<petition><petition_analysis_number>20685910</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20685910</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Pulaski</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_month>10</file_month><file_year>1859</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><end_day>17</end_day><end_month>10</end_month><end_year>1859</end_year><ending_court>Superior</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>6</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>8</total_people_count><repository>Pulaski County Courthouse, Hawkinsville, Georgia</repository><abstract>Thomas Rutherford petitions on behalf of his wife, Missouri Rutherford, for the appointment of himself as his wife's trustee.  Missouri Rutherford's trust estate includes six slaves.</abstract><subjects><subject>Prenuptial agreement</subject><subject>Family kept together (Black)</subject></subjects></petition>