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F OREWORDSome thirteen years have passed since the first printing of

AMERICAN GUNMAKERS, and though the original work publishedby Ulbrich Company was brought up to 1949 by the issue of a

Supplement, it is felt that since more of the m ist surroundingthe activities of our early arms makers has lifted,

the time hascome to correct and delete, to edit and add, and place in the

hands of the gun-loving fraternity a revised volume incorporatingold material brought to date within the knowledge available; thecontents of the SUPPLEMEN T or AME RICAN GUNMAKERS, and new

material gathered or contributed in the past four years .

It is perhaps appropriate here to quote from the F orewordof the origin al work.

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It is regrettable that some of the historically most important arms makers are dismissed with but a few lines; noreflection on their craftsmanship,

or the volume of production . It is a hopeful sign that this situation is being slowlybut surely corrected as new biographical and historical factsare uncovered, pertinent documents come to light, and 001lectors, students and historians interested in research anddelving in old forgotten papers and tomes, contribute of theirknowledge and finds.

While it has been our purpose to include only the knownproducers of complete American small arms, or of their majorparts, it is quite likely that many firearms makers of old, theirnames am ered from ancient directories and documents, are

include though no arms have been met with hearing theirname .Mere repairs and maintenance would have yielded aprecarious living in those days, and proud of their craft,practically all the old gunsmiths were firearms makers, thoughfor natural reasons, many left the products of their handiwork unsigned during the Revolution , and even later .

It is to be noted that single dates, or double dates indicating a short period of activity

, are indicative only of the eneralperiod of such activity

,having been gleaned from o d city

directories, tax rolls, advertisements, local histories, etc .

”

We might add here that no available source has beenneglected in the compilation : documents, archives, directories,tax lists, local histories, tombstones, family and friendly remin

iscences, oral tradition,magazine articles, newspaper advertise

ments, letters to the undersigned,maker

’

s marks and the arms

themselves;— all have contributed their grist, and it is but naturalthat along with the meal much chaff is included . There are un

discovered “

repeaters, due to varied spellings or changed locations; some are included as gunsmiths who merely inscribed their

name for pride or security of possession ; some may he foreign andsome may never have existed and have been brought in by “

association . To all these errors of fact or interpretation

, we pleadguilty and will be happy to make amends or correction whenbrought to our attention .

Included in this edition are the available initials, names andother data of our early O rdnance personnel, civilian and m ilitary,as a matter of historical interest, and to facilitate the identifica

tion of inspectors of our early contract arms.

Grateful acknowledgement is made toMessrs. Robert Bingham ,Milton D eS. Clow,Miner J . Cooper, Roy E . Green , Calvin Hetrick,James L .Mitchell, L . C . Q uick, J . W . Pittock Jr.

,and the late

Richard D . Steuart for generous contribution of much originaldata and biographical sketches of the original edition

,and toMessrs. WalterM. Cline, John G . W. D illin , Robert Gardner,

James E . Hicks,D r. Paul B . Jenkins, N ed H . Roberts and Stephen

Van Rensselaer,for their earlier works and research,

and; to RheaMansfield Knittle and StuartM.Martin for their studies of earlyOhio gunsm iths, all of which greatly facilitated the task of the

undersigned .

To all who contributed new material or brought attention topast errors and omissions, heartfelt THANKS. Sincere appreciationfor important contributions of data is expressed toMessrs. Wm .

C . Almquist, D on H . Berkebile , F rank D onham,W . R . F elton ,

C . Charter Harrison , D r. J . T . Herron,W . H . Kelly

,WallaceMundell, Harold L . Peterson , J . P. Shaw

,Sam E . Sm ith

, GeraldTeesdale : to Harry Wandrus

,Wes White and Robert C . Whiteman

for generous contribution of material on early Pennsylvania gunsm iths; to William Abbot Jr. , Jerry and Sue Hirtle, F rank E .Martin , D euel Richardson , Harry G. Rife , Russell Sm ith,M. J . Um er,William C . Weaver and D avid J . Weimer for indirect contribu

tions. Space limits acknowledgement to all .Again special acknowledgement of great indebtedness is

made to D onald Baird of theMuseum of Comparative Z oology,

Harvard University.Mr. Baird’

s critical and constructive com

ments and unselfish assistance in material, generous and valuableas to quantity and quality ,

have been of inestimable value .

The unfortunate meagerness of many of the entries is selfevident. It is hoped that this inadequacy may be rectified in thefuture through the generosity and cooperation of the readers,whose additional and correctional material, sent in care of the

publishers, will be carefully preserved and incorporated in futureeditions.

