Excerpt from Richard McNemar’s “General Review” (July 1804)
“The jerking & barking exercises were astounding….”
Excerpt from Thomas Hunt’s “Autobiographical Sketches” (ca. 1804)
“This work [the Kentucky Revival] continued until the year 1805, with various manifestations and opperations of outward power, such as the jerks, barks, singing, dancing, shouting, and the like….”
Excerpt from the Journal of Noah Fidler (May 30, 1805)
“Several took an exteordinry exercis of shaking there heaad and working there arms. How wonderful is the work of the Lord.”
Excerpt from The Life and Journal of the Rev’d Christian Newcomer (September 4, 1809)
“[O]ne person fell to the ground and shook in every limb in a very remarkable manner. This singular motion they called the jerks….”
