Declaration of Intent
from Circuit Court Record B, 1829-1832, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
CLARY, Patrick (page 43), May 12, 1830
Born in the county Tipperary in the Kingdom of Ireland. Emigrated 1819. Took shipping at the city of Dublin on June, 1819 and landed at Norfolk, Virginia, July, 1819. At present about 26 years of age.
MIDDLETON, George (page 65), May 13, 1830.
Born in the county of Sligo in the Kingdom of Ireland. Emigrated April 1818. Took shipping at the town of Sligo and landed at Portland, ME on May, 1818. At present about the age of 34 years.
CARROLL, Thomas (page 66), May 13, 1830.
Thomas Carroll born in the county of Kilkenny in the Kingdom of Ireland. Emigrated 1818. Took shipping at the City of Dublin and landed at the City of New York in 1818. At present is about 22 years of age.
CARROLL, Nicholas (page 67), May 13, 1830
Born in County Kilkenny in the Kingdom of Ireland. Emigrated in 1818. Took shipping at the city of Dublin and landed in the city of New York 1828 [probably should be 1818]. At present is about 24 years.
WATSON, James (page 87), May 15, 1830.
Born in the Parish of Walston in Landrickshin Scotland. Emigrated 1818, took shipping at Liath, Scotland and landed June, 1818 at Philadelphia, August, 1818. At present about 34 years.
DALTON, James (page 222), Nov 6, 1830.
Born Parish of Ballankill, County of Queens in the Kingdom of Ireland, born 1799. Emigrated from the port of Waterford on April 25, 1818, landed in Baltimore on September 8, 1818.
BYRNE, Michael (page 256), Nov. 11, 1830.
Filed his declaration of intent at St. Louis Missouri on March 29, 1828 when he was about 28 years old. Has resided in the United States at least 5 years and State of Illinois at least one year. Was declared a naturalized citizen.
RAGANS, Jno. (page 303), April 13, 1831.
32 years old, born parish of Charbrile, County of Cork on March 25, 1797. Emigrated from the port of Liverpool on March 10, 1828 and landed at New Orleans on May 13, 1828.
FURLONG, John (page 307) April 14, 1831.
Born in town of Wexford in the county of Wexford in 1793, now is 38 years old. Emigrated from the port of Dublin on April 14, 1816, land city of New York on June 1, 1816.
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