John Shelhouse b. 03 Dec 1816 d. 23 Sep 1886

Declaration of Intentions of John Shalhose -

filed 28 August 1848

Fees Paid ..50 cts

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Venango County SS

At the Boro of Franklin in the Co of Venango in the Commonwealth of Pa on the 28th day of August 1848 John Shalhose a native of Germany came before Geo. W. Connely pnottery of the Court of Common Pleas in aforsaid County filed the Declaration of his intentions to become a citizen of the United States Agreeably to the provisions of the acts of Congress of the United States in such case made and provided as follows

I, John Shalhase a native of Germany do swear that it is bona fide my intention to become a citizen of the United States & that I do hereby renounce & abjure forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or sovereignty whatever & particularly I do hereby renounce & abjure forever all allegiance & fidelity to Prince William of the Kingdom of Germany whereof I was heretofore a subject

Johannes Shelhause [sig]

Sworn & Subscribed before me this 28th day of August 1848}

Geo. W. Connely Pn [sig]}

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Naturalization

of John Shalhase

filed 23 Aug 52

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To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Venango County,

The Petition of John Shalhase

A Native of Germany

Respectfully showeth:  That your Petitioner arrived in the United States of American, to wit: at the port of Philadelphia on the 12 day of July A. D. 1846 and that in pursuance of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to establish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject."  made a declaration of his intention to become a Citizen and a report and registry of his nativity, age, allegiance, emigration, arrival and intended place of settlement in the United States, conformably to the said Act, before the Prothonotary of Venango Co the 28 Aug 1848.

A certificate wherein is thereunto annexed: and that he has resided within the limits, and under the jurisdiction of the United Sates for five years last past, and for one year last past within the State of Pennsylvania; that he has never borne any hereditary title, or been any of the orders of nobility in the kingdom whence he came, or elsewhere.  He, therefore, prays he may be admitted to become a Citizen of hte United States.

Johannes Shelhaus [sig]

Venango County, SS.

J. N. Hiland a Citizen of the United States, who being duly sworn according to law, says, 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.

J N Hiland [sig]

and subscribed in open Court this 23 day of Aug A. D. 1852}

Alex Cochran [sig] Prothonotary

I John Shalhase 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; and I do hereby renounce and relinquish any title or order of nobility to which I am or hereafter may be entitled; and that I do absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to the ______________________________________ of whom I was before a subject.

Sworn and subscribed in open Court, this 23 day of Aug A. D. 1852}

A Cochran [sig] Prothonotary.}

Johannes Shalhaus [sig] }

Transcribed Feb 2009 & Submitted by Linda Blum-Barton from copies of original documents received from Venango County Courts


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