John Fleming (November 1697–1756) was a judge in Cumberland County, Virginia who served in the Virginia House of Burgesses for more than a decade, working with

John Robinson John Robinson may refer to: Academics *John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist * John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood'' *John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist *John ...

and Peyton Randolph. In 1764, he worked with

Patrick Henry Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): " Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first ...

, George Johnston and Robert Munford on the Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions. His son William Fleming later held his seat in the House of Burgesses, representing Cumberland County. During the John Chiswell scandal, John Fleming was the judge who ordered John Chiswell to be jailed.

References

*Mayer, Henry. ''A Son of Thunder, Patrick Henry and the American Republic''. New York: Franklin Watts, 1986. People of Virginia in the American Revolution House of Burgesses members 1697 births 1766 deaths People from Cumberland County, Virginia {{Virginia-politician-stub