{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20886201","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20886201","state":"Louisiana","county":"Natchitoches","location_type":"Parish","file_day":3,"file_month":2,"file_year":1862,"filing_court":"District","end_day":8,"end_month":2,"end_year":1862,"ending_court":"District","result":"granted","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":1,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Natchitoches Parish Courthouse, Natchitoches, Louisiana","abstract":"Bilisam Llorence, a free man of color, seeks payment from Charles Lemoine of a debt in the amount of $1,1154.31, plus interest.  The debt includes execution of a promissory note on 6 June 1860 in the sum $739.40, plus interest; and also monies due as payment for the purchase of provisioning items.  Llorence has pursued \"amicable\" means to recover his monies.  Having failed, he now \"prays\" the court for a \"lean\" on Lemoine's cotton crop in payment for \"goods and merchandise\" bought on account from a New Orleans merchant, and to \"have judgment\" against Lemoine for the sum of $1,154.31 plus 8% interest, \"cost of suit,\" and \"general relief.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"FPOC sues white"},{"subject":"Crops (Cotton)"}]}]}