{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11584017","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11584017","state":"Texas","county":"Washington","location_type":"County","file_year":1840,"filing_court":"Petition","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":11,"repository":"Texas State Library-Archives Division, Austin, Texas","abstract":"Twenty-six residents of Washington County ask that seventy-three-year-old Jordan Artis, a free man of color, be permitted to remain in the Republic.  The petitioners affirm that \"he was born free and has universally maintained a good character through life.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Seniors (FPOC)"},{"subject":"State residency issues (FPOC)"}]}]}