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Jenny Wiley Gravesite

Ky Rt 581
River KY 41254
Jenny Wiley Gravesite
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Jenny Wiley was a legendary pioneer woman who was taken captive by Native Americans in 1789. After nine months, she managed to escape and reunited with her husband. Around 1800, the Wiley family settled in what is now Johnson County.