<petition><petition_analysis_number>20685511</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20685511</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Jones</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>23</file_day><file_month>7</file_month><file_year>1855</file_year><filing_court>Inferior</filing_court><end_date_circa>y</end_date_circa><end_year>1855</end_year><ending_court>Inferior</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>1</total_people_count><repository>Jones County Courthouse, Gray, Georgia</repository><abstract>Martha Smothers, a free woman of color, informs the court that her guardian, Sterling W. Smith, has moved to Bibb County.  Smothers seeks the appointment of Jesse Doggett as her new guardian.</abstract><subjects><subject>Guardianship (FPOC)</subject></subjects></petition>