Category: Lancaster

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) William Foulkes (1737-1812) appears in county records as an early gunsmith working within the city of Lancaster (c. 1759) and later surfaces in Paxton Twp., (now Dauphin Co.) as a gunsmith working near the present-day Fort Hunter, north of Harrisburg on the Susquehanna River. It is likely that he took over the […]

Fetter, George, Jr.

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School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) George Fetter, Jr., worked as a gunsmith in the family shop in Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, circa 1840-1850.

Holeman, John

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School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) J. Holeman, gunsmith, Lancaster boro, taxed 1814, 1816. (Kauffman, 1960)

Buyers, Robert

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School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Salisbury Township, 1801

Brooks, John

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School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1800-1816

Eshelman, John

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School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) John Eshelman was taxed as a gunsmith in Lancaster Boro from 1843-1850.

Treppert (or Dreppert), John

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School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gun Lock Maker, Lancaster Boro., 1814-1841

Gibbs, Abraham

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School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1849

Gonter, Peter

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School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1773-1819

Roesser, Mathew

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School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1759-1770

Howeter, George

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School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) George Howeter, gunsmith, Lampeter Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, circa 1820-1827. Other family members worked as gun barrel forgers in Upper Leacock at a later date. (Dyke)