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Jenny Sellards Wiley

Birth	1760 Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	1831 (aged 70–71) Floyd County, Kentucky, USA
Burial	Jenny Wiley Gravesite River, Johnson County, Kentucky, USA
Memorial ID	12253 · View Source

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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.

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Hezekiah Sellards

1732 – unknown
Jean Brevard Sellards

1734–1794

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1750–1810 (m. 1789)

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Catherine Elizabeth Sellards Borders

1764–1833

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William Wiley

1802–1880

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