This day the sheriff of Tuscaloosa returned in open court-.. of Jurors who summoned by him in pursuance of an order of this court, to ascertain whether Robert Jackson of said county, is non compos mentis, unable to take car of himself- And it appearing to the satisfaction of the court- from the request (?) aforesaid that said Robert Jackson is non compos mentis, and unable to take care of himself – whereupon it is ordered by the court that Mathew Jackson be and he is hereby appointed Guardian for said Robert Jackson. He having entered into Bond in the su of Twenty seven hundred dollars, with Thomas Goodman and William Jennings his securities.