<petition><petition_analysis_number>20584906</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20584906</petition_url><state>Florida</state><county>Jackson</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>25</file_day><file_month>1</file_month><file_year>1849</file_year><filing_court>Probate</filing_court><end_day>25</end_day><end_month>1</end_month><end_year>1849</end_year><ending_court>Probate</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>36</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>38</total_people_count><repository>Jackson County Courthouse, Marianna, Florida</repository><abstract>Amelia Godwin, widow of David Godwin, states that her husband left a large estate that consisted real and personal property, including thirty-six slaves.  She prays that a decree be made "as will cause her dower in said property to be allowed &amp; sett off ot her."</abstract><subjects><subject>Widow's dower</subject><subject>Inventory (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>