On June 24, 1816, Nathaniel Law and Benjamin Mell Senior, Liberty County, bonded themselves to the Judges of the Court of Ordinary for $1000 to act as guardians to “Livius and Hetty, two minor persons of color, under the age of fourteen years.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on January 22, 1821.
Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-I 1816-1831,” Record Book H (1816-1822), p. 366. Image #216 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SST9-2?cat=292358)