<petition><petition_analysis_number>20983908</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20983908</petition_url><state>Maryland</state><county>Baltimore</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>30</file_day><file_month>9</file_month><file_year>1839</file_year><filing_court>Orphans</filing_court><end_day>5</end_day><end_month>10</end_month><end_year>1839</end_year><ending_court>Orphans</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>3</total_people_count><repository>Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland</repository><abstract>Peter McClure, a free person of color, claims that he is the only living representative of John Napoleon Bonaparte.  The administrator of Bonaparte's estate, who has returned an account of the estate showing a balance of two hundred and fifty dollars, is not satisfied that McClure is the sole representative of the deceased.  McClure asks the court to intervene and issue a decree.</abstract><subjects><subject>Property owners (Black)</subject><subject>FPOC sues white</subject></subjects></petition>