Mr George Miller offered himself for Baptism after meeting. I rode to McComb from then[ce] to
Father John Coltrins & spent the night. I was weak & feble with the exercises of the day distance 14 m

August 12, 1839 ~ Monday

Aug 12^th Br Taylor Baptized Mr Miller. I spent the day with Br Zebedee Coltrin. I am gaining in strength
I spent the night at Br John Vance 8 m

August 13, 1839 ~ Tuesday

13 I am still gaining strength I feel thankful unto the Lord for his mercies unto me in this thing
I spent the day at Coltrins. we have now concluded to accompany father Coltrin by land who
is going with a two hors waggon to Ohio & has offered to carry us which will assist us so much on
our Journey

August 14, 1839 ~ Wednesday

14^th Br George Miller gave us a horse & we started on our Journey travelled to the Illinois river &
crossed the river at Beardstown & continued 4 miles through the sand & spent the night with Mr Pew 38 m

August 15, 1839 ~ Thursday

15^th Passed through Virginia from thence to Springfield and attended meeting with the
saints. I addressed the church in few words & was followed by Elder Taylor. I felt wearied
with my Journey as I had ownly partially renewed my strength distance of the day 40 miles

August 16, 1839 ~ Friday

16 Elder Taylor engaged a printer at Springfield to print fifteen hundred copies of a brief sketch
in pamphlet form of the persecutions & sufferings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints by the inhabitants of the state of Missouri I spent the day in Springfield

August 17, 1839 ~ Saturday

17 I rode to Rochester with Father Coltrin and once more had an interview with some of our fox
Island friends. We stoped at Mr Carvers. I was pleased with an interview with Mother
and sister Carver but esspecially with br & sister Thomas who had arived at Rochester since I
left. I had not seen him since we parted in Indiana last winter. I also saw sister Brown who was
called to mourn the loss of her husband and oldest daughhter. Sister Brown was perfectly resig[ne]d
I spent the night with Br Thomas 8 miles

August 18, 1839 ~ Sunday

18^th I preached the funeral sermon of the wife of Br Gemira Draper who died at 4 oclok PM
on Saturday the 17^th Aug aged 22 years Brother Charles Brown and his Daughter rebecca
both died on the eve of the 6^th Day of Aug 1839 Br Brown died at 11 oclock & rebecky at 12