Extracts from the Diary of John Early (November 18–December 21 1807)

1805-1809, Diaries & Journals, Methodists, Other Bodily Exercises & General References, Randolph-Macon College

“She…said the Jirks came from the Devil & wou’d go Back to him again. I told her to pray or [I] Did not know But the Jirks wou’d Kill her & she’d go to hell & she said she wished I might to go Hell above all people….”