John "Jack" Jouett, Jr. (December 7, 1754 – March 1, 1822) was a politician and a hero of the American Revolution

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, known as the "Paul Revere

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 of the South

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" for his late night ride to warn Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

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, then the Governor of Virginia

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, and the Virginia

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 legislature of coming British cavalry who had been sent to capture them. Jouett was also the father of Matthew Harris Jouett

Matthew Harris Jouett

Matthew Harris Jouett was an American portrait painter.Jouett was the son of Sallie Robards and Jack Jouett, a hero of the American Revolution. The elder Jouett sent his son to Transylvania University and encouraged him to study law, but Matthew spent much of his time painting...

, a famous painter from Kentucky

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Jack Jouett served as a Captain in the 16th regiment of the Virginia militia during the American Revolutionary War

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