The Rescue of Jenny Wiley
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After a dream revealed a plan of escape, Virginia Wiley traveled the path from her vision to safety at Harman's Station near Paintsville. The fort was built by frontiersmen from Walker's Creek, Virginia, the same place Wiley was captured from months earlier. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.
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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…