Note: The following story and photographs are exerpts from The Pack Family of Lincoln County, West Virginia, by Ellen Jane Allen Pack, and are protected under current copyright laws. If you are a direct descendant of Jenny Wiley, you are welcome to  save the text portion of the file for your personal records.  However, the material may not otherwise be reproduced by any means without the expressed written consent of the author.

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Portrait of a Brave Pioneer Lady -
The Story of Jenny Wiley
Jenny Wiley 1760-1831. Historic Pioneer Mother, Captured by Indians, October 1, 1789 at Walker's Creek, Virginia. Witnessed the slaying of her brother and five children by savages. Was held captive for several months on Little Mud Lick Creek in the present Johnson County. She escaped the Indians to Harman Station at Block House Bottom and was later united with her husband, Thomas Wiley, in Virginia. Mrs. Wiley returned to Johnson County with her husband and a cabin was built about the year 1800 where they reared five children. Jenny Wiley died in 1831.
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