School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA) Jacob Kuntz (1780-1876), brother of Peter Kuntz, learned the trade in Allentown and was taxed as a gunsmith in nearby Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County in 1807. He moved to Philadelphia where he became noted as a fine maker of flintlock rifles and pistols. Kuntz’s better rifles are viewed today as some of […]
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1850
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) William McCune is identified as a gunsmith in county records working out of Colerain Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, circa 1826-1846.
Lampeter Township,1786
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) A member of the third generation of the Gumpf family to build rifles within Lancaster Boro, Michael worked in the 1840’s. (Dyke)
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Worked in Washington, Washington County 1824 to1860. Worked in Canonsburg, Washington County in 1870.
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA) George Lee (1825 – 1889) was both Nathan Moll’s apprentice and brother-in-law. George later worked for Peter Moll in Hellertown and married Peter’s daughter, Elizabeth. In 1874, after serving in the Civil War, George opened a tobacco and gun shop in Iron Hill, just north of Hellertown. George and his wife are […]
School: Salem (North Carolina/NC) Born in 1818. Worked in the Bethania area of North Carolina. His work is classic late Salem School. Source: Ivey, William. North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the Author, 2010. Print.
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Strasburg Township, 1803-1826
School: Berks (Pennsylvania/PA) A rifle signed by John Schreit and dated 1761 is the earliest dated Kentucky rifle that is known to exist. John Schreit (Shreight) worked in Reading Town and is shown as a gunsmith and landowner of a town lot in the 1758 Berks County records. American rifles of this age are rarely […]
School: Allemeangel (Pennsylvania/PA) Worked in Kutztown Borough
School: Maryland Hagerstown On April 9, 1841, Joseph W. Keller and William Cookman advertised that they had commenced the gunsmithing business at the old stand lately occupied by William Hawken on Jonathan Street between Washington and Franklin in Hagerstown, where George Hawken had briefly worked. They manufactured guns, rifles and pistols of every description but the […]
School: Augusta/Staunton (Virginia/VA)
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Born 1777, died 1819) Mifflin Township, Allegheny County (1800-19)
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Gunsmith, blacksmith) Morris Township, Washington County (1791-1834)
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA) John Andrew Albright (1770-1822), son of Andreas Albrecht, was documented by scholar Sam Dyke as a gunsmith working in Nazareth in the 1790-1822 period.
School: Davidson (North Carolina/NC) Henry Ledford (1796-1856). His earlier work showed Salem, NC influences. His later work has less of a Salem architectural appearance. Source: Ivey, William. North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the Author, 2010. Print.
School: Maryland Frederick Jacob Haeffer was born in 1782 and was not known as a master gunsmith but as a journeyman. He can be found in the federal census of Frederick County in 1790. Within the next 10 years he was a freeman gunsmith in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During the War of 1812 he returned to Frederick […]
