Jenny Wiley, 1760 - 1831

Yesterday, on the drive back to Hindman, I stopped by the grave site of Jenny Wiley:



A politically incorrect introduction to Jenny Wiley:



"Heroic 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 from the Indians to Harmon 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 near this site about the year 1800 where they reared a family of five children. Jenny Wiley died in 1831"

The original grave marker under an ugly metal cage and a heap of plastic flowers:



With a tree that looks to be over 100 years old in the background:



And a couple dorky self portraits: