School: Salem (North Carolina/NC)
Worked in Old Salem, North Carolina around 1800. Signed barrel, “C. Vogler Salem, N.C.”
Metal engraving may have been done by John Vogler.
Source:
Bivins, John. Longrifles of North Carolina, 2nd. Edition. York, PA: George Shumway Publisher, 2006. Print.
Riflemakers List
Ferree, Joel
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
Son of Jacob
Werner, C. L.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
Allegheny, Allegheny County (1874-75)
Martin, Michael
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Gunsmith, Brecknock Township, 1811-1850
Miller, John, Jr.
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1771-1803
Coldren, John
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
No biographical information available.
Henry, William, 2nd
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Gunsmith, Warwick Township, 1780 (Later Nazareth)
Trayer, John
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
Georges Township, Fayette County (1802-03)
Fordney, Jacob
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1843
DeHaven, Peter
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Peter DeHaven appears on county records, listed as a gunsmith working within the boro of Lancaster as early as 1768. DeHaven was also instrumental as a gunpowder maker during the American Revolution, managing a clandestine powder mill near present-day Hummelstown on the Swatara Creek.
Ross, James
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
(died 1816) Fredericktown, Washington County (1799-1802) Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio (1803-16)
Baxter, John
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
Uniontown, Fayette County
Hsueder, Henry
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Gunsmith, Manheim Township, 1848-1849
Reinman, Geroge
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
(born 1842) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1860)
Love, Charles
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
(born 1826 in Germany) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850)
McCosh, Samuel
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
(born 1796, died 1868) Peters Township, Washington County (1816-17) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1826-30) Nottingham Township, Washington County (1831-46) Collins Township, Allegheny County (1850-68)
Kuntz (Koontz), George
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
East Bethlehem Township, Washington County (1816-30)
Hertzog, Jacob
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
No biographical information available.
Smith, Peter
School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA)
Mifflin Co. working dates:1830-1839
Newcomer, John
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
A father and son, both named John Newcomer, both worked in Lancaster County. The father was reportedly making guns as early as 1767. The elder John Newcomer died in the 1780’s.