COURT-Naturalization: Henry Yule; Harrisburgh, NY, Lewis co., NY

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Source: Lewis County Courthouse, Lowville, Ny
Written: December 1 1851
Recorded: December 1 1851

Henry Yule
Naturalization
Filed Dec 1 1851

To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Lewis County:

The Petition of Henry Yule of the town of Harrisburgh Respectfully Showeth:

That your petitioner is an alien, born within and under the dominion of the
Queen of Great Britain to wit, in Scotland that he was residing within the
limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, between the 30th day
of November in the year 1846 and the 1st day of December in the year 1851,
that he has not been without the limits of the U.S.A. for 5 years last past
and he has continued to reside therein ever since, and that the time of such
his residence within the United States is at lease Five Years not last past,
and at least One Year immediately preceding this application within the state
of New York, to wit, in the County of Lewis. That your petitioner is desirous
of becoming a citizen of the United States of America, and is willing to
conform to the act of Congress passed upon that subject the 14th day of April
1802; entitled "An act to establish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and to
repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject," and the several acts in
addition thereto;

Wherefore your petitioner humbly prays this Honorable Court to admit him a 
citizen as aforesaid, on complying with the requisition of the act aforesaid,
and your Petitioner, as in duty bound, shall ever pray.

Sworn in open Court
The 1st day of December
1851.                                            Henry Yule

Harrison Burnes/Barnes, Clerk

Lewis County, ss.

John M. Paris and Patrick Banon of the town of Harrisburgh being duly sworn,
say, that they are severally acquainted with Henry Yule late of Scotland in
the Kingdom of Great Britain but now of the County of Lewis and that the said
Henry Yule has resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the
United States, between the 30th day of November 1846 and the 1st day of
December 1851 and has continued to reside therein ever since, and that such
his residence within the United States, has been at least Five Years now last
past, and at least One Year now last past, within the state of New York, and
that during all the time aforesaid, 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.

Sworn in open Court, this 1st
day of December 1851.                               Patrick Banon
                                                    J. M. Paris
Harrison Burnes/Barnes, Clerk

I, Henry Yule do solemnly swear in the presence of the Almighty God, that I
will support the Constitution of the United States, and that I absolutely
renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince
potentate, state and sovereignty whatsoever, particularly the Government of
Great Britain of whom I was before a subject.

Sworn in open Court this 1st
day of December 1851.                                Henry Yule

Harrison Burnes/Barnes, Clerk

Henry Yule
Intention
Filed Feby 19, 1849

State of New York, Lewis County, ss.

Henry Yule Being duly sworn before Lucian Clark Clerk of the Court of Common 
Pleas of said county, saith he was born in Scotland that he is of the age of 
forty nine years; that he owes allegiance to the Queen of Great Britain that
he emigrated from the port of Annan to the City of New York in the county of
New York in the State of New York, on the month of November 1837 that he now
resides in the town of Harrisburgh in said county of Lewis, where he ha
settled and intends to reside, and that it is bona fide the intention of this
deponent to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce all
allegiance and fidelity to any and every foreign prince potentate, state, and
sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly the Postentatuity the Queen of Great
Britain.

Subscribed and sworn before me, this
19th day of February 1849.                                     Henry Yule

Lucian Clark, Clerk

Additional Comments:
Henry YULE was born about 1798 in Scotland, emigrated to New York City in
1837, spent a few years in Canada, and then began living in New York State,
USA, in November 1846.