Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Commission of Oyer and Terminer, Manuscript #MS 1953.5 1X, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1953.

Biographical/Historical Information

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.

Scope and Content

Commission of Oyer and Terminer appointing sixteen men (including Charles Carter and George Washington) in King George County, Virginia to serve as justices at the trial of Jenny, slave of Joseph Strother, accused of murdering her daughter, Joan.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Carter, Charles
• Carter, Charles, Jr.
• Champe, John, b. 1703
• Cunningham, William
• Dade, Horatio, 1728-1782
• Donne, Samuel
• Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768
• Jett, Thomas
• Knox, John
• Morson, Arthur
• Murdock, Joseph
• Newton, William
• Robinson, William
• Skinker, Samuel
• Skinker, Thomas
• Strother, Anthony
• Strother, Joseph, Jr.
• Washington, George, 1732-1799

Corporate Names:

• Virginia. Court of Oyer and Terminer

Subjects:

• African American criminals - Virginia - History - 18th century
• Criminal courts - Virginia - King George County
• Female offenders - Virginia - King George County - 18th century
• Judges - Selection and appointment - Virginia - History - 18th century
• Murder - Virginia - King George County - History - 18th century