A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`s John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library Manuscript Number MS 1939.1 1X
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library Colonial Williamsburg Foundation P.O. Box 1776 Williamsburg, Virginia 23187 USA Phone: (757) 565-8520 Fax: (757) 565-8528 Email: speccoll@cwf.org URL: http://www.history.org
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.
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.