George Wythe ( 1726 â `` June 8 , 1806 ) , was a lawyer , judge , prominent law professor and `` Virginia 's foremost classical scholar . '' Wythe 's signature is on the list of seven Virginia signatories on the United States Declaration of Independence . Wythe County , Virginia , its county seat Wytheville , Virginia , two George Wythe High Schools ( one in Wytheville and one in Richmond , Virginia ) , George Wythe Elementary in Hampton , Virginia ( the present day name of Elizabeth City County , Virginia ) and George Wythe College of ( Cedar City , Utah ) are all named after George Wythe .