Heroic Pioneer mother captured by Indians on October 1st 1789 at Walker's Creek, VA. Watched the slaying of her brother and 5 children and was held captive for 5 months in what is now Johnson County. Jenny Wiley escaped her captors and was later reunited with her husband Thomas Wiley. They returned to the site of her abduction in 1800 and built a cabin where they raised five children. Kentucky is home of Jenny Wiley State Park, Heritage Trail, Grave site, and Jenny Wiley Theater.
Heroic Pioneer mother captured by Indians on October 1st 1789 at Walker's Creek, VA. Watched the slaying of her brother and 5 children and was held captive for 5 months in what is now Johnson County. Jenny Wiley escaped her captors and was later reunited with her husband Thomas Wiley. They returned to the site of her abduction in 1800 and built a cabin where they raised five children. Kentucky is home of Jenny Wiley State Park, Heritage Trail, Grave site, and Jenny Wiley Theater.
Family Members
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Hezekiah Sellards
1732 – unknown
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Thomas Wiley
1750–1810 (m. 1789)
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Catherine Elizabeth Sellards Borders
1764–1833
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Samuel Thomas Sellards
1773–1838
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Mary Jane Wiley Williamson
1790–1881
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Hezekiah Wiley
1793–1845
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Sarah Ann Wiley Murray
1794–1871
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Adam Brevard Wiley
1795–1885
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William Wiley
1802–1880
Flowers
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