John Harvie

John Harvie (1742 – February 6, 1807) was an American lawyer and builder from Virginia. He was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress in 1777 and 1778, where he signed the Articles of Confederation.

Early life and family

John Harvie was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1742, to farmer and Scottish immigrant Col. John Harvie, Sr. (1706–1767) and Martha Gaines Harvie (1719–1802). His brother Richard was an older brother who resided in what is off US 60 in Amherst County. As a boy, Harvie was a close friend of Thomas Jefferson, and his father became Jefferson's legal guardian after his cousin Peter Jefferson died in 1757. Harvie read law and was admitted to the bar before settling in Augusta County.

Career

Harvie built a successful law practice. He married Margaret Morton Jones, daughter of Gabriel Jones and his wife Margaret Strother Morton, in Albermarle County, Virginia, and they raised a large family.

In 1774 he was named as a commissioner to the Shawnee tribe to negotiate a peace treaty after the Battle of Point Pleasant. Augusta County sent him to the Virginia conventions (the revolutionary legislature) in 1775 and 1776. The following year that body sent him as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress. While at the Continental Congress, Harvie was one of five Virginia delegates to sign on July 9, 1778.

John Harvie (footballer)

John Harvie was a Scottish football player, who played for Falkirk, Clydebank and Dumbarton during the 1910s and 1920s. He also had short loan spells with Johnstone.

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