What Effect Did The Bell Have On The American Witch

The Bell Witch is the only accounted death that is caused by a supernatural being. It all started with the bell family in the early 1800’s. Pioneers at the time they moved to a secluded area of northern Tennessee to set up a new life. John Bell the head man and father of nine children two girls and seven boys. Jess the first child fought in the Creek Indian War and the battles of Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans under then Major General Andrew Jackson. John bell the father was a very successful man with a very successful farm year after year he would acquire more land, increasing his holdings to 328 acres and cleared a number of fields for planting. After gaining his prominence in his new abode he became an elder in the Red River Baptist Church.
The animal had a body of half dog and the head of a rabbit Bell was very startled by the discovery and did what every southerner would do and shot it several times the animal vanished. He thought nothing more about the incident until after dinner when his family and Bell himself began hearing beating on the outside of the house. The sounds began increasing frequency and force each night Bell and his family usually woke each night and rush outside to see what the cause was but always came up with nothing. Within the following weeks the children woke up frightened complaining that rats were gnawing at their bedposts and bed covers pulled from them and their pillows tossed onto the floor by a seemingly invisible entity. The youngest of the bells Betsy had the worst encounter with the invisible entity it would pull her hair and slap her relentlessly, often leaving welts and hand prints on her face and
Johnston and his wife spent the night at the bells and experienced the same terrifying thing that the Bells had been he jumped out of the bed and said "In the name of the Lord, who are you and what do you want!" There was no response, but the remainder of the night was peaceful. The voice of the ghost became more and more prevalent and became loud and started to have conversation with the Bells and sung and read scripture. By this time the witch became a everyday thing and became famous with the locals and word spread to Nashville. The three eldest sons fought with General Jackson in the battle of New Orleans in 1819 he decided to visit the farm to see what a the talk about. When he arrived he was not alone he came with a crew for a few men and a horse draw carriage the hoses would not go any further because the waggon became to heavy. Jackson got mad and starting curse and proclaimed “that must be the Bell witch” when he said that a female voice started talking to him and told him that they could go to the house and that they would see her later that night. One of the men claimed to be a "witch tamer." After several uneventful hours, he pulled out a shiny pistol and proclaimed that its silver bullet would kill any evil spirit that it came into contact with the man screamed and began jerking his body in different