<petition><petition_analysis_number>20285708</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20285708</petition_url><state>Arkansas</state><county>Pulaski</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>5</file_day><file_month>4</file_month><file_year>1857</file_year><filing_court>Probate</filing_court><end_month>1</end_month><end_year>1858</end_year><ending_court>Probate</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>9</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>16</total_people_count><repository>Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas</repository><abstract>To pay the debts of his deceased father's estate, Administrator John William Newton asks to sell "the remainder (after the life estate of the widow of said deceased), in certain slaves, to wit; Henry, Pauline and Ellen."</abstract><subjects><subject>Purchase of freedom</subject><subject>Widow's dower</subject><subject>Assessed Value (enslaved)</subject><subject>Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>