Two U.S. citizens testified that the applicant had resided in the territory for a year and in the United States for five years. They further swore that he was of good moral character and attached to the principles of the U.S. Constitution. The applicant then took an oath to support the U.S. Constitution and renounced allegiance to any foreign sovereign, and particularly to the ruler whose subject he had been. These later entries should have been entered in pre-printed forms in volumes furnished after 1906 by the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization of the Department of Commerce and Labor. The archives has no information about the location of any part of the series created after 1902.
Entries are chronological.
The minutes for the the 5th District Court will also discuss these naturalization hearings. Some declarations of intention for those whose naturalization papers are filed here may have been recorded in other series. Before 1906, Beaver County residents could have filed papers in any county. Consult the series catalog for specific series. Prior to 1896 declarations of intention could have been filed in the records of any of the district courts, the Supreme Court, or the Beaver County Probate Court.