John Harvie

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Personal life

Harvie was born at Belmont Plantation in Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1742, to Scottish immigrant John Harvie Sr. (1706–1767) and Martha Gaines Harvie.<ref name="Nom">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="EB Nom">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His brother Richard managed a store in Charlottesville and had established R. Harvie & Company or Harvie & Company with a partner.<ref name="Founders Mem Book" /> Harvie was a close friend of Thomas Jefferson and Robert Morris.<ref name="Nom" /> His father was Jefferson's legal guardian after Peter Jefferson died in 1757.<ref name="Nom" /><ref name="Const bios">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Harvie was a lawyer who settled in Augusta County.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="LEH">Template:Cite book</ref>

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In 1767, Harvie inherited Belmont Plantation. His mother moved to Georgia with his eight siblings.<ref name="Nom" /> He married Margaret Morton Jones,<ref name="Nom" /> daughter of Gabriel Jones and Margaret Strother Morton Jones.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn They had four sons—Lewis, John, Edwin, and Jacquelin—and three daughters, Gabriella, Emily, and Julia.<ref name="Nom" /> He lived at Belmont until 1780, when he moved to Richmond.<ref name="Founders Mem Book" /><ref name="Woods" />

Career

Law and business

Harvie amassed a fortune through his business and financial skills in Richmond and across the state.<ref name="Nom" /><ref name="LEH" /> He was one of the first directors of Bank of Virginia and was superintendent of subscriptions of capital stock for the bank.<ref name="Streets" /> He built a successful law practice,<ref name="jstor" /> one of the first lawyers who practiced at the Albemarle bar.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Politics

After Governor Dunmore dissolved the House of Burgesses, West Augusta County voters elected Harvie as one of their two delegates to its successor, the five Virginia revolutionary conventions legislature in 1775 and 1776.<ref>Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619–1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 113, 116, 118, 120, 123</ref> The following year fellow legislators elected Harvie as one of Virginia's delegate to the Second Continental Congress.<ref name="Const bios" /><ref name="Harvie bio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Biographical entry at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.</ref> Harvie never lived in West Augusta County, which never incorporated (the land ultimately became Ohio County, Monongalia County and Yohogania Counties) but trans-Appalachian counties had difficulties both in financing their representatives travel and in finding men willing to take the long and grueling journey to the state capitol.

While at the Continental Congress, Harvie was one of five Virginia delegates to sign the Articles of Confederation on July 9, 1778.<ref>Template:Cite book pp. 98, 113. The other four were Richard Henry Lee, John Banister, Thomas Adams, and Francis Lightfoot Lee.</ref> He was appointed the registrar of the Land Office in 1780, for which he moved to Richmond.<ref name="Founders Mem Book">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Woods">Template:Cite book</ref> His office was responsible for transactions in the Northwest Territory, western Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky.<ref name="Streets" /> From 1785 to 1786, Harvie served as the mayor of Richmond.<ref name="Streets" /><ref name="Tylers" />

Military

In 1774, he was named as a commissioner to the Shawnee tribe to negotiate a peace treaty after the Battle of Point Pleasant.<ref name="Const bios" /><ref name="Harvie bio" /> He was a colonel in the Virginia militia in 1776.<ref name="Streets" /> Harvie and Thomas Walker of Castle Hill were assigned as joint commissioners and given plenary powers to negotiate with Native Americans at Fort Pitt.<ref name="Streets" />

Colonel Harvie<ref name="Tylers">Template:Cite book</ref> served as a purchasing agent and supply organizer for Virginia's militia and Continental Army units.<ref name="Const bios" /> He was also on the Board of War during the American Revolutionary War.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Becoming aware of the conditions at Valley Forge, members of Congress came to the encampment to inspect for themselves. Washington's reputation and ability to lead were questioned. Harvie told Washington, "My dear General, if you had given some explanation, all these rumors [denigrating Washington] would have been silenced a long time ago."<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Based upon his influence, Harvie procured the establishment of the Prison Camp at The Barracks<ref name="Woods" /> that held 6,000 Hessian and British soldiers in January 1779.<ref name="The Barracks">Template:Cite news</ref> Harvey purchased the 240 acre property from Richard Anderson around 1778. It is located west of Charlottesville.<ref name="The Barracks" /> Brick buildings housed troops. It had gardens, farm animals, poultry and other outbuildings. A number of men deserted and settled in the mountains, where they married Native American women. Remaining soldiers were taken north when the camp was closed up in November 1780.<ref name="The Barracks" /> Template:Infobox farm

Land owner and developer

Harvie owned large estates, including Belmont, Pen Park, and The Barracks.<ref name="Woods" /> In 1798, he bought the Belvidere estate in Richmond from Judge Bushrod Washington. It was compared to other stately manors, like Mount Vernon, and was said to be "an extremely handsome house, and of decidedly superior architecture, being beautifully proportioned".<ref name="jstor">Template:Cite journal</ref>

He had 12 enslaved men in 1782 and no mention of free males. He had 6 cattle and 7 colts and mules.<ref>John Harvie, Albemarle County, Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782 [Virginia State Library]; Call Number: FHL Film 2024443; Page Number: 19; Family Number: 12</ref> On January 24, 1782, an ad was published in the Virginia Gazette and American Advertiser about Jordan, one of his slaves who ran away.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1789, Harvie owned 17 enslaved males, 2 of whom were between 12 and 16. He was taxed for his property in Fredricksville Parish of Albemarle County; there were 2 white males and 10 horses.<ref>Colonel John Harvie, Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle County, Virginia. Personal Property Tax List, 1789, Book B [Virginia State Library]; Call Number: FHL Film 2024443; Page Number: 9; Family Number: 24.</ref>

Death and legacy

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The Harvie family plot now a part of Hollywood Cemetery

While he was inspecting the construction of a mansion being built by Benjamin Latrobe, Harvie fell from the roof and suffered injuries that resulted in his death.<ref name="Streets" /><ref name="jstor" />Template:Efn He died on February 6, 1807, and was buried at the family plot at Belvidere.<ref name="Nom" /><ref name="Const bios" /> This property later became part of the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His wife Margaret inherited the 20-acre Belvidere estate and lived there until 1814, when she sold it.<ref name="jstor" />

Harvie Street between Park Avenue and Cary Street in Richmond was named after Harvie. Jacquelin Street is said to have been named after his son, General Jacquelin Harvie.<ref name="Streets">Template:Cite news</ref>

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