John Harvie

John Harvie
Albert Rosenthal etching of Harvie
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia
In office 1788–1789
Mayor of Richmond, Virginia
In office 1785–1786
Preceded by	Robert Mitchell
Succeeded by	William Pennock
Delegate to the Continental Congress
In office 1777–1778
Member of the Virginia conventions
In office 1775–1776
Personal details
Born	1742 Albemarle County, Virginia
Died	February 6, 1807 Richmond, Virginia
Profession	Lawyer, Statesman

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.

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.

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.

During the rest of the Revolution, Harvie received the provisional rank of colonel, serving as a purchasing agent and supply organizer for Virginia's militia and Continental Army units. In 1780, he moved to Richmond, Virginia and began work as a land developer and builder. From 1785 to 1786, Harvie served as the fourth mayor of Richmond.