{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11082503","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11082503","state":"Mississippi","county":"Wilkinson","location_type":"County","file_day":6,"file_month":10,"file_year":1825,"filing_court":"Petition","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":1,"repository":"Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi","abstract":"Thomas G. Ellis, a minor, states that he is entitled to a considerable estate in land and slaves left him by his father.  He asks the legislature to \"pass a law declaring him of full and legal Age\" to take effect in the winter before his legal age is reached.  This would enable him to prepare for the next crop.","subjects":[{"subject":"Enslaver (minors)"}]}]}