<petition><petition_analysis_number>11082503</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11082503</petition_url><state>Mississippi</state><county>Wilkinson</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>6</file_day><file_month>10</file_month><file_year>1825</file_year><filing_court>Petition</filing_court><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>1</total_people_count><repository>Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi</repository><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.</abstract><subjects><subject>Enslaver (minors)</subject></subjects></petition>