JOSEPH "Short" TUCKER was our 4X Great Grandfather through the Gibbar/Kline/Tucker line. He is recognized as a patriot in the Revolutionary War by the Daughters of the American Revolution with the following listing:

Tucker, Joseph

Ancestor #: A036488

Service: Maryland

Birth: Circa 1748

Death: Ante 7-12-1816, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri

Service Source: O'Rourke, Catholic Families of Southern MD, pp. 71, 82

Service Description: Oath of Allegiance

In 1778 in St. Mary's County, Maryland Joseph swore the following oath: 

"I do swear, that I do not hold myself bound to yield any allegiance or obedience to the King of Great Britian, his heirs or successors, and that I will be true and faithful to the State of Maryland, and will, to the utmost of my power, support, maintain, and defend the freedom and independence thereof, and the Government as now established, against all open enemies, and secret and traitorous conspiracies, and will use my utmost endeavors to disclose and make known to the Governor, or some one of the Judges or Justices thereof, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies, attempts, or combinations, against this State or the Government thereof, which may come to my knowledge. So help me God."