<petition><petition_analysis_number>20285703</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20285703</petition_url><state>Arkansas</state><county>Phillips</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>20</file_day><file_month>3</file_month><file_year>1857</file_year><filing_court>Probate</filing_court><end_year>1857</end_year><ending_court>Probate</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>1</total_people_count><repository>Phillips County Courthouse, Helena, Arkansas</repository><abstract>Sarah W. Grant, administratrix of her late husband's estate, asks that parcels of land be made available for sale to pay debts.  She also asks that the slaves be kept together to work the remaining land, rather than having them hired out.</abstract><subjects><subject>Crops (Cotton)</subject><subject>Auctions</subject></subjects></petition>