Category: Lancaster

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1794

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1811-1830

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Manheim Township, 1811

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Benedict Imhoff (c. 1750-1800) was one of the earliest gunmakers of the Dauphin region. While the earliest record of his name places him in Heidelberg Twp., later documents put him in Middletown. All of this region was part of Lancaster Co. prior to the formation of Dauphin County in 1785.

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

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) James Chambers (1738-1762)appears in county records as early as 1750-1751. He moved north to the banks of the Susquehanna River near present-day Harrisburg (Dauphin Co.)and set up a gunshop on the site of Fort Hunter. During the French and Indian War and Pontiac’s Rebellion, this site was used as a fort, refuge […]

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Name also listed in the records as, Roesser, Roesor, Roeser, Resser, Reser and Reasor. Listed in Lancaster County Pennsylvania until 1790 and then in Washington County Maryland. Died in Lancaster in 1823.

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Samuel Coldren is listed as a gunsmith in county records from 1838-1850 working in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Manor Township, 1850

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Conestoga Township, 1770-1780

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Also listed as John Groff and John Grave. Listed as a gunsmith in the 1770’s, made rifles for the government. Associated with Jacob Dickert and Peter Gunter. Gunsmith during and shortly after the Revolutionary War.

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) C. Breitenherd was an early Lancaster maker, documented as such from the late 1750’s through 1773. He emigrated from Wertheim (Germany)in 1753 where he learned the trade of gunsmithing. He built guns for the Committee of Safety and concurrently ran a tavern in Lancaster City. See Heckert and Vaughn, The Pennsylvania-Kentucky Rifle, […]

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1837

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Hempfield Township 1789

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Jacob Gumpf (d. 1843) is listed as a gunsmith in county records as early as 1814. He worked within the boro or Lancaster.

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

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

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1843-1850

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lampeter Township, 1756-1700

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