20485301https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20485301District of ColumbiaWashingtonCounty17121853Circuit311854Circuitgranted056National Archives, Washington, D. C.John Russell Barr, trustee of James Shaw, a free man of color, states that Shaw is insane and is incapable of managing his own affairs or his property. Barr asks the court to establish a commission to determine whether or not Shaw is insane.Property owners (Black)Diseases (mental)Property owners (women)