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Jack Jouett's mother, Mourning Harris, was a daughter of Revolutionary War veteran Harrison Harris (1725–1795), and a descendant of Sir William Harris, who signed the third Virginia charter and was knighted in 1611.
During the American Revolutionary War, a young Virginian named Jack Jouett is credited with an epic nighttime ride by horseback. He sounded a warning alert at Monticello and the town of Charlottesville of secretly approaching British troops seeking to capture the Governor of Virginia and key members of the Virginia General Assembly.
Location of Louisa County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Louisa County, Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisa County, Virginia, United States.
Jouett is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Jack Jouett (1754–1822) American politician; James Edward Jouett (1826–1902), United States Navy officer; Matthew Harris Jouett (1788–1827), American painter
St. John's Chapel surrounded by a historic graveyard, is located at the intersection of Route 640 (East Jack Jouett Road) and Route 617 (East Green Springs Road) in Louisa County. The chapel was completed in 1888, but today is used for scheduled religious services twice yearly.
Jack Jouett; James Edward Jouett; Matthew Harris Jouett This page was last edited on 29 October 2023, at 19:07 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Tarleton moved with his usual swiftness, by back roads. As his men passed the Cuckoo Tavern, near Louisa, Virginia, they were overheard by a celebrated Patriot marksman and horseman named Jack Jouett. He saw through a window, by faint moonlight, the hated Tory cavalry trotting past. Jouett set out with great success to arouse the neighborhood.
The Cuckoo Tavern stood nearby, which in 1781 was the beginning of Jack Jouett's ride to warn the Colonists of the arrival of Banastre Tarleton's British cavalry (similar to Paul Revere's Ride). There was also a large house named Cuckoo built in 1819 for Henry Pendleton on the former property of William Overton Callis.