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Nelson, William (1711-1772)

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Commissions of the Peace for Sussex County, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2014.134
Scope and Contents

Contains three Commissions of the Peace of Sussex County, Virginia signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and William Nelson, Governor of Virginia. The documents were signed under the reign of King George II and King George III of England and contain the names of several men selected to be Justices of the Peace. Two of the documents contains the original seal.

Dates: 1754-1771