<petition><petition_analysis_number>20685213</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20685213</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Richmond</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>4</file_day><file_month>3</file_month><file_year>1852</file_year><filing_court>Inferior</filing_court><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>4</fpoc_count><total_people_count>4</total_people_count><repository>Richmond County Courthouse, Augusta, Georgia</repository><abstract>Mary Grant, a free woman of color, asks the court to appoint John D. Smith as guardian for her family.  She is the mother of three children; Adolphus, Henry and Jane who is four months old, and desires to comply with the law of the state requiring guardianship for free persons of color.</abstract><subjects><subject>Guardianship (FPOC)</subject></subjects></petition>