Grant-Iowa County WI Archives Declaration Of Intent.....Stephens, Thomas August 15, 1840 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com December 31, 2006, 3:24 am Volume: Form No: Applicant: Thomas Stephens State: Wisconsin County: Grant Court Name: District Court Court At Grant County, Territory Of Wisconsin Age: 33 occupation: Color: White Complexion: Height: Weight: Hair: Eyes: Visible Marks: Place Of Birth Cornwall, England Date Of Birth: April 10, 1815 Current Residence: Emmigrated: Port Of Padstow, England Vessel: Foreign Residence: England Married Yes Or No: Spouse: Spouse Place Of Birth: Spouse Age: Spouse Residence: Renouncement: Lawful Entry: Buffalo Entry State: New York Date Of Arrival: August 15, 1840 Vessel: Signed: Date Of Signature: Clerk: Judge Charles Dunn Court: Grant County, WI District Court Court Deputy Clerk: “To the Honorable Charles Dunn, presiding judge of the District Court and for the County of Grant, and Territory of Wisconsin: I, Thomas Stephens an alien born free white person, of the age of thirty-three years, and upwards, do hereby in conformity with the first condition specified in the first section of the act of Congress entitled, “An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject,” approved the 14th day of April, 1802; declare and make known to the said District Court now sitting, in and for the county and Territory aforesaid, that my true and proper name is Thomas Stephens, that I was born in the County of Cornwall and in the Kingdom of Great Britain on the 10th of April, 1815 and that I am about thirty-three years of age; that I belonged to the English nation, and owed allegiance to the king of Great Britain; that I migrated from the port of Patstoe in the said Kingdom of Great Britain on the 10th of April, 1840, and landed at the City of Buffalo, in the state of New York, in the United States of America on the 15th day of August, 1840, that I have ever since my arrival remained within the limits, and under the jurisdiction of the United States, etc…” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/grant/court/stephens4gnt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb