Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Commission of Oyer and Terminer, Manuscript #MS 1939.1 1X, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1939.

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 appoints Richard Royall, John Archer, John Archer, Jr., Richard Eppes, Seth Ward, Edward Osborne, Jr., Robert Kennon, Archibald Cary, John Markham, John Hylton, Abraham Saller, Peter Johnston, Christian Worsham, and Edward Friend justices for a court of Oyer and Terminer in Chesterfield County, Virginia to try Bob, the slave of Thomas Branch, for murder.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Archer, John, Jr.
• Archer, John, fl. 1764
• Branch, Thomas, d. 1765
• Cary, Archibald
• Eppes, Richard
• Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768
• Friend, Edward
• Hylton, John
• Johnston, Peter
• Kennon, Robert
• Markham, John
• Osborne, Edward, Jr.
• Royall, Richard
• Saller, Abraham
• Ward, Seth
• Worsham, Christian

Corporate Names:

• Virginia. Court of Oyer and Terminer

Subjects:

• African American criminals - Virginia - History - 18th century
• Criminal courts - Virginia - Chesterfield County
• Judges - Selection and appointment - Virginia - History - 18th century