<petition><petition_analysis_number>20285604</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20285604</petition_url><state>Arkansas</state><county>Phillips</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>31</file_day><file_month>1</file_month><file_year>1856</file_year><filing_court>Probate</filing_court><end_year>1856</end_year><ending_court>Probate</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>7</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>9</total_people_count><repository>Phillips County Courthouse, Helena, Arkansas</repository><abstract>Sarah W. Grant, administratrix of the late Henry Grant's estate, asks that the slaves be kept together rather than hired out separately, because some of them are still quite young.  Toward this end, she asks the court that she have full control over the slaves, rather than hiring them out per the commissioners' suggestion.</abstract><subjects><subject>Crops (Cotton)</subject><subject>Overseers</subject><subject>Assessed Value (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>