School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Gunsmith, Hempfield Township 1789
Riflemakers List
Goas, Jacob
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
No biographical information available.
Sanders, B. L.
School: Bear Creek School (North Carolina/NC)
B. L. Sanders worked in the David Kennedy shop in Mechanics Hill, North Carolina. He later became the Sheriff of Montgomery County.
Source:
Ivey, William. North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the Author, 2010. Print.
Wallace, John
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
(Born 1816 in New York) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1839) Freeport, Armstrong County (1850-68) Franklin, Venango County (1870-78) Freeport, Armstrong County (1880-90)
Wolff, Bernard Jr.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
(Hardware dealer, successor to Wolff and Lane) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1859-70)
Spinks, John
School: Bear Creek School (North Carolina/NC)
Born in 1795. A known rifle is signed “J. S.” He probably worked in southeastern Randolph or Moore County.
Source:
Ivey, William. North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the Author, 2010. Print.
Clewells, William
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA)
William Clewells, gunsmith, 1814-1835, Bushkill Twp., Northampton Co., PA. (Dyke)
Gumpf, Jacob
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.
Corolus
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Gunsmith, Donegal Township, 1801
Moll, John, Sr.
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA)
Johannes Moll (aka John Moll Sr.) School: Northampton/Lehigh Johannes Moll (? – 1794) was the patriarch of a famous family of gunsmiths in the Lehigh Valley. He first appeared on the tax assessment of “Northampton Town” (Allentown) for the year 1764. He prospered in the gunsmith business and owned land in Allentown as well as in contiguous townships. His son, John Moll (aka John Moll II), followed in the gun making trade. His other son, Peter, became a wealthy businessman and landowner in the Allentown area.
Ford, John
School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA)
John Ford was taxed as a gunsmith in Harrisburg, PA from 1833 through 1852. He served also as the superintendent of the state armory in Harrisburg. He was a capable builder of both flintlock and percussion longrifles. He died in 1862.
Jordan, Jerman
School: Ohio
Ross, County
Dreppert, Andrew
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Andred Dreppert (Dreppard) was taxed as a gunsmith in Lancaster Boro from 1843-1850.
Kennedy, Hiram
School: Bear Creek School (North Carolina/NC)
Born in 1792 in Moore County, died 1862. Part of the well known, Kennedy family of gunsmiths of Mechanics Hill, North Carolina. Son of David Kennedy. A known coin silver mounted flintlock pistol has signed in script “H Kennedy” on a silver plate inlayed in the top flat of the barrel.
Source:
Ivey, William. North
Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the Author, 2010. Print.
Graham, Joseph
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
No biographical information available.
Britton, William
School: Hampshire (West Virginia/WV)
No biographical information available.
Clause, Henry
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA)
Henry Clause was taxed as a gunsmith working in Heidelberg Twp., Lehigh Co., in 1821. (Kauffman)
Gill, Benjamin
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1843-1850
Burly, William
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
Washington County
Leckner, John
School: York (Pennsylvania/PA)
No biographical information available.