 THOMAS WILEY, son of N.N. and N.N..Born ± 1741 at ULSTER,IRELAND, died 1810 at JOHNSON CO,KENTUCKY, approximately 69 years Married 1779 at FLOYD CO,KENTUCKY (30 or 31 years married) to:  VIRGINIA SELLARDS, daughter of HEZEKIAH SELLARDS and JANE BREVARD.Born ± 1760 at SHENANDOAH CO.,VA, died ± 1831 at JOHNSON CO,KENTUCKY, approximately 71 years Nickname: In reality, the capture of Jenny and the destruction of the Wiley family was in error. Sometime before, in an engagement with a party of Cherokee Indians, a member of the Harman family shot and killed two Indians. It was dark and rainy on October 1, 1789, in Ab's Valley, Virginia, when a group of Indians returned to seek vengeance. Instead of attacking the Harman cabin, they fell upon the Wiley's instead. Jenny was the daughter of Hezekiah Sellards, born around 1760 in Pennsylvania. Thomas Wiley and Jenny were married in 1779, and lived in the frontier on Walker's Creek in what is now Bland County, Virginia. Jenny, her brother, and her four children were home, but her husband was away. In the surprise attack, Jenny saw her brother and three of her children beaten, tomahawked, and scalped. Jenny, pregnant with her sixth child, and the baby were taken captive. The march toward the West with the Indians was a hard and continuous strain on Jenny and she had to pack her son. When it was apparent that she was lagging behind, her son was killed so that she might move faster. When she birthed her baby boy, they killed this child as well. She was a prisoner for nine months. This warrior band moved to an area around Little Mudlick Creek in what is now Johnson County, Kentucky, and set up a permanent camp. As the weeks passed, the Indians relaxed and forgot about watching Jenny so closely. One dark and rainy night, Jenny found her chance to escape. Although she didn't know which direction she wanted to go and armed only with the knowledge of the woods that she had learned from the Indians, Jenny began her trip home dodging the Indians that pursued her. She made it to a newly settled area (Harman's Station on John's Creek), and with the help of Henry Skaggs, they crossed the Big Sandy River to safety as the Indians almost caught up with them. Finally, in the spring of 1790, she returned home with a hunting party. Jenny was reunited with her husband and they began to rebuild their family by having five more children. They moved to the Big Sandy Valley in 1800 and settled in Johnson County. Thomas died in 1810, and she died in 1831 at the age of seventy-one. _STATMARRIED Children: 1. GEORGE WILEYBorn ± 1779 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died Oct 1, 1789 at WALKER'S CREEK,VA, approximately 10 years 2. RUTH WILEYBorn ± 1781 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died Oct 1, 1789 at WALKER'S CREEK,VA, approximately 8 years 3. ELIZABETH WILEYBorn 1782 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died Oct 1, 1789 at WALKER'S CREEK,VA, 6 or 7 years 4. NAOMI WILEYBorn ± 1782 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died Oct 1, 1789 at WALKER'S CREEK,VA, approximately 7 years 5. THOMAS WILEYBorn ± 1788 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died Oct 1789 at WALKER'S CREEK,VA, approximately 1 years 6. ROBERT BRUCE WILEYBorn Dec 1789 at CHEROKEE FORK,BLAINE CO,KENTUCKY, died Mar 1790 at CHEROKEE FORK,BLAINE CO,KENTUCKY, 0 years 7. MARY JANE WILEYBorn 1791 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died before 1885 at KENTUCKY, at most 94 years, buried at BIG LAUREL CREEK,WAYNE CO,KENTUCKY Nickname: 8. SARAH ANN WILEYBorn ± 1797 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died Mar 10, 1871, approximately 74 years Nickname: 10. ADAM BREVARD WILEYBorn 1795/1800 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died ± 1885 at JOHNSON CO,KENTUCKY, approximately 90 years 11. WILLIAM WILEYBorn ± 1801 at FLOYD CO,KENTUCKY, died 1870/1880 at JOHNSON CO,KENTUCKY, approximately 69 years | |||