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Abby Worley may have been a daughter of Wiley and Dorcas Worley.

A couple of unidentified females, age 00-10, appear on the 1820 Whitley County Census.

An Abbey Worley is supposed to have married William Isaac Lashley on 10 Jan 1830 in Wayne County, Ky (which is where the Lashleys were living at the time).  William is probably related to the Amos Lashley who married Sarah Worley, an older daughter of Wiley and Dorcas Worley.  They may have had a son, James Lashley, b. 1831.  However, it appears that they were divorced prior to 1835 because William moved to Johnson County, Ill in 1832 and married Sarah Veatch on 31 Dec 1835.

Abbey may have moved back home for a few years.  In 1840, an unidentified female, age 30-40, is listed in the Whitley County Census with Dorcas Worley.

Abbey may have next married John Wesley Creekmore, who had previously married Keziah Worley, another possible daughter of Wiley and Dorcas.  John W. Creek is listed in the 1850 Wayne County Census with a wife Abbey, age 30, and a James Lastly, age 19.  It appears that John Wesley Creekmore and Abby were divorced prior to 1858 because John married Polly Cornelius Richmond on 28 Sep 1858.

Following the death of Dorcas, Abbey may have lived with her brother Willis Worley.  An Abby Worley, age 42, is listed on the 1860 Whitley County Census in the household of Willis Worley.

Following the death of Willis in 1860, Abbey have depended on the kindness of strangers.  In 1864, several people are reimbursed for contributing to the welfare of Abbey Creekmore.  In the 1870 Census, an Abby Creekmore, age 50 is listed in the household of Mary Higgenbotham.