School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1759-1770
Breihen, Christopher
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Mauger, Henry
School: Berks (Pennsylvania/PA) Henry Mauger was born in 1750 and died in 1826. He worked in Douglas Township which lies along the Bucks County line. Mauger made rifles and pistols and apparently some locks. It is believed that John Derr apprenticed under Mauger and Derr used a similar patchbox design on his many of his […]
Fleeger, John
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Allegany County 1807-1882
Snyder, William
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Born 1823) Flatwood, Fayette County (1860-61)
Hampton, Filson J.
School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Borough of Blairs Mill, Tell Township. Approximate working dates: 1840-1901. Died 1910
Denning, Alexander
School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) Alexander Denning is listed as a gunsmith in 1807 in Harrisburg, PA. Denning learned the trade from Christian Klein.
McCosh, Samuel
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (born 1813) Nottingham Township, Washington County (1835-36) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1849-60) Gastonville, Washington County (1862-90)
Wheatley, Henry
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Born 1837) Washington, Washington County (1860)
Hoffman, George
School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Borough of Orbisonia, Cromwell Township. Worked in the 1760’s.
Snyder, John
School: Allemeangel (Pennsylvania/PA) Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, 1848, Tax List-Lehigh Co
Regler, Daniel
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (born in 1795 in Germany) Lawrenceville, Allegheny County (1850)
Bair, Jaffa
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Leacock Township, 1802
Long, Felix
School: Davidson (North Carolina/NC) There is a known longrifle stamped “Made by A. LONG & Sons, N.C.”. Andrew Long (father) was joined by his two sons in the gunmaking trade. His sons, Felix born in 1811 and Solomon born in 1814. Source: Ivey, William. North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the […]
Hildenbeitel, John
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Cocalico Township, 1835-1850
Walter, Henry
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Cocalico Township, 1820-1830
Peters, Jonas
School: Allemeangel (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Heidelberg Township, Northampton County, 1795 *Penna. Ger. Soc.
Henry, Abraham
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA) Abraham Henry (1728-1811, brother of William Henry, Jr., worked first in Lancaster, then moved to Nazareth where he was taxed as a gunsmith as early as 1780.
Kopp, George
School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Bourough of Geeseytown, Frankstown Township. Approximate working dates: 1830- 1870 Lifespan: 1810-1900 Son of Andrew Kopp
Oberholtzer, Christian
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Christian Oberholtzer, gunsmith, Hempfield Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, 1798. Christian Jr., same location, 1802. (Dyke)
Kunkle, George
School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) George L. Kunkle (d. 1869) was taxed as a gunsmith from 1831 to 1860 in Harrisburg, the county seat of Dauphin Co., PA. He built full-length flint and percussion guns, sometimes encountered with well-executed 4-piece patchboxes.