Historical essay on DeTurk site, "Indian" Baptism-- "Baptism of Indians in Oley Prior to 1732"

Excerpt from the "Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks County Volume III: Embracing Papers Contributed to the Society 1910-1916" published by the Historical Society of Berks County in 1923 in Reading, PA. Eleven-page excerpt begins on page 244 and is titled "Baptisms of Indians in Oley Prior to 1732: A Paper Read before the Historical Society Sept. 9, 1913 by Rev. John Baer Stoudt." Rev. Stoudt's Paper focuses on a prominent ministers and religious leaders active in the Oley Valley during the early 18th century and their interactions with the Valley's Native American Indian inhabitants. Of particular note is text on page 249 under the heading "baptized in Barn." which gives a brief account of a Moravian led baptism of three Native American Indians in Isaac DeTurk's barn (not the 1767 structure near the creek as elsewhere and erroneously stated). See MULTIMEDIA LINKS or additional images for full text.