Other Court: Naturalization: Martin BURKHART, 1853: Schuylkill Co, PA

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PENNSYLVANIA

Schuylkill County, ss.

BE IT REMEMBERED, That at a Court of Common Pleas, held 
at Pottsville, in and for the County of Schuylkill, the Seventh day of 
December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three 
personally appeared Martin Burkhart before the said Court, who upon his 
solemn Oath did depose and say, that he is a native of France

now residing in the County of Schuylkill, aged thirty four years, or thereabouts, 
and that it is bona fide his intention to become a Citizen of the United States, 
and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, 
Potentate, State and Sovereignty what- soever, and particularly to Louis Napoleon,
Emperor of France of whom he was before a subject.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and
affixed the Seal of said Court at Pottsville, the Seventh
day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-three

[signed] John Harlem Prothonotary.

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To the Honorable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County.

THE PETITION OF Martin Burkhart, a native of
France, Respectfully Sheweth,
  That your petitioner is a free white person, and an alien, and is desirous 
of becoming a CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; that in pursuance of an 
act of Congress, entitled "An act to establish a uniform rule of Naturalization, 
and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject," and the supplement 
thereto, he made a declaration of his intention to become a CITIZEN OF
THE UNITED STATES, before the said Court of Common Pleas,
on the seventh day of December, A.D. one thousand eight hundred
and fifty-three, a certificate whereof in hereunto annexed; and that he has resided
within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for FIVE years 
last past, and for ONE year last past within the State of Pennsylvania; that he 
has never borne an hereditary title, or been any of the Orders of Nobility in the 
kingdom whence he came, or elsewhere. He, there-fore, prays he may be admitted to 
become a Citizen of the United States.
                                           [signed] Martin Burkhart

William Haertner a Citizen of the United States, being duly sworn according to law, 
saith that he is well acquainted with the above named petitioner, and that to his
knowledge and belief, he has resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction
of the United States for FIVE years last past, and for ONE year last past within the 
State of Pennsylvania; that during the same period he has behaved himself 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.
                                           [signed] William Haertner.

Sworn and subscribed
in open Court, the second
day of June A.D. 1856.

                    [signed] Sam Huntzinger Prothonotary.

I, Martin Burkhart, the above named petitioner,
do on my solemn oath declare that the contents of my petition are true; that
I will support the Constitution of the UNITED STATES; that I do hereby renounce and 
relinquish any title, or order of nobility to which I am, or may hereafter be 
entitled; and that I do absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance 
and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatsoever, 
and particularly to Louis Napoleon, Emperor of France, of whom I was before a 
subject.            
                     [signed] Martin Burkhart

Sworn and subscribed
in open Court, the second
day of June A.D. 1856

                   [signed] Sam Huntzinger Prothonotary.