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Naturalization Records of Thomas Kerr and William
Kerr
United States of America
State of New York,
County of Yates,
Be it remembered, that Thomas Kerr, on this
fourteenth day of October, A.D. 1854 personally appeared before the
undersigned, County Clerk of the said County of Yates, and Clerk of the
several Courts of Record, held in and for said county, having Common
Law jurisdiction, a seal, and a Clerk, and stated he was a native of
the Parish of Stoneykirk in the County of Wigton in Scotland and now a
resident of the Town of Gorham in the county of Ontario, State
aforesaid, an Alien, aged forty six years, and made the following
declaration:
I, Thomas Kerr do solemnly swear that it is bona
fide my intention to become a citizen of the United States of America,
and forever to renounce all allegiance to all and every foreign Prince,
Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly to
Victoria the now Queen of Great Britain & Ireland of whom I am now
a subject, and that I will support the Constitution of the United
States.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
the day and year above
written.
Thomas Kerr
C. Martin Clerk
United States of America
State of New York,
County of Yates,
To the Yates County Circuit Court;
The petition of William Kerr of the Town of Gorham County of Ontario
respectfully shows that your Petitioner, as he is informed and
believes, was born in Scotland and is now of the age of 24 years, and
that he was a subject of the present Queen of Great Britain &
Ireland to whom he owed allegiance: that he emigrated to the
Untied States at least five years ago, and he has ever since resided
within the United States, and has not for more than five years now last
past resided out of, or been out of the Unite States, at any time
during the said five years, and for more than one year now last past,
he has been a resident of the State of New York; That it has been his
bona fide intention for more than five years, now last past, to become
a citizen of the Untied States of America, that he came into this
country before he was 18 years of age. Your petitioner therefore
prays that he may be admitted to all the rights and benefits,
priveleges and immunities of a citizen of the United States of America,
pursuant to the provision of the Acts of Congress, in such case made
and provided, and to be naturalized as such citizen upon producing
satisfactory proof of his good moral character, and attachment to the
principle of the Constitution of the United States, and that he is well
disposed to the happiness and good order of the same, and upon taking
the oath to support the said Constitution, and to renounce allegiance
as aforesaid, as is further required by the provisions of the said Acts
of Congress.
Dated, October 16th 1860
William Kerr
State of New York,
Yates County,
On this 16th day of October 1860 before the Yates
County Circuit Court, held in and for said County of Yates, and in open
Court, personally appeared the aforenamed William Kerr and being duly
sworn, says that he has heard read the foregoing petition, subscribed
by him, and knows the contents thereof, and that the same are true of
his own knowledge, except, as to those matters which he stated to be
upon his information and belief, and to those matters, he believes it
to be true.
Sworn and Subscribed before me, in open Court,
the day and year above
written.
William Kerr
Louis Blhaham? Clerk
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