<strong><center>Lutheran</center></strong>The first church in Petersburg was erected by the Lutherans in 1832, but was not finished until some years later, when the Reformed and Presbyterians assisted in completing it.
The first Lutheran minister was Rev. Jacob Kriegler, of Berlin. The first trustees and elders: Frederick Augustine and Henry Miller. In 1853, a house of worship, of brick, was erected by the Lutherans at a cost of about one thousand five hundred dollars. The present membership of the church is about seventy-five; sabbath school, sixty.
<strong><center>Presbyterian</center></strong>The Presbyterians organized a church, under the ministry of Rev. Joel Stoneroad, about 1837. Their numbers have diminished on account of deaths and removal, until now there is not a member in the place.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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