VA-W213 Jack Jouetts Ride

Marker text: JACK JOUETT'S RIDE

From the tavern that stood here, Jack Jouett rode to Charlottesville, by the Old Mountain Road, in time to warn the members of the Virginia Government of the coming of Tarleton's British Cavalry, June 3, 1781.

Virginia State Library, 1963

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Location: US 33 (westbound) at Cuckoo, next to marker W223, Louisa County, Virginia

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