untill I had closed my Baptizing & my mind
was stayed on God. I then walked to Dimock
&, spent the night at Brother Kington distance 9 mil
~ Friday
10th I walked to green way & Baptized 3 persons
& then walked to Ledbury from thence to Frooms
Hill visiting the Saints by the way side. I found Brother John Benbow had sold his possessions & entirely
left the Hill farm & taken up his abode for
a season at Frooms Hill. I called upon him
& spent several hours he gave me £2 to bear
my expenses to & from the conference. I then
walked to Standly Hill & spent the night 14 m[iles]
~ Saturday
11th I arose at 1 oclock & rose in a horse cart
to Worcester 16 [miles]. I then took coach & rode to Wolverhampton 35 I then took roail road to Stafford 18. I started to go [to] the gail to visit
Brother Turley & I saw a large congregation
of people of about 10,000 gathered together at
the gail & on enquiring the cause I was
informed two men was to be hung. I
came as near as I could of the gail. I soon
saw the gallows erected & in a few moments James Owen & George Thomas was taken on to
the scaffold & a rope put round their necks
untill I had closed my Baptizing & my mind
was stayed on God. I then walked to Dimock
&, spent the night at Brother Kington distance 9 mil
~ Friday
10th I walked to green way & Baptized 3 persons
& then walked to Ledbury from thence to Frooms
Hill visiting the Saints by the way side. I found Broth
John Benbow had sold his possessions & entirely
left the Hill farm & taken up his abode for
a season at Frooms Hill. I called upon him
& spent several hours he gave me £2 to bear
my expenses to & from the conference. I then
walked to Standly Hill & spent the night 14 m
~ Saturday
11th I arose at 1 oclock & rose in a horse cart
to Worcester 16. I then took coach & rode to
Wolverhampton 35 I then took roail road to
Stafford 18, I started to go to the gail to visit
Brother Turley & I saw a large congregation
of people of about 10,000 gathered together at
the gail & on enquiring the cause I was
informed two men was to be hung. I
came as near as I could of the gail. I soon
saw the gallows erected & in a few moments
James Owen & George Thomas was taken on to
the scaffold & a rope put round their necks
"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," April 9, 1840 - April 11, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed October 31, 2024, https://www.wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/XR5