John Fleming (1697–1766) was a judge in Cumberland County, Virginia who served in the Virginia House of Burgesses for more than a decade, working with John Robinson and Peyton Randolph. Cumberland County is a county located in the US state &mdash officially " Commonwealth " &mdash of Virginia. The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first elected lower house in the legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in John Robinson (February 3 1704 - May 11 1766 - John Robinson at one point was one of the most powerful people in the Virginia Colony. Peyton Randolph was the first President of the Continental Congress. In 1764, he worked with Patrick Henry, George Johnston and Robert Munford on the Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions. Patrick Henry ( May 29, 1736 June 6, 1799) was a prominent figure in the American Revolution, known and remembered for his " This page is about the pre-revolutionary resolves against the Stamp Act, for the later resolution against the Alien and Sedition Act, see Virginia Resolution His son William Fleming later held his seat in the House of Burgesses, representing Cumberland County. Judge William Fleming ( July 6, 1736 &ndash February 15, 1824) was an American lawyer and jurist from Cumberland County, Virginia

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.