{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"21085309","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/21085309","state":"Mississippi","county":"Lauderdale","location_type":"County","file_day":13,"file_month":6,"file_year":1853,"filing_court":"Probate","end_date_circa":"y","end_year":1854,"ending_court":"Probate","result":"granted","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":1,"repository":"Lauderdale County Archives, Meridian, Mississippi","abstract":"Thomas Wells seeks to be appointed the administrator of the estate of Mary Wells.  The petitioner states that his mother died \"leaving a small personal estate consisting of one old negro woman, 1 negro girl some few cattle & hogs, one horse & some little house hold furniture supposed to be worth about twelve hundred dollars.\"  Wells reports that his mother died in late May 1853.","subjects":[{"subject":"Crops (Cotton)"}]}]}