Jack Jouett
Military Person
1754 – 1822
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Who was Jack Jouett?
John "Jack" Jouett, Jr. was a politician and a hero of the American Revolution, known as the "Paul Revere of the South" for his late night ride to warn Thomas Jefferson, then the Governor of Virginia, and the Virginia legislature of coming British cavalry who had been sent to capture them. Jouett was also the father of Matthew Harris Jouett, a famous painter from Kentucky.
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- Born
- Dec 7, 1754
- Children
- Lived in
- Kentucky
- Died
- Mar 1, 1822
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on July 23, 2013
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