Knoxville's later naturalization records have been microfilmed (after 1891), but not the time period you need. Naturalizations would be filed where he lived. He had to do 2 filings, first one is Intent to Seek Citizenship, second one, some 5 years later would be Naturalization. Regional archives, national archives, or district court are logical places to look for naturalizations. But of course not all immigrants were naturalized. Look under all the variant spellings of Smith, including Smith. If he's using Samuel L. Smith in the 1820 Census, it might show up that way in Naturalization. Problem is, though, that he can file those papers ANYWHERE ... usually they did it where they lived, usually Federal District Court or Circuit Court...but if the family was traveling, the filing could be anywhere. Good luck. Ruth At 08:01 PM 8/2/2002 -0600, you wrote: >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 09:15:19 EDT >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: [SWITZ] Samuel L. Smith. >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Thank you, Ruth. > >He was in Knoxville, TN in 1820......So maybe the FHC library has >naturalizations papers. Am thinking it wasnt mandatory then, though. > >Kathryn Great lines people have really said: "It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another," -- George Bush, US President "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." -- Bill Clinton, US President "The loss of life will be irreplaceable." -- Dan Quayle, US Vice President "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." -- Al Gore, US Vice President