guilford County, NC by Fred Hughes Many of the Germans to settle in Guilford County were born in Germany, and came as children. By the time they came to Guilford County from Pennsylvania they were adults. They came as two religious groups-85% Lutheran, and 15% German Reformed. Supposedly, two families were Jewish but the documentation is very week. Being German nationals they became British by a process of naturalization. John NOTZ (Nutts) the schoolmaster, probably followed more or less the same pattern as everyone else in becoming a citizen. Johannes NOTZ arrived in Philadelphia 16 Oct 1751 on the ship Duke of Wirtenberg. Together with 166 other adult male passangers, he took three oaths of abjuration, and allegiance. Witnessed by his signature, this document still exists in Pennsylvania. 1..Oath of allegiance to George 11, the proprietor Penn, and the province. 2...Abjuration (solemn denial) of papal or Catholic influence. 3..Abjuration of the claims of the Stuarts (Jacobites) Twelve years later, in 1763 NOTZ bought land from McCULLOH. In the fall he went to Salisbury where he completed the process of naturalization, renouncing his German citizenship, swearing fealty to the crown and to this province, thereby becoming a British citizen. 22 March 1763 Salisbury Superior Court, Naturalized: John GRAVES, George FOGELMAN, Lodoweek SWING, Isaac CRESON, Peter NOE, Lodoweek CLAPP. Lodoweek ALBRIGHT, George INGLE, Anthony COBBLE, Peter POOR, Daniel MAY 22 December 1763 Salisbury Superior Court, Naturalized: George COBELL, Andrew RUDOLPH, John NOTT, Adam SMITH, Conrod LOWE, Malekiah FOGELMAN, Frederick SMITH, Jacob COBEL, Jacob HAMBLE, Phillip KIMES, Adam MOSER, Jacob BOON, David SPIKE, George Valentine CLAP, Adam COBEL, Joseph STAILEY, Frederick BROWN, Christian MORRIS, Malekiah ISLEY, Henry GARDNER Others were naturalized at these and other courts, these were listed because they were Guilford residents. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1400 databases on line