WILLIAM HENDERSON, APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION, Oct. 30, 1828
Warren County, Ohio, Series A, Box 79, recorded Common Pleas Volume 13, page 258
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The State of Ohio, Warren County
War. Com. Pleas, Oct. Term 1828
Application for Naturalization
Personally appeared in open Court William Henderson an applicant for naturalization who on being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is twenty one years of age, that he was born in the County of Donnegal in Ireland, from whence in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, being then a minor under the age of twenty one years, to wit of the age of Eight years; he emigrated with his fathers family to the United States of America; that he now resides and has continued to reside in the United States to wit in Warren County in the State of Ohio, from the year Eighteen hundred and sixteen until the present time; and the said William Henderson saith that during the time he has resided in the United States, he has been attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same; that that it has been his bona fide intention for at least three years past to become a citizen of the United States, And he further saith upon his solemn oath that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whatever and particularly he renounces all allegiance and fidelity to his majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland to whom he was heretofore a subject; And the said William also saith that he has never borne any hereditary title, or been of any of the order of nobility in any country whatever.
William Henderson {signature}
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court 30th Oct. A.D. 1828.
J. K. Wilds clk
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The State of Ohio, Warren County
Personally appeared in open Court John McCreary, who being sworn according to law saith that he has been acquainted with William Henderson the within applicant for about the term of ten years past during all which time said William has been a resident of the County of Warren in the State of Ohio, that he believes he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the constitution of the United States and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same and further saith not.
John McCreary {signature}
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court 30th Oct. 1828.
J. K. Wilds clk
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The State of Ohio, Warren County
Personally appeared in open Court James D. Blackburn who being duly sworn as the laws directs deposeth and saith that he has been acquainted with the William Henderson the within applicant for about the term of ten years past, during all which time said William has been a resident of the County of Warren and State of Ohio that he believes he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the constitution of the United Sates and will disposed to the good order and happiness of the same and further saith not.
J. D. Blackburn {signature}
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court 30th Oct. 1828.
J. K. Wilds clk