John Jouett Sr. (1730 - 1802)

Born 1730 in Hanover, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mourning Glenn (Harris) Jouett — married 1751 in Albemarle Co., VA

Descendants

Died 1802 at about age 72 in Albemarle, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Captain John Jouett Sr. served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

John Jouett Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A062749.

"The records that were saved from Tarleton show that John Jouett, Senior, owned much land in and around Charlottesville. There he erected the Old Swan Tavern, on the site where the Red Land Club now stands. It was an old wooden building, two storyed, with double porches, dormer windows and large sign before the door, which bore the picture of a swan — John Jouett, Senior, mar- ried Mourning Harris, a member of a prominent family of Brown's Cove, Albe- marle County. The Revolution soon began and John Jouett was among the first to advocate the doctrine of the Declaration of Independence, written by his neighbor and friend, Mr. Jefferson."

"He was a Captain in the Virginia State Militia. Four of his gallant sons were Captains in that war, an unusual record for a single family — five captians for the same army. He was also a signer of the Albemarle Declaration of In- dependence. John Jouett, Junior, the subject of this sketch, was a Captain in the same Militia and a signer too of the Albemarle Declaration of Independence .^[1]

Capt. John (Jean) JOUETT Sr. was born in 1720 in Hanover County, Virginia. He lived Charlottesville, Virginia in 1773. He died in 1802 in Charlottesville, Virginia. ^[2]

In 1773, John Jouett bought 100 acres from John Moore adjoining the town of Charlottesville....In 1776, he bought 300 additional acres from Moore. He erected the Swan Tavern, and ....in 1790, he laid out High Street in Charlottesville.

Buried somewhere in the backyard of the premises upon which the Swan Tavern stood; Lot No. 58, Charlottesville. "As late as 1824 the grave could be pointed out; and in the Central Gazette, a paper published in the town, there appeared on October the 18, 1824, an earnest appeal to the citizens of Charlottesville to erect a stone over the grave; but the appeal was unheeded, and the exact spot where he was buried is not now known and never will be. At the time of his death (1802) there was no public place of burial in Charlottesville , or the immediate vicinity and according to the custom of that day he was buried in the yard in the rear of the house.".^[3]

Spouse:

Mourning Glenn HARRIS. Capt. John (Jack) JOUETT Sr. and Mourning Glenn HARRIS were married in 1753 in Albemarle County, Virginia.^[4]

Children were:

Capt. Matthew JOUETT, fell at Brandywine.

Capt. John (Jack) JOUETT,

William JOUETT,

Capt. Robert JOUETT, lawyer, Colonel 7th artillery, 2nd division. Died1796

Mary Ann JOUETT, married Thomas Allin

Alexander JOUETT,

Capt. (Rev.) Charles JOUETT, 47th regiment, 2nd division. In Detroit in 1803

Frances JOUETT, married Menan Mills

Elizabeth JOUETT, married Clifton Redes

Susannah JOUETT, married Thomas C, Fletcher

Margaret "Peggy" JOUETT. married Nathan Crawford^[5]

He and his son were captains in the Virginia Militia and a signer of the Albemarle Declaration of Independence. ^[6]

"Deed dated 23 Jun 1746... Susanna Jouett, widow of Matthew Jouett, sells land part of which was patented by James Watson and another part was sold to Benjamin Henson. Wit: Robert Lewis, Joel Terrel, Thomas Perkins. Deed dated 24 Apr 1758..^[7] .

John Jouett and wife Mourning Jouett sell land in which his mother, the widow of Matthew Jouett, holds dower rights. Deed dated 10 Aug 1762... ^[8]

Deed of Matthew Jouett and John Jouett, sons of Matthew Jouett, decd. Land adjoins the road of Mr. Venable, John Powers, Mr. Ambler and Mr. Smith. Deed dated 8 Aug 1762...^[9]

Matthew Jouett and wife Sarah Jouett sell land adjoining Susannah Jouett and Mr. Thomas Ballard Smith.^[10]

LOUISA CO DEED BOOK "A", 1742-1754, pp. 237-238, LOUISA CO. D.B. "B", 1754-1759, p. 266 and LOUISA CO. D.B. "C" 1759-1765, pp. 155-159. ^[11]

John Jouett, Sr., died in 1805 in Charlottesville, where his will is found in Albemarle County Will Book 1. ^[12]

John (Jean) Jouet b. 1720, m. 1753 to Mourning Harris, b. 27 may 1732 d. 1805, . John Jouett built Cuckoo Tavern in Louisa County, but later sold it to Sackville King. He then bought and operated Swan Tavern in Charlottesville. It was from Cuckoo Tavern that son, John Jr.(Captain Jack) made his famous ride.^[13]

Was a captain in the Virginia Militia and a signer of the Albemarle Declaration of Independence.

