<petition><petition_analysis_number>20684711</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20684711</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Houston</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_year>1847</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><end_day>21</end_day><end_month>1</end_month><end_year>1847</end_year><ending_court>Superior</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>2</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Georgia</repository><abstract>Sina Pierce, a free woman of color, seeks the appointment of a guardian for her son, Martin Wood, a free person of color who is too young to be bound out by the Inferior Court.</abstract><subjects><subject>Apprenticeship/Indenture (FPOC)</subject><subject>Guardianship (FPOC)</subject></subjects></petition>