{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20785802","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20785802","state":"Kentucky","county":"Scott","location_type":"County","file_day":27,"file_month":2,"file_year":1858,"filing_court":"Circuit","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":7,"repository":"Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky","abstract":"John Hedger and William Thornberry state that William Robinson and others executed a promissory note for $172 \"for the hire of a negro man named Gilbert.\"  The plaintiffs charge that Robinson has failed to honor a promise to pay the 1857 tax on Gilbert, which amounts to $2.60.  The petitioners seek the amount of tax due plus interest.","subjects":[{"subject":"Taxation (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Hiring value (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Enslaver (minors)"}]}]}