THOMPSON, Probate Judge and ex officio Clerk to (Indorsement on back of certificate:) Minor’s certificate of citizenship. Probate court of Lawrence County. Issued 6th November, 1876, to Patrick O’Donnel, November 6, 1876

Copy of Patrick O’Donnell’s naturalization certificate.

Minor’s Certificate of Citizenship.

United States of America, The State of Ohio:

Lawrence County probate court.

Be it remembered that at a session of the pro-[mutilated] in and for said county, held at the court-house at Ironton, on the 6th day of November, A. D. 1876, before Geo. W. Thompson, sole judge of said court, personally came Patrick O’Donnel, a native of Ireland, who came into the United States when under the age of eighteen years, and declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States of America, before the said court, agreeable to the act of Congress in such case made, and provided, and proved his residence and character by the oath of Michael McGinley and Hugh Dugan, and being admitted to citizenship by this court, took the oath to support the Constitution of the United States of America, and that he did absolutely and entirely forever renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly to the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland.

This is therefore to certify that the said Patrick O’Donnel has complied with the laws of the United States, in such case made and provided, and is therefore admitted a citizen of the United States.