<petition><petition_analysis_number>20884616</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20884616</petition_url><state>Louisiana</state><county>Catahoula</county><location_type>Parish</location_type><file_day>17</file_day><file_month>9</file_month><file_year>1846</file_year><filing_court>District</filing_court><end_day>19</end_day><end_month>10</end_month><end_year>1846</end_year><ending_court>District</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>3</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>5</total_people_count><repository>Catahoula Parish Courthouse, Harrisonburg, Louisiana</repository><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.</abstract><subjects><subject>Orphans</subject><subject>Assessed Value (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>