<petition><petition_analysis_number>20681609</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20681609</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Pulaski</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_year>1816</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><end_day>9</end_day><end_month>11</end_month><end_year>1816</end_year><ending_court>Superior</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>3</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>7</total_people_count><repository>Pulaski County Courthouse, Hawkinsville, Georgia</repository><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 &amp; sixty one dollars, Eighty seven &amp; a half cents."  Butler incurred a debt of $238.27 for work "done performed &amp; 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 &amp; fodder."  The petitioners claim that Butler has refused to satisfy any of the debts, and claim $1,000 damages.</abstract><subjects><subject>Hiring value (enslaved)</subject><subject>Crops (Cotton)</subject><subject>Assessed Value (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>