A person became a naturalized citizen of the United States after having first filed his intention to do so and disavowing all allegiance to a foreign power. In Kentucky, the intention was filed in county or circuit court and recorded in the court order books (court minutes). The information in the
declarations may vary, but usually includes the name of the person, when he filed his petition for naturalization, and to whom he formerly vowed allegiance. The following naturalization declarations are abstracted from Livingston Court Circuit Court Order Books L and M and Livingston County Court Order Book L.
This day
Michael Nefzgar personally appeared in Court & produced a certificate showing that he had on the 2d Monday & 14th day of October 1839
in the County Court of Allegany County, Maryland made declaration
of his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and having declared
on oath that he would support the Constitution of the United States & be
true & faithful to the Commonwealth of Kentucky ... & renounces ... all
allegiance to any foreign Prince, Potentate State or Sovereignty whatever &
particularly to the King of Byon [sic]
Germany whereof he was a subject And
having produced Satisfactory evidence of his having always behaved as a man of
good moral character & attached to the principles of the Constitution of
the United States ... Therefore the said Michael Nefzgar is hereby admitted & declared to be a
citizen of the United States. [Mon., 7 July 1851, County Court Order Book L, p. 26]
Lewis Gates
made declaration for purpose of becoming a citizen of the U.S. He was born 6 Jan 1820 in department of
Marielle [sic] in Kingdom of
France that he left France in June 1842
and landed at Charleston, South Carolina on the 24th day of Aug 1842 and is now
a subject of Louis Phillip King of France and has been since his birth ... now being desirous to become a citizen of
the U.S. renounces allegiance & fidelity to any & every foreign Prince,
Potentate, State & Sovereignty ... particularly to Louis Phillip. [signed]
Louis Gates. [Livingston County Circuit
Court Order Book L, p. 436, 19 September 1845]
Lewis Guitch [sic] appeared in Court
& produced a certificate showing he had on the 19th September 1845 in the
Circuit Court of this county made the necessary declaration to become a citizen
... Lewis Gates, alias Guitch declared a citizen of the U.S. [Livingston County
Court Order Book L, p. 28, 7 July 1851]
James
Zanone, age about 32 years, about 6 feet high, blue eyes and of fair
complexion, slightly marked with the small pox, an alien, came in Open Court
and made the following declaration - Came to the United States on or about the
17th of July 1842 from Genoa in Sardinia and is bonafide his intention to
become a citizen of the U.S. and renounce forever all allegiance to any foreign
Prince, Potentate particularly Charles Albert
who was then and to Victor Emanuel now King of Sardinia. [signed] James Zanone.
[Livingston County Circuit Court Order Book M, p. 503, 26 May 1849] Zanone appeared in Court and produced a
certificate showing his intention to become a citizen of the U.S. ... having
produced satisfactory evidence of his having always behaved as a man of good
moral character ... declared to be a citizen of the United States. [Livingston
County Court Order Book L, p. 27, 7 July 1851]
John
Signaigo, an alien, is about 41 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches high with
dark hair & eyes & of dark complexion came into Court & upon his
oath made declaration of his intention to become a citizen of the United
States. He came to America on or about the [blank] day of December 1847[1]
from Genoa in the Kingdom of Sardinia. [signed] John (X his mark) Signaigo. [Livingston County
Circuit Court Order Book M, p. 504, 26 May 1849] John Signaigo appeared in
Court and produced a certificate showing that he had on the 26th day of May
1849 made declaration of his intention to become a citizen of the U.S. And
having declared on oath that he would Support the Constitution of the U.S. and
be faithful to the Commonwealth of Kentucky ... and he renounced allegiance
& fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty and
particularly to Chas. Albert who was & to Victor Emanuel who is now King of
Sardinia ... declared to be a citizen of the United States. [Livingston County
Court Order Book L, p. 27, 7 July 1851]
Published 6 Dec 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
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