Jenny Wiley
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Connelley was born on the Middle Fork of Jennie's Creek in Johnson County. Jennie's Creek was named for Jenny Wiley, a frontier woman who escaped from Native American captivity. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.
This file appears in: American Historian
American Historian
Historical Marker #985 in Johnson County remembers noted historian William Elsey Connelley.
Born on March 5, 1855, on a prong of the Middle Fork of Jennie's Creek, Connelley received his earliest training from his parents. Overcoming a…