{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"21085735","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/21085735","state":"Mississippi","county":"Adams","location_type":"County","file_day":24,"file_month":2,"file_year":1857,"filing_court":"Probate","end_date_circa":"y","end_year":1857,"ending_court":"Probate","result":"granted","enslaved_count":153,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":159,"repository":"Adams County Courthouse, Natchez, Mississippi","abstract":"The executors and executrix of the will of the late Philip Hoggatt \"believe that they are entitled to a commission.\"  They report that Hoggatt's estate, \"appraised at the sum of $378,694.50, has been distributed and delivered to the legatees entitled thereto under the will.\"  In addition, they have paid \"the specific legacies and debts\" of said estate.  They therefore pray \"that a reasonable allowance ... may be made to them.\"  An inventory of Hoggatt's estate listed 153 slaves with a value surpassing $123,500.","subjects":[{"subject":"Seniors (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Crops (Cotton)"},{"subject":"Assessed Value (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Inventory (enslaved)"}]}]}