Big Sandy Valley
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Jenny Wiley spent much of her time in captivity in the Big Sandy River Valley of eastern Kentucky. Waterways in the region helped Wiley in her escape from Native American captivity. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.
This file appears in: Jennie (Jenny) Wiley
Jennie (Jenny) Wiley
Historical Marker #735 in Johnson County commemorates Jenny (Jennie) Wiley and her daring escape from the Native Americans who held her captive for nearly a year.
Virginia Sellards Wiley was born about 1760 in Pennsylvania. When Jennie was a…