<petition><petition_analysis_number>11483106</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11483106</petition_url><state>Tennessee</state><county>Roane</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>28</file_day><file_month>9</file_month><file_year>1831</file_year><filing_court>Petition</filing_court><result>reported "unreasonable"</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>1</total_people_count><repository>Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee</repository><abstract>Robert Bush, a free man of color who operates a blacksmith business in the town of Montgomery, "sustains Great loss by reason of not being a competent witness to prove his book accounts against his customers."  Bush asks for a special act to allow him to prove his accounts.</abstract><subjects><subject>Occupation (FPOC)</subject><subject>Apprenticeship/Indenture (FPOC)</subject></subjects></petition>