{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"21484120","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/21484120","state":"Tennessee","county":"Sumner","location_type":"County","file_day":21,"file_month":10,"file_year":1841,"filing_court":"County","end_day":19,"end_month":10,"end_year":1842,"ending_court":"County","result":"granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":4,"repository":"Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee","abstract":"Richard Franklin, administrator of the estate of the late William Franklin, seeks permission to sell a slave named Mary for the \"purpose of enabling him to make a division\" of Franklin's estate between his two heirs.  He deems it \"impracticable\" to make an equal division between Franklin's widow, Nancy, and his son, Gallant, without a sale.","subjects":[{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale (enslaved children)"},{"subject":"Auctions"},{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale prices (enslaved)"}]}]}