North Carolina
Tryon County. }
This day I had a Certain John Auston before me whome by his Traviling through Different Parts of the Country Sotherly—and has Publickly Refused to Take the Oath Proscribed By Our Council in said Province—
These are therefore to Require you to him safely take To Salsbury Gaol, there to be Continued untill Such Times as he may be Dealt with According to order of Superior Authority.
Given under my hand this 9th July 1776.