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AMERICAN GUNMAKERSA.

-Marking on an early flintlock rifle of crude workmanship .

A. A.—Unidentified . Kentucky rifle circa 1760.

ABBEY, F . J. Co.— 4 3 S . Clark St. , Chicago , Ill. 1870-74 .Makers

of muzzle and breechloading rifles and shotguns .

ABBEY, G. T .— Chicago , Ill . , 1858- 1874 .Maker of muzzle - loading,

double barrel, percussion shotguns .

ABE N D SHE N , J os.— 50Wayne St. , Pittsburgh , Pa . ,

1850- 60.Makersof an iron mounted , six-groove , gain twist, plains rifle marked“J. ABE N D SHE N ,

PITTSBURGH, CAST STEE L .

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ABERCROMB IE— Near Seneca, O coner Cc . , S . C . Rifle maker .

ACCELERATING FIRE ARMS CO .— New York, N . Y . , 1857 .

ACCLE S, George G .- Inventor of Accles Feed for Gatling Gun ,

Gatling Gun Co .

ACKLEY, Luther— Sharon, O . Percussion rifles of premium quality ,

with elaborate sideplates of identical design . D id not mark hiswork .

ACOBY, P. J .-Probably a misreading for P. Jacoby , q . v .

A. C . S.— See D arling, B . 8: B .M.

ADAM, Daniel— Unidentifi ed . F lintlock period .

A. D .— Adam D aniels— Lancaster, Pa . Late flintlock and early per

cussion Kentucky rifles . Initials “A. D .

” marked on a brass andsilver mounted, boy

’s percussion Kentucky rifle .

ADAMS, C .— 508 Commercial Street, San Francisco , Calif . Gun smith .

Listed in 1887 .

ADAMS REVOLVING ARMS CO .— New York, N. Y . Percussion re

volvers made for this firm in .3 1 pocket and .3 6 navy sizes byMass . Arms Co .

ADAMS, S.— B attle Creek,Mich . Percussion rifles .

ADAMS, Samuel— Troy, N. Y. in 1840; Kentucky rifles .

ADAMS, W.— Unlocated . F ine flintlock Kentucky rifle, Ketland lock,

barrel round with flat rib .

ADDICKS— Unidentified .Maker of a half stock, heavy barrelled,percussion slug gun.

ADDICKS, D . C .— Rome, Ga . ; percussion rifles , died 1941 .

ADIRONDACK FIREARMS CO .— Plattsburg, N . Y . Early breech

loading and repeating sporting arms , somewhat similar to theWinchester but on a diff erent mechanical principle

,based on

Patent issued to O .M. Robinson , April 23 , 1872 . Plantbought out by Winchester Repeating Arms Co . in 1875 andmanufacture d iscontinued .

A.D .K .-Initials of A. D . King, U . S . Inspector of Arms within years

183 1- 1850.

ADKIN S , Josiah— Connecticut gun- lock maker to Committee ofSafety . Received payment for four locks June 26, 1777 .

AETNA ARMS CD .— New York, N . Y . B rass frame, tip-up, .22 cal .

pocket revolvers .A. F .

— Unidentified . Over-under percussion rifle .

A. F.— Unidentified . Heavy barrel, Kentucky type flintlock matchrifle . (Same as A. F . above? )

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— Philadelphia, Pa. Percussion derringer ; Astonoc

AF F LE BAUGH, Henry— Gun Stocker, Germantown Road below 4th ,

Phila . , Pa. , 1819 .

AGER, A.— New Rumley, Ohio , 1856- 61 .

AGNEW, Andrew— Orange,N . J 1872-75 .

AGY— Pennsylvania, about 1780. A 62-inch early Kentucky flintlock rifle, .45 calibre .

A. H .-Initials of Asahel Hubbard, U. S . Inspector of Contract Arms ,

1818- 183 3 . Inspected arms in plants of R. J . D . Johnson, SimeonNorth, Nathan Starr, Asa Waters, Lemuel Pomeroy and Eli

A. H .— Unidentified . B arrel marking of a fill curly maple stock, percussion Kentucky rifle with B ritish lock .

AHLES, W.— Unlocated.Marking on over- under

, swivel-breech,

flintlock rifle .

AICHigLE , C . G a —Unlocated . F ull stock, octagon barrel percussion

r e .

AIL E R, Lewis— Gunsmith . Germantown Road above front and 167N . F ront, Phila . , Pa. ,

1819 .

A. I. S.— See D arling, B . B .M.

AI— (O r AS) . Unidentified . Curly maple, half stocked plains riflewith engraved brass hardware and J as . Golcher lock .

