School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1843
Fordney, Jacob
- Post author By KR Foundation
- Post date
- Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers
Category: Pennsylvania
Fordney, Jacob
Pannebecker, Samuel
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Brecknock Township 1828-1844
Walker, John
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) John Walker, Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro, 1780-1807. (Dyke)
Lauffman, P.H.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (hardware dealer) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850-76)
Nauman, Jacob
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1809-1832
Swobe, Adam
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Leacock Township, 1785-1802
Fiske, Alba
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
Whitmore, Wolff, Duff, and Company
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Hardware dealer) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1858-72)
Hoffman, George
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
Henry, John Joseph
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA) J. J. Henry (1786-1836), Son of William Henry, Jr., was a gunsmith in Nazareth and, with his father and brother William III, worked the boring mill at Jacobsburg and built the rifle factory at Boulton. The family was active in supplying militia arms, guns for the Indian trade, and a commercial line […]
Derringer, Henry, Jr.
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA) Henry Derringer, Jr., was taxed as a gunsmith between 1794-1798 in Easton, Northampton Co., PA
Shell, Martin Sr.
School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) Martin Shell, Sr. (1737-1796) built both Committee of Safety muskets for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and flintlock rifles. He was an early influence in the Dauphin school and the patriarch of three generations of fine gunbuilders within Dauphin County. Shell was taxed as a gunsmith in Paxton Township.
Crossland, John
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
Christ, John
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gun Barrel Forger, Cocalico Township, 1805
Barr, Jacob
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gun Barrel Forger, Manheim Township, 1829
Moll, William H.
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA) William H. Moll (1825 – ?) was the son of John Moll Jr. (III) and became a partner in the family business in Allentown in 1860. William was the 4th generation of Moll gunsmiths working in Allentown. With the death of William’s father in 1883, the great Moll gun making firm was […]
Pancost (Pancoast), Elisha L.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (born 1822, died 1896) Elizabeth, Allegheny County (1850-51) West Newton, Westmoreland County (1852) Elizabeth, Allegheny County (1858-59) West Elizabeth, Allegheny County (1860) Elizabeth, Allegheny County (1861-80) Greensboro, Greene County (1885-90)
Wickery, George
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Morgan Township, Greene County (1818-23) Buffalo Township, Washington County (1824-27)
Lilly, Thomas P.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (born 1818 in Virginia) Carmichaels, Greene County (1846-52) Morgantown, Monongalia County, (West) Virginia (1859-60)
Hartman, Joseph
School: Allemeangel (Pennsylvania/PA) Weisenberg Township