Commission of Oyer and Terminer 1761 August 15

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528

Summary

Creator:
Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768
Abstract:
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Commission appoints John Hutchings, Charles Sweeny {sic} {Sweeney}, William Ivey, Wilson Newton, Joshua Corprew, James Webb, Robert Tucker, Jr., William Achison, Matthew Godfrey, John Tatem, Thomas Veal, Maximilian Calvert, Lemuel Willoughby, and Joseph Hutchings to serve as justices at a court of Oyer and Terminer in Norfolk County, Virginia to try Jamey, a slave of John Jones, for a felony. Printed form with manuscript insertions, signed by Fauquier.

Biographical / historical:

Francis Fauquier (1703-3 March 1768) was a Lieutenant Governor of the colony of Virginia and served as acting governor from 1758 until his death in 1768.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1977
Arrangement:

1 item.

Physical location:
On site.
Physical description:
1 item.