<petition><petition_analysis_number>21386018</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21386018</petition_url><state>South Carolina</state><county>Fairfield</county><location_type>District</location_type><file_day>5</file_day><file_month>11</file_month><file_year>1860</file_year><filing_court>Common Pleas</filing_court><end_day>5</end_day><end_month>11</end_month><end_year>1860</end_year><ending_court>Common Pleas</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>1</total_people_count><repository>South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina</repository><abstract>Fifty-seven-year-old John Bird, a free person of color, seeks a guardian.  He informs the court that "by the removal of William T. Nelson from the District, he is left without a guardian."  He therefore prays "that James G. Brice may be appointed his Guardian."</abstract><subjects><subject>Guardianship (FPOC)</subject></subjects></petition>