<petition><petition_analysis_number>20686702</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20686702</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Hancock</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>2</file_day><file_month>12</file_month><file_year>1867</file_year><filing_court>Ordinary</filing_court><end_day>2</end_day><end_month>12</end_month><end_year>1864</end_year><ending_court>Ordinary</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>3</fpoc_count><total_people_count>3</total_people_count><repository>Hancock County Courthouse, Sparta, Georgia</repository><abstract>Ann Amoss, a freedwoman of color and wife of Jacob Amoss, claims that David Lawson, "a colored boy ... about twelve years old," is without a parent or guardian.  She "is desirous that the said David Lawson may be bound to her as an apprentice to learn the business of a farm laborer until he arrives at the age of twenty one years. "</abstract><subjects><subject>Orphans</subject><subject>Occupation (FPOC)</subject><subject>Apprenticeship/Indenture (FPOC)</subject><subject>Civil War, impact of</subject></subjects></petition>