<petition><petition_analysis_number>20685003</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20685003</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Wilkes</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>19</file_day><file_month>10</file_month><file_year>1850</file_year><filing_court>Inferior</filing_court><end_day>13</end_day><end_month>1</end_month><end_year>1851</end_year><ending_court>Inferior</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>6</total_people_count><repository>Wilkes County Courthouse, Washington, Georgia</repository><abstract>The "Ordained ministers of the Gospel of the Baptist Denomination" recommend that Billy Lennard, "a Colourd man" belonging to the estate of William Jones, receive a "Liscence to teach and exort among people of his own Colour."</abstract><subjects><subject>Skills (enslaved)</subject><subject>Churches</subject></subjects></petition>