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Hartman, John

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Categories In Allemeangel, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Allemeangel (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Weisenberg Township, Northampton County, 1800 Tax List-Easton

Gonter, John

School: Maryland Hagerstown Maryland. See “Maryland Longrifles” by Hartzler

Keith, Finley

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Categories In Ohio, Riflemakers

School: Ohio Noble, County

Llewellyn, Matthew

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1792-1802

Baker, Robert

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Researcher Sam Dyke traced the evolution of the Baker family of gunsmiths within the county. While no guns made by these men are known to exist, these men are important for they are, very likely, the first gunsmiths to settle within the Lancaster region. In 1717, Robert Baker (d. 1728) and his […]

Hoak, Mathias

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Mathias Hoak, Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro, 1802-1814. (Dyke)

Dornbach, Anthony

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Cocalico Township, 1803

Vogler, Timothy

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Categories In North Carolina, Riflemakers, Salem School

School: Salem (North Carolina/NC) Signed rifle, T. VOGLER Source: Bivins, John. Longrifles of North Carolina, 2nd. Edition. York, PA: George Shumway Publisher, 2006. Print.

West, William

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Millsboro, Washington County (1813-18)

Stuebgen, George A.

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Born 1832; son of Christian Stuebgen) Saxonburg, Butler County (1850) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1860-65) Saxonburg, Butler County (1870) Butler, Butler County (1878)

Rentenburger, Mathias

School: Maryland Baltimore The 1860 Baltimore census lists him as being a gunsmith, 37 years of age, and residing at 710 Baltimore St. For additional information see Maryland Longrifles Hartzler/Whisker.

Derr, Christian

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Categories In Berks, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Berks (Pennsylvania/PA) Christian Derr was taxed as a gunsmith in 1805 in the Oley Valley. His rifles signed with a C.D. are usually found as unadorned rifles with simple patchbox designs and some utilize painted stocks to imitate tiger striping. This gunmaker is most likely the same gunmaker who later worked in Union County.