Thursday, December 11, 2008

Some More on Jack Jouett, Unknown Hero of the Revolution

Back on Nov. 28th, (Speaking of New England) I wrote about Jack Jouett who rode to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature that the British were coming to capture them at Charlottesville. I'd never heard of him before.

While browsing some blogs, I came across that name again, this time in one about the back roads of Kentucky. For some reason, I recalled the name.

There were pictures of a historical marker and his home in Woodford County, Kentucky, where he moved after the war.

The marker reads that Captain John (Jack) Jouett (1754-1822) built the home around 1797 and that he was a hero of the Revolution having ridden all-night to warn the Virginia legislature including Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry as well as three signers of the Declaration of Independence about an approaching British force intent on their capture and possibly worse.

he was also a member of the Kentucky Separation Convention and father of famous portrait painter Matthew Jouett.

The house is located off McCowan's Ferry Road in Woodford County.

And You've All Heard of Paul Revere. --Cooter

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