Category: Lancaster

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Colerain Township, 1826-1846

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1834-1849

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) S. Dyke lists Matthew Llewellyn as being taxed as a gunsmith from 1792-1802, working within the boro of Lancaster, PA.

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gun Lock Maker, Lancaster Boro., 1759

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1843

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Conestoga Township, 1773

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Isaac LeFever was one of the county’s earliest established gunamkers. He appears in county records as early as 1731 working out of Lampeter Township.

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1770-1821

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1850

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) County records cite a Metschl Aldenderfer, gunsmith, working in Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. Not much is known about the man; some scholars have dated him as working as early as the 1760’s. Researcher Sam Dyke was able to find only one tax record for him…1800.

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gun Barrel Smith, E. Cocalico Township, 1850

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Conestoga Township, 1779-1790

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gun Stock Maker, West Earl Township, 1863

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Strasburg Township, 1779

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Warwick Township, 1810

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Mathias Roessor (Roeser) was listed as a gunsmith in the 1759-1770 circa. He was one of the patriarchs of the Lancaster school of gunbuilding. A memorial plaque was erected by the Commonwealth in 2000 in Lancaster which reads: Mathias Roeser…Here from 1740-1771 lived one of colonial America’s most important gunsmiths. His work […]

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Henry Messesmith was the patriarch of a multi-generation gunmaking family in Lancaster. He appears in county records as early as 1747, placing him in the category of being one of the earliest makers.

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lebanon Township, 1771

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Donegal Township, 1811-1839

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Leacock Township, 1780-1810