4th I Baptized 11 women at Gadfields Elm
& in the number was three generations
a Daughter, Mother, & Grandmother. one was
8 years of age I then walked to Leigh & spent
the night at Brother William Jenkins{Distance of the day} 7 m
~ Sunday
5th Sunday I met for a prayer meeting in Leigh. after meeting we went to Brother Daniel Browetts for the purpose of Baptizing
10 persons got ready. But Before we got
ready or closed praying & singing a desperate mob
gathered to gether about 100 in number & the
owner of the pool would not let us Baptize while
their was such a mob present fearing that
serious consequence would ensue I then went
in search of water in other places for about an
hour with the mob following me & calling
out you American whare are you going to wash
your sheep, but as I could not find water
& preached at John Hill & returned to Leigh & spent
the night with Browett distance of the day 6 mil
4th I Baptized 11 women at Gadfields Elm
& in the number was three generations
a Daughter, Mother & Grandmother. one was
8 years of age I then walked to Leigh & spent
the night at Brother William Jenkins{Distance of the day} 7 m
~ Sunday
5th Sunday I met for a prayer Meeting in
Leigh. after meeting we went to Brother
Daniel Browetts for the purpose of Baptizing
10 persons got ready. But Before we got
ready or closed praying & singing a desperate mob
gathered to gether about 100 in number & the
owner of the pool would not let us Baptize while
their was such a mob present fearing that
serious consequence would ensue I then went
in search of water in other places for about an
hour with the mob following me & calling
out you American whare are you going to wash
your sheep. but as I could not find water
"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," April 2, 1840 - April 5, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/QR0