Early Life
Jenny Wiley was born to Hezekiah Sellards and Jean Brevard (Jean Brevard is in dispute as some believe that Hezekiah may have married a Cherokee). Her family moved to Walkers Creek, in what is now Bland County, Virginia. It was here in 1778 that Jenny met and married Thomas Wiley, an Irish immigrant.
Soon after, they built a log cabin and had their first four children.
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