<petition><petition_analysis_number>20284101</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20284101</petition_url><state>Arkansas</state><county>Phillips</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>14</file_day><file_month>9</file_month><file_year>1841</file_year><filing_court>Probate</filing_court><end_month>10</end_month><end_year>1845</end_year><ending_court>Probate</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>16</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>19</total_people_count><repository>Phillips County Courthouse, Helena, Arkansas</repository><abstract>William Moore, administrator of the estate of Jesse J. Shell and guardian of one of Shell's children, and E. K. Harris,  guardian of another child, ask that the property in the estate, including sixteen slaves, be sold at public auction and that the proceeds be divided among the Shell heirs.</abstract><subjects><subject>Enslavers without land</subject><subject>Assessed Value (enslaved)</subject><subject>Enslaver (minors)</subject><subject>Family kept together (Black)</subject></subjects></petition>