{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20884616","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20884616","state":"Louisiana","county":"Catahoula","location_type":"Parish","file_day":17,"file_month":9,"file_year":1846,"filing_court":"District","end_day":19,"end_month":10,"end_year":1846,"ending_court":"District","result":"granted","enslaved_count":3,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":5,"repository":"Catahoula Parish Courthouse, Harrisonburg, Louisiana","abstract":"George Hayes petitions the court for guardianship of his half brother, Daniel James Boal.  Hayes represents that Daniel, a minor, has an interest in the estate of their mother, Margaret Boal.  He asserts that it is \"necessary that a tutor should be appointed\" in order to control Daniel's \"affairs and his person.\"  Hayes prays that he be appointed as “Tutor to said minor.\"  A related document indicates that Margaret Boal's estate includes three slaves.","subjects":[{"subject":"Orphans"},{"subject":"Assessed Value (enslaved)"}]}]}