Category: Pennsylvania

Cunningham, Alexander

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Post date May 24, 2025
Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Fayette County

Boyd, William

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Categories In Lebanon/Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) Willaim Boyd, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, gunsmith, 1811. Boyd family was early to region, holders of Penn land grant.

Sager, John

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lampeter Township, 1777

Seebrooks, William

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Martic Township, 1803-1808

Pannebecker, Daniel

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Categories In Berks, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Berks (Pennsylvania/PA) The Pannebecker family of Cumru and Brecknock Townships consisted of no less than eight gunmakers. Although some, like Samuel and Jess also worked in nearby Lancaster County, the grandfather, Daniel was one of the first to make guns near Mohnton in the late 1700s. Through marriages and related apprenticeships the Pannebecker family […]

Fondersmith, John

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Reported to have worked in the village of Strasburg, Pennsylvania, and appears on county records as working within Strasburg Twp., 1779-1803.

Zahm, Mathias

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Borough, 1813-1819.

Dalby, William

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Washington County

Topper, Henry

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Died 1840) Gettysburg, Adams County (1801-12) Hampshire County, (West) Virginia (1819-20) Napier Township, Bedford County (1832-35) Youngstown, Westmoreland County (1838-40)

Pannebecker, Daniel

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Daniel Pannebecker was a gunsmith working in Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co., in the 1828-1831 era.

Roesser, Mathew

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

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

Brant, Jacob

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) 1811-1872

Hoffman, Christian

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1807-1811

Gillman, Nicholas

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Donegal Township, 1801-1808

Williams, Levi

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Greene Township, Greene County (1820-22) Monongahela Township, Greene County (1824-27) Morgan Township, Greene County (1831)