Harvie, John, 1742-1807

<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li> 01/07/1789 VA Presidential Elector Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1778 VA Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1777 VA Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1776 VA Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
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<p>John Harvie (1742 – February 6, 1807) was an American Founding Father, lawyer and builder from Virginia. He was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation, in 1777 and 1778. He was a successful lawyer and landowner, as well as the fourth mayor of Richmond, Virginia. Thomas Jefferson was a friend since his childhood; his father was Jefferson's guardian. He negotiated a peace treaty in 1774 after the Battle of Point Pleasant. During the American Revolutionary War, he was on the Board of War and operated a prison of war camp on his property, The Barracks.</p>

<p>Harvie was born at Belmont Plantation in Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1742, to Scottish immigrant John Harvie Sr. (1706–1767) and Martha Gaines Harvie. His brother Richard managed a store in Charlottesville and had established R. Harvie & Company or Harvie & Company with a partner. Harvie was a close friend of Thomas Jefferson and Robert Morris. His father was Jefferson's legal guardian after Peter Jefferson died in 1757. Harvie was a lawyer who settled in Augusta County.</p>

<p>Margaret Strother Morton Jones bracelet - miniature portraits of Margaret and four children, including Margaret Morton Jones who married John Harvie. In 1767, Harvie inherited Belmont Plantation. His mother moved to Georgia with his eight siblings. He married Margaret Morton Jones, daughter of Gabriel Jones and Margaret Strother Morton Jones. They had four sons—Lewis, John, Edwin, and Jacquelin—and three daughters, Gabriella, Emily, and Julia. He lived at Belmont until 1780, when he moved to Richmond.</p>

HARVIE, John, a Delegate from Virginia; born in Albemarle County, Va., in 1742; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; appointed commissioner to treat with the western Indians in 1774; member of the Virginia conventions of 1775 and 1776; Member of the Continental Congress 1777-1778 and one of the signers of the Articles of Confederation; purchasing agent for the State, with provisional rank of colonel; register of the land office 1780-1791; secretary of the Commonwealth 1788; engaged in building operations in Richmond, Va.; died as the result of an accident in Richmond, Va., on February 6, 1807; interment in Hollywood Cemetery.

<b>COL John Augustine Harvie</b><br>
<b>BIRTH</b> 23 Oct 1747<br>
Albemarle County, Virginia, USA<br>
<b>DEATH</b> 6 Feb 1807 (aged 59)<br>
Richmond City, Virginia, USA<br>
<b>BURIAL</b><br>
Hollywood Cemetery<br>
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA