Citizenship Petitions, 1837-1909

Immigrants who wished to obtain American citizenship could file a declaration in any court of record, stating their intention to become naturalized citizens.  Their petitions typically included their year and place of birth, date of immigration, and residency since immigration.

A declaration of intention had to be filed first, and after 2 years' time a final petition could be filed.

Thirty-two such petitions filed in Stewart Circuit Court have survived.  The petitions are part of the loose records of the Circuit Court, and are viewable online on our Google Drive.

The petitioners, countries of origin and petition dates are:

Atkins, William (Great Britain) - 1837
Baltz, Philip (France) - 1854
Bloch, Leopold (Hohenzollen, Prussia) - 1855
Bloch, Simon (Hohenzollen, Prussia) - 1855
Bodener, John Jacob (Nußdorf, Germany) - 1843
Buhler, Ulrich, John & Frederick (Switzerland) - 1871
Catois, Belrus Louie (France) - 1845
Devers, Anthony (Ireland) - 1872
Fach, Charles Christian (Hofheim, Nassau, Germany) - 1848
Forman, M. J. (Russia) - 1891
Gansner, George (Seewaas, Switzerland) - 1856
Graham, Samuel (Scotland) - 1841
Green, Henry - 1858
Hartoch, Eugene (Prussia) - 1873
Hartoch, Oscar (Prussia) - 1873
Hogg, James (Scotland) - 1840
Holliday, Alexander (Scotland) - 1841
Howell, Evan (South Wales, England) - 1856
Jones, Thomas (Breconshire, Wales) - 1856
Kane, Edward Dunlap (Londonderry, Ireland) - 1849
Klein, Victor (France) - 1854
Lyddy, Timothy (Great Britain/Ireland) - 1867
Lory, J. H. (Cornwall, England) - 1891
Mantha, Henry (Switzerland) - 1853
Martin, Thomas (Great Britain/Ireland) - 1847
McGovern, Thomas (Great Britain/Ireland) - 1894
McIntire, James (Great Britain/Ireland) - 1841
Osbourne, Francis H. (England) - 1896
Patterson, John (Scotland) - 1846
Price, Joshua (England) - 1852
Röder (Roeder), Albert (Memmingen, Kingdom of Bavaria) - 1849
Rougemont, Albert (Neuchatel, Switzerland) - 1857
Sanders, Isaiah & Samuel (Great Britain) - 1837
Thomas, Ellis (Syria) - 1906
Walder (Walter), Bernard (Austria) - 1843
Wetton, J. D. - 1909
Williams, David (Glamorganshire, Wales) - 1856