man 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:

woman 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: JENNY, JEAN

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.
man GEORGE WILEY‏‎
Born ‎± 1779 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died ‎ Oct 1, 1789 at WALKER'S CREEK,VA‎, approximately 10 years
2.
woman RUTH WILEY‏‎
Born ‎± 1781 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died ‎ Oct 1, 1789 at WALKER'S CREEK,VA‎, approximately 8 years
3.
woman ELIZABETH WILEY‏‎
Born ‎ 1782 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died ‎ Oct 1, 1789 at WALKER'S CREEK,VA‎, 6 or 7 years
4.
woman NAOMI WILEY‏‎
Born ‎± 1782 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died ‎ Oct 1, 1789 at WALKER'S CREEK,VA‎, approximately 7 years
5.
man THOMAS WILEY‏‎
Born ‎± 1788 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died ‎ Oct 1789 at WALKER'S CREEK,VA‎, approximately 1 years
6.
man ROBERT BRUCE WILEY‏‎
Born ‎ Dec 1789 at CHEROKEE FORK,BLAINE CO,KENTUCKY, died ‎ Mar 1790 at CHEROKEE FORK,BLAINE CO,KENTUCKY‎, 0 years
7.
woman MARY JANE WILEY‏
Born ‎ 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: JENNY
8.
woman SARAH ANN WILEY‏
Born ‎± 1797 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died ‎ Mar 10, 1871‎, approximately 74 years
Nickname: SALLY
9.
man HEZEKIAH WILEY‏
Born ‎± 1791 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA‎
10.
man ADAM BREVARD WILEY‏
Born ‎ 1795/1800 at WALKER'S STATION,BLAND CO.,VA, died ‎± 1885 at JOHNSON CO,KENTUCKY‎, approximately 90 years
11.
man WILLIAM WILEY‏
Born ‎± 1801 at FLOYD CO,KENTUCKY, died ‎ 1870/1880 at JOHNSON CO,KENTUCKY‎, approximately 69 years