<petition><petition_analysis_number>20185915</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20185915</petition_url><state>Alabama</state><county>Dallas</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>31</file_day><file_month>1</file_month><file_year>1859</file_year><filing_court>Probate</filing_court><end_month>1</end_month><end_year>1859</end_year><ending_court>Probate</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>27</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>31</total_people_count><repository>Dallas County Courthouse, Selma, Alabama</repository><abstract>George C. Phillips, administrator of the estate of Llewellyn P. Blevins, deceased, asks the court to appoint a guardian for the deceased's minor daughter, Matilda L. Blevins.  He also requests that a group of commissioners be appointed to divide the deceased's "lands--negroes and other perishable property" between two heirs.  The other heir is Polly Ann Lewis, formerly Polly Ann Blevins, the deceased's widow.</abstract><subjects><subject>Assessed Value (enslaved)</subject><subject>Enslaver (minors)</subject><subject>Inventory (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>