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Fauquier, Francis

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

William Cole Collection of Documents Pertaining to the Colonial-Era

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00196
Content Description

Documents, prints, and heraldry pertaining to Virginia governors from the 17th and 18th centuries. Includes letters and documents signed by John Murray, Robert Brooke, James Wood, Beverly Randolph, Patrick Henry, Edmund Andros, Jeffrey Amherst, Norborne Berkeley, Robert Hunter, Francis Fauquier, Earl De La Warr, James Blair, and Robert Dinwiddie among others. Also included in the collection are prints, coats of arms, and commemorative coins.

Dates: 1676-1971; Majority of material found within 1730-1770

Commission of Francis Lightfoot Lee et al. as Justices of the Peace from His Majesty's Lt. Governor, Francis Fauqier

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01280
Scope and Contents

Commission of Francis Lightfoot Lee et al as justices of the peace to try slaves for capital crimes in court of oyer and terminer.  Signed by Francis Fauquier.  Partly printed document.  Williamsburg, 15 Dec. 1767.

Dates: 1767 December 15

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African Americans--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
College of William and Mary--History 1
Criminal courts--Virginia--Loudoun County. 1
Judges--Selection and appointment--Virginia--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. 1
Judges--Virginia--History 1