Jack Jouett's Midnight Ride

On 3 June 1781, Jack Jouett, a captain in the Virginia Militia, rode 40 miles (65 km) through the backwoods of Virginia on a bay mare named Sallie to warn the Virginia Governor and legislature that British Regulars were advancing on Charlottesville to arrest them. - AsNotedIn



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Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1781/06/00 Thomas Jefferson escapes with his family to Poplar Forest, his farm near Lynchburg. Poplar Forest, Lynchburg
1781/06/01 Lord Cornwallis learns that the Virginia legislature was meeting in Charlottesville, VA
1781/06/03 British Lt Col Banastre Tarleton leaves camp on the North Anna River with 250 Royal Welsh Fusiliers, intending to capture the Virginia's governor and assembly
1781/06/03 Near the Cuckoo Tavern, Jack Jouett sees the approaching British calvary, takes off on a bay mare named Sallie to warn the Virginia Assebly
1781/06/04 Lt Col Tarleton captures six Virginia legislators near Swan Tavern in Charlottesville, the other assemblymen escape The Redland Club, Old Swan Tavern site, Charlottesville, VA
1781/06/04 Thomas Jefferson sends his family to Enniscorthy Plantation for safety Enniscorthy, Keene
1781/06/04 Tarleton's Dragoons capture Virginia assemblyman Daniel Boone and a companion as they ride toward Staunton VA
1781/06/04 Lt Col Tarleton arrives at the home of Dr Thomas Walker, Castle Hill, and arrest two Virginia assemblymen. Castle Hill, Keswick
1781/06/04 Jack Jouett arrives at the Swan Tavern in Charlottesville and warns Virginia legislators of the advancing British Regulars The Redland Club, Old Swan Tavern site, Charlottesville, VA
1781/06/04 Jack Jouett arrives at the home of Virginia Governor Thomas Jefferson and warns him of the advancing British Regulars. Monticello, Charlottesville, VA
1781/06/05 Col John Graves Simcoe and the Queen's Rangers destroy Point of Fork Arsenal and burn the supplies Point of Fork Arsenal, Columbia
1781/06/07 Virginia Legislator meets at the Second Augusta Parish Church June 7-23, 1781 Trinity Episcopal Church, Staunton, VA
1781/06/07 Daniel Boone is paroled and spends the evening at Watson's Ordinary prior to rejoining the Assembly in Staunton. Boyd Tavern, Keswick

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