<petition><petition_analysis_number>20186208</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20186208</petition_url><state>Alabama</state><county>Dallas</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>13</file_day><file_month>11</file_month><file_year>1862</file_year><filing_court>Probate</filing_court><enslaved_count>22</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>24</total_people_count><repository>Dallas County Courthouse, Selma, Alabama</repository><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, &amp; implements" together, "he can still keep up the plantation for the benefit of his ward."</abstract><subjects><subject>Inventory (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>