Nana (Enslaved person in Norfolk County, Va.)]]> Magee, Edward]]> African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--Virginia--Norfolk County]]> Crime--Virginia--Norfolk County]]> Enslaved persons--Virginia--Norfolk County]]> Commissions (permissions). aat]]> Seals. rbmscv]]> Commission of Virginia Lieutenant-governor William Gooch appointing justices from Norfolk County to sit as a court in the trial of Nana, an enslaved woman belonging to Edward Magee, for the commission of a felony. The men named in the commission are George Newton William Crafford Willis Wilson Thomas Scott Matthew Godfries John Hutchings Thomas Wright Robert Tucker John Taylor Samuel Smith William Portlock Caleb Wilson Solomon Wilson the Elder Willis Wilson Josias Smith John Tripp Thomas Newton Charles Sweney Nathaniel Tatum & John Tucker. The commission was signed by Gooch and dated August 25, 1744.

A wax seal illustrated with a crown is attached to the document by a cloth ribbon.

]]> Virginia. Lieutenant Governor (1727-1749 : Gooch)]]> 1744-08-25]]> English]]> MS1977.1]]>