{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20186208","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20186208","state":"Alabama","county":"Dallas","location_type":"County","file_day":13,"file_month":11,"file_year":1862,"filing_court":"Probate","enslaved_count":22,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":24,"repository":"Dallas County Courthouse, Selma, Alabama","abstract":"W. E. Beaird, administrator of the estate of Robert T. English, deceased, and guardian of the estate of Alexander E. English, a minor heir, asks to sell some of the estate's slaves to pay eight or ten thousand dollars in debt.  By keeping the other slaves, the land, \"mules, farming utensils, & implements\" together, \"he can still keep up the plantation for the benefit of his ward.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Inventory (enslaved)"}]}]}