UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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State of New York}
COUNTY OF YATES}  ss.                        To the Yates County Circuit Court :


THE PETITION OF  Harold Ellerington of the town of Italy , County of Yates, respectfully shews
that your Petitioner, as he is informed and believes, was born in Yorkshire, England And is now
the age of 47 years, and that he was a subject of the Queen of England to whom he owed
allegiance; that he emigrated to the United 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 past resided
out of, or been out of the United 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
United States of America, and that in pursuance of such intentions, he did on the 19th day of
April, 1855 make and subscribe his declaration of such intention, which declaration was made
and filed pursuant to law, and in which is now on file in Yates Co., Clerks Office and to which
he prays leave to refer. Your petitioner therefore prays that he may be admitted to all the
rights and benefits, privileges and immunities of a citizen of the United States of America,
pursuant to the provisions 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 principles 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   Oct. 17th, 1865                                Harold Ellerington




State of New York}
COUNTY OF YATES}  ss.     On this 17th day of October, 1865  before the Yates County Circuit
Court, Held in an for said County of Yates, and in open Court, personally appeared the
aforenamed Harold Ellerington, and being duly sworn, says that he has heard read the foregoing
petition, subscribed by him, and he knows the contents thereof, and that the same are true of
his knowledge, except as to those matters which he stated to be upon his information and
belief, and as to those matters, he believes to be true.

Sworn and subscribed before me, in open Court }
The day and year above written                }         A. Reed   Deputy Clerk














State of New York}
COUNTY OF YATES}  ss.

Job T. Smith and James U. Van Alen of Penn Yan in the County of Yates in the State aforesaid,
having been duly sworn, depose and say, each for himself, that they are citizens of the United
States, that they are well acquainted with Harold Ellerington that he has resided in the United
States for five years last past, and not elsewhere, and for the last year in the State of New
York, and during all that time 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 to in open Court, this 17th day of October 1865, before me        Job T. Smith
                                                                        James U. Van Alen
A Reed,  Dep. Clerk



I, Harold Ellerington, do solemnly swear, that I will support the Constitution of the United
States, and that I hereby entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every
foreign prince, potentate, state, and sovereignty whatever, and particularly to the Queen of
England of whom I am a subject.  So help me God.

Sworn to in open Court, this 17th day of October 1865, before me A. Reed,  Dep. Clerk


State of New York             October 17th,  1865
Yates  County

 In the matter of the application of Harold Ellerington to become a citizen of the United
 States.

 The said applicant having made application to this court to become a citizen of the United
States, and it appearing that he said applicant two year, made the declaration required by law,
and it appearing to the full satisfaction of this court to fact he has complied in all respects
with the laws of the United States in relation to naturalization, and the court being satisfied
that of the said application has resided in the United States, for at least five years
immediately preceding this application, and that during that time 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 the said applicant having
appeared in open court and taken and subscribed the oath  that he will support the Constitution
of the United States  and of abjuration required by law: ordered, that the said Harold
Ellerington be and he is hereby admitted a citizen of the United States and any of them.

A.   Reed, Deputy Clerk