It’s minor’s naturalization not miner’s naturalization. We’re not talking about immigrant coal miners in this post.
During the 1824-1906 time period, individuals who had arrived in the United States as minors and were over the age of majority could complete a one-step naturalization process (there was no separate declaration of intention required) as long as they had resided in the United States for five years (including three years before they reached the age of majority). Typically they had to reside for one year in the state in which they were being naturalized. Pay close attention on these documents as to what the witnesses were witnessing as it may suggest how long they had known the individual being naturalized.
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