Prior to the ratification of the Constitution, in which Virginia was 9th out of the 13 to ratify, and after the Declaration, the states remained sovereign and thus the common law was the guiding force & that is why things got so bad. Every state had different laws, there was no uniformity. But once the Constitution was ratified, there became a set of uniform Federal laws.
They took the best and tossed out the crap that parsy likes to spew ad hominem.
Many (not all) of the charters of the original colonies had by-laws to define natural born subjects and naturalization. This is one thing that didn’t really become uniform with the Constitution. There were some naturalization acts in the early years, but they didn’t immediately talk about how citizens of the states or United States were defined or recognized. I’m pretty sure this was left up to the states. After the Civil War ... the 14-16th amendments are what really solidified Federal uniformity, thus the ensuing court cases would take that lead ... putting more emphasis on a Federal definition or standard, except that none yet existed for a natural born citizen, and still doesn’t.