{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20682406","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20682406","state":"Georgia","county":"Scriven","location_type":"County","file_day":24,"file_month":3,"file_year":1824,"filing_court":"Superior","end_day":2,"end_month":5,"end_year":1829,"ending_court":"Superior","result":"discontinued by plaintiff","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"Screven County Courthouse, Sylvania, Georgia","abstract":"William Sowell alleges that Thomas H. Gibbons is indebted to him for $420, plus interest.  Gibbons signed several promissory notes payable to Sowell.  Part of the debt was incurred for a \"Negro\" boy named Arthur.  Sowell alleges that Gibbons, with intent to defraud him, has not honored these financial obligations.  He sues for $840 in damages.","subjects":[{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale prices (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Gambling"}]}]}