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= Naturalization in Tennessee = | = Naturalization in Tennessee = | ||
In the colonial era, residents of Tennessee could appear before any court of record and declare their allegiance to the Commonwealth of North Carolina. | In the colonial era, Tennessee was part of the Commonwealth of North Carolina. To naturalize, the residents of Tennessee could appear before any court of record and declare their allegiance to the Commonwealth of North Carolina. | ||
A 1790 federal law allowed immigrants to declare their allegiance to the United States before any U.S. circuit or district court, state supreme court, or | A 1790 federal law allowed immigrants to declare their allegiance to the United States before any U.S. circuit or district court, state supreme court, or local court of record. | ||
If your ancestor lived in or near large | If your ancestor lived in or near a large city, or near a city where U.S. courts convened, you may find naturalization records in the U.S. District Court before 1906. | ||
For the rural areas of Tennessee, naturalization records | For the rural areas of Tennessee, naturalization records may be found in the circuit court, county court, court of common pleas, or chancery court in each county. Often the records were mixed in with other court proceedings making them difficult to locate. A few counties kept separate records for naturalization. After 1906, all naturalizations were handled in Federal District Courts.<ref>Bamman, Gale Williams. "Research in Tennessee," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 81, No. 2 (Jun. 1993): 120. FHL US/CAN Book 973 B2ng v. 81 (1993)</ref> <br> | ||
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