{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11483103","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11483103","state":"Tennessee","county":"Washington","location_type":"County","file_year":1831,"filing_court":"Petition","result":"reported \"unreasonable\"","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":11,"repository":"Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee","abstract":"Eighty-eight residents of Washington County represent that seventy-seven-year-old Elias Jones, a free man of color, is a \"peaceable Industrious and Honest\" man known for his honesty and integrity.  They therefore \"pray your honorable body to pass a law Enabling him to prove his accounts as Other Citizens of this State by his Own Oath.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Seniors (FPOC)"}]}]}