School: Maryland
Graceham John DeMuth is listed as contributing 54 rifles to General Hand’s contract at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for Continental rifles in 1794. On February 16, 1796, apprenticeship records show DeMuth was living in Frederick County, training Henry Koch. The Moravian Church Records reveal Johann Demuth was married to Catharina and a daughter, Sophia Theresia, was baptized on August 27, 1797. During this period there were four Demuth families in the Moravian Settlement at Graceham. By 1828 he was in Bushkill Center, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. For further reference, see Arms Makers of Maryland. For additional information see, Maryland Longrifles Hartzler/Whisker.
