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School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) D. Sweitzer was listed on tax records as a locksmith in Lancaster Boro as early as 1829. Although he may not have built guns, his signed locks appear on many rifles built in and around Lancaster. Some can be found with the “Z” reversed in the name.

Sherry (Cherry), Sr.

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Post date May 30, 2025
Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County (1800-13) Richland Township, Clarion County (1814-23) Beaver Township, Venango County (1824-39) Beaver Township, Clarion County (1840-59)

White, Samuel

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Uniontown, Fayette County (1828-29)

Rupp II, John

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Categories In Allemeangel, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Allemeangel (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Weisenberg Township, Northampton County, 1812-1848, Tax List-Easton

Beer, George

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Also spelled Bear. Armstrong County and Westmoreland County

White, John

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Born 1800 in Maryland; son of Peter White) New Phadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio (1821-24) Steubenville, Ohio (1830-31) Uniontown, Fayette County (1834-42) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1842-58) Rochester, Beaver County (1859-61) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1864-69)

Boyer, Henry

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lebanon Township, 1807

Shough, Joseph

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Born 1761 in Lancaster County) German Township, Fayette County (1809-27)

Reavis, George

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Categories In North Carolina, Riflemakers, Salem School

School: Salem (North Carolina/NC) There is some beleif that Reavis recieved some training is Salem, North Carolina. A known sample of his work made in Yadkin County lacks the quality of rifle making that came out of the Salem Vogler gunshop. Source: Ivey, William. North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the […]

Myer, Philip

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850)

Johnston, John

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Categories In Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Borough of McConnellstown, Walker Township. Born 1772.

Vogler, George

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Categories In North Carolina, Riflemakers, Salem School

School: Salem (North Carolina/NC) Signed barrel, “Ge Vogler Salisbury”. George Vogler may have worked in Salisbury, NC. His work is typically Salem School in style. Source: Bivins, John. Longrifles of North Carolina, 2nd. Edition. York, PA: George Shumway Publisher, 2006. Print.