{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"21584814","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/21584814","state":"Texas","county":"Cass","location_type":"County","file_date_circa":"y","file_day":0,"file_month":10,"file_year":1848,"filing_court":"Probate","end_day":30,"end_month":10,"end_year":1848,"ending_court":"Probate","result":"granted","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":1,"repository":"Nacogdoches County Courthouse, Nacogdoches, Texas","abstract":"Rebecca Hagerty, widow of Benjamin Hawkins and current wife of Spire M. Hagerty, asks that she be appointed the guardian of her minor daughter, Anna Hawkins.  Hagerty explains that her late husband's estate is still in the hands of his administrator but that \"it is to the interest of said child to make a settlement of her interest with said administrator.\"  Hawkins owned considerable slaves.","subjects":[{"subject":"Enslaver (minors)"}]}]}