IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF
The Commonwealth of Kentucky,
{KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}
THOMAS E. BRAMLETTE,
GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH
To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

Know Ye, That John C. Henderson having been duly appointed to the office of Major In the 45: Infantry Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia, organized under the Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth, and to be mustered into the service of the United States:

NOW KNOW YOU, That, by the powers vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of said State, and reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity, and ability, I do, by these presents Commission you as Major as aforsaid, for the term of one year unless sooner discharged, upon condition that you take the oath indorsed hereon, within ten days from receipt hereof, sending a certificate thereof to General Headquarters; and I do hereby authorize and require you to discharge, all and sigular, the duties and services appertaining to your said office, agreeably to law and general regulations, and to obey such orders and instructions as you shall, from time to time, receive from your superior officers.

{SEAL OF KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto sent my name, and caused the seal of the State of Kentucky to be affixed, at Frankfort, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty=three and in the eighty=eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

Tho E Bramlette

BY THE GOVERNOR:
E, L. Vanwinkle Secretary of State.
By Jas R. Page
Asst Sec

Commonwealth Office — WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer.

OATH.

I John C. Henderson do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Kentucky, and will discharge, all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to the office of Major in the Kentucky Volunteer Militia, agreeably to law and general regulations, and will obey such orders and instructions as I shall from time to time receive from the proper officers.

John C Henderson

Before me, personally appeared the above John C Henderson and made the oath above written, and signed the same in my presence.

C L McConnell Judge Boyd County Court
December 21^st A. D. 1863.

45 Inf^y.

DUPLICATE. — 45 Infantry Regiment Kentucky Volunteers.
[To be returned to the Adjutant General of Kentucky properly filled.]

OATH.

I John C Henderson do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Kentucky, and will discharge, all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to the office of Major in the Kentucky Volunteer Militia, agreeably to law and general regulations, and will obey such orders and instructions as I shall from time to time receive from the proper officers.

John C Henderson

Before me, personally appeared the above John C Henderson and made the oath above written, and signed the same in my presence.

C L M^cConnell Judge Boyd County Court
December 21^st A. D. 1863.