<petition><petition_analysis_number>20885130</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20885130</petition_url><state>Louisiana</state><county>Natchitoches</county><location_type>Parish</location_type><file_day>28</file_day><file_month>7</file_month><file_year>1851</file_year><filing_court>District</filing_court><end_day>2</end_day><end_month>7</end_month><end_year>1853</end_year><ending_court>District</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>2</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>Natchitoches Parish Courthouse, Natchitoches, Louisiana</repository><abstract>Adelaide Arsène Cotonmaïs, a free woman of color and the widow of the late Jacquitte Rachal, also a free person of color, represents that her recently deceased husband has left a small estate burdened with debt.  The property consists of a tract of land and a few "moveables."  Adeline prays for an order of inventory and appraisement as a preliminary to the appointment of an estate administrator and to help her decide whether to accept or renounce the community of property that existed between her and her late husband.</abstract><subjects><subject>Occupation (FPOC)</subject><subject>Crops (Cotton)</subject><subject>Insolvency</subject></subjects></petition>