A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`s John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library Manuscript Number MS 1953.5 1X
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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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 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.