Riflemakers List

School: Bear Creek School (North Carolina/NC)

Listed in the North Carolina census as a gunsmith in Moore County.
Source:
Ivey, William. North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the Author, 2010. Print.

Hollenback, William

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Categories In Hampshire, Riflemakers, West Virginia

School: Hampshire (West Virginia/WV)

No biographical information available.

Buckwalter, David B.

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Categories In Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA)

Worked in the Borough of McConnellstown in Walker Township. Born 1850 Died 1928. Was an apprentice of J.S. Johnson.

Hunsicker, Henry

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Categories In Northampton/Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA)

Henry Hunsicker was taxed as a gunsmith in the 1812 circa in Macungie Twp., Lehigh County. PA. His rifles often were signed “H H” on the barrel.

Sherry (Cherry), Sr.

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County (1800-13) Richland Township, Clarion County (1814-23) Beaver Township, Venango County (1824-39) Beaver Township, Clarion County (1840-59)

Springer, Isaac M.

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1808 in Pennsylvania) Huntsburgh Township, Geauga County, Ohio (1850) Raccoon Township, Beaver County (1856-93)

Creamer, Philip

School: Maryland

Worked in Taneytown Maryland. See “Maryland Longrifles” by Hartzler.

Buchanan, Samuel

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Categories In Lebanon/Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA)

Samuel Buchanan was taxed as a gunsmith in 1814, working out of Halifax, Dauphin Co., PA. (Kauffman)

Kile, Nathan

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Categories In Ohio, Riflemakers

School: Ohio

Jackson, County

Haeffer, John (Brother)

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)

Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1803

Moll, Nathan

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Categories In Northampton/Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA)

Nathan Moll (1814 – 1882) was the younger brother of John Jr., Peter, and David Moll. After learning the trade from his brother, John Jr., in Allentown, Nathan first moved to Lower Saucon Valley in the mid – late 1830’s. Later he moved south of Quakertown to Rock Hill Township, Bucks County, where he built and repaired guns until moving to Iowa in the 1870’s.