The will of Matthew Jouett of Hanover Co. is given in the following abstract; it mentions John Jouett and his wife Mourning.

"Matthew Jouett Hano 31 Dec 1743/.........."

"Deed dated 23 Jun 1746... Susanna Jouett, widow of Matthew Jouett, sells land part of which was patented by James Watson and another part was sold to Benjamin Henson. Wit: Robert Lewis, Joel Terrel, Thomas Perkins. Deed dated 24 Apr 1758...

John Jouett and wife Mourning Jouett sell land in which his mother, the widow of Matthew Jouett, holds dower rights. Deed dated 10 Aug 1762...

Deed of Matthew Jouett and John Jouett, sons of Matthew Jouett, decd. Land adjoins the road of Mr. Venable, John Powers, Mr. Ambler and Mr. Smith. Deed dated 8 Aug 1762...

Matthew Jouett and wife Sarah Jouett sell land adjoining Susannah Jouett and Mr. Thomas Ballard Smith.

LOUISA CO DEED BOOK "A", 1742-1754, pp. 237-238, LOUISA CO. D.B. "B", 1754-1759, p. 266 and LOUISA CO. D.B. "C" 1759-1765, pp. 155-159. ^[14][15]

Sources

1. ↑ Jack Jouett of Albemarle the Paul Revere of Virginia. Published 1922 in Charlottesville, Va ."Written for Jack Jouett chapter, Daughters of the American revolution."
2. ↑ Will Proved His reference number is 240.As+4. "The Kentucky Explorer", page 69, February 1994; Lexington Herald, 1924; Signer of the Albemarle Declaration of Independence; Owner of The Swan Tavern.
3. ↑ Jack Jouett of Albemarle the Paul Revere of Virginia. Published 1922 in Charlottesville, Va ."Written for Jack Jouett chapter, Daughters of the American revolution."
4. ↑ "Marriages of Some Virginia Residents" by Wulfeck.
5. ↑ History and genealogies By W.H. Miller
6. ↑ Albemarle County in Virginia giving some account of what it was by nature, of what it was made by man, and of some of the men who made it. By Rev. Edgar Woods, Page 365
7. ↑ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/JOUETT/2008-06/1213305531
8. ↑ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/JOUETT/2008-06/1213305531
9. ↑ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/JOUETT/2008-06/1213305531
10. ↑ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/JOUETT/2008-06/1213305531
11. ↑ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/JOUETT/2008-06/1213305531
12. ↑ Will Proved His reference number is 240.As+4.
13. ↑ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/JEWETT/1998-12/0912979825
14. ↑ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/JOUETT/2008-06/1213305531
15. ↑ https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=9w4wAAAAMAAJ&rdid=book-9w4wAAAAMAAJ&rdot=1 Page 919

• Family Tree Maker, Volume I, #5556; Volume I, #5858; Volume I, #5559,has John Jouett, born 1720, Louisa County, Virginia.

• "Some History and Genealogy of the Jouett Family" by Joanne CullomMoore, Corona, Frenchman's Bayou, Arkansas 72338, published in "The Huguenot" Publication Number 32, 1985-1987, The Huguenot Society of the Founders Of Manakin In The Colony of Virginia, Inc."

• "Some History and Genealogy of the Jouett Family" by Joanne Cullom Moore, Corona, Frenchman's Bayou, Arkansas 72338, published in "The Huguenot" Publication Number 32, 1985-1987, The Huguenot Society of the Founders Of Manakin In The Colony of Virginia, Inc.":

• Source Author: Richard Baldwin,All of the Above Cook Publication: Cockeysville, Maryland: Nativa Publishing, 2008.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of rsturley20100927.ged on 16 November 2010.

• This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.

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• https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=9w4wAAAAMAAJ&rdid=book-9w4wAAAAMAAJ&rdot=1 Page 919