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John (Jack) Jouett, Jr., born in 1754 in Albemarle County, Virginia, rode 40 miles on June 3-4, 1781, to warn Thomas Jefferson and other Virginia leaders about a British raid. He migrated to Kentucky in 1782 and settled in Lincoln County, later Mercer County. In 1784 he married Sally Robards, and they had 12 children, including the artist Matthew Harris Jouett. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1786 to 1788 and again in 1790, was active at the 1788 Kentucky statehood convention, and served in the Kentucky General Assembly in 1792 and from 1795 to 1797. He lived in this home from 1797 to 1809, operated a distillery and grist mill, pioneered the importation of livestock to improve Kentucky breeds, helped found Kentucky's first Jockey Club in 1797, served as a trustee of Woodford Academy, precursor to Transylvania University, donated land for Hillsborough Baptist Church in 1805, and died in 1822 in Bath County, Kentucky.
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