{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20681609","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20681609","state":"Georgia","county":"Pulaski","location_type":"County","file_year":1816,"filing_court":"Superior","end_day":9,"end_month":11,"end_year":1816,"ending_court":"Superior","result":"granted","enslaved_count":3,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":7,"repository":"Pulaski County Courthouse, Hawkinsville, Georgia","abstract":"Samuel and Nancy Jones, executors of Phillip Jones's last will and testament, allege that Thomas Butler \"unjustly detains from your petitioners the sum of Six hundred & sixty one dollars, Eighty seven & a half cents.\"  Butler incurred a debt of $238.27 for work \"done performed & bestowed\" by Jones and his \"servants.\"  Butler also hired three slaves named Cato, Brister and Jim from Jones for $250, and owes Jones's estate further sums for \"Corn Cotton & fodder.\"  The petitioners claim that Butler has refused to satisfy any of the debts, and claim $1,000 damages.","subjects":[{"subject":"Hiring value (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Crops (Cotton)"},{"subject":"Assessed Value (enslaved)"}]}]}