A. J.M.—Marking on Civil War period U . S . Army signal pistol .A. L .

—Unidentifi ed . Early Pennsylvania rifle maker .

ALABAMA ARMSMANUFACTURING CD .—Montgomery

,Alabama.

Also known as Gilmer Gun Factory . Rifle contractors to theConfederacy . Signed a contract with the State of Alabama onMarch 20, 1862, to establish an armory f or making E nfield typepercussion rifles at each, and were advanced in8% State Bonds . The president of the firm was William B .

Gilmer . The firm obtained the gun making mach inery fromBujac B ennett of New Orlean s , whose machinery was shippedtoMontgomery to escape capture and was off ered to the Confederate States . The off er was declined by C01. James H . Burton ,0rd . D ept . superintendent of theMacon Armory, asnot being up to desirable standard . (See Buj ac B ennett. ) Themachinery was then purchased by the firm on June 3 , 1862,and they commenced operations in the Winter Iron Works butwere burned out and went into a warehouse . The firm was succeeded by the Red -mountain Iron Coal Company. Limited out

put, if any . InMarch 1864 excuses, explanations and reasonswere given why they had not made any arms . OnMarch Col .Burton came the second tim e to inspect the machinery withview to purchase . He found “nothing doing of any consequence ;machinery set in place but not at work, most of it never havingbeen tested or finally adjusted. But few fixtures to the machines ,and they not well devised or adopted to the intended purposes .

Very few of the necessary small tools , gauges etc . have beenmade and none of them of good construction . B arrel weldingrolls badly constructed , and not satisfactorily tested . Stockingmachines cheaply devised and constructed, and not tested . F orgesof brick and of very temporary construction . Buildings not builtfor the purpose, and consequently not well adopted to it . F org

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ing shop a mere open shed,also mere sheds for rough turning

stock machinery barrel rolls , furnaces for annealing etc . Veryfew attempts have been made in the forging of parts of arms .I saw few triggers

,butt plate screws , hammers and lock swivels .

The trip hammers for forging bayonets and ramrods are doubleand have never been tried Decided not to purchase .

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ALB , J .— Pennsylvania , about 1800; possibly an abbreviation for

Albright. Fine craftsman .

ALB , L .— Unlocated .Marking on superposed, percussion Kentucky

type rifle .

ALBERTSON, DOUGLAS CO .— New Lon-don , Conn . , about 1840- 60.

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ALBRIGHT, Henry— Gunsmith, Gnadenhutten , Tuscarawas Cc . , Ohio ,1800.Made pistols .

ALBRIGHT, J .- Near Wooster, Wayne Co . Ohio , 1840

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s . Half stockpercussion rifle with ornate brass patchbox .

ALBRIGHT,Mathias— Heidelburg Township , Lancaster Co Pa . ,1771 .

ADBRIGHT, Peter— Heidelburg Township, Lancaster Co. , Pa . ,1771 .

ALBRO,H . 85 Co.

— Cincinnati, Ohio , 1847 .Mahogany gunstocks .ALDEN,

E . B .— Claremont, N . H . ,

1863 - 68.

ALD E N D E RF E R,Joel— Lancaster Co . ,

Pa . ,1815 - 1855 . Flintlock Ken

tucky rifle engraved “JOEL ALD E N D E RF E R

ALD E N D E RF E R,Metschl— Lancaster Co. , 1763 - 1817 .

ALEXANDER, C . W.— Inventor of a breechloading rifle, Confederate

Patent No . 163 , April 18, 1863 , a pattern of which has been madeat the Confederate States Armory under supervision of Capt .Burton

, (Richmond Dispatch Feb . 19 , The arm was to havebeen manufactured by Thomas E .McN eill ofMacon, Ga . , whoobtained a Confederate contract for Alexander patterncarbines , to be made under Burton

’s supervision . The arm nevermaterialized beyond the experimental stage .

ALLBRIGHT, Henry— (Also Albright and Albrecht) Lancaster Co . ,

Pa . , before and after 1744 . Employed at Durham Iron Works,

made rifles and some very fine pistols .

ALLBRIGHT, Israel— Pennsylvania ; probably same as I . or J . Albright ofManheim ,

Pa . Early flintlock Kentucky rifles ; a brassmounted flintlock fowling piece half- stocked in curly maple

,

barrel marked “J . ALBRIGHT”

; lock by W . Jacot .

ALLBRIGHT, J .—Manheim, Pa. , flintlock period .

ALLEGHANY GUN WORKS— Alleghany City, Pa . ,

183 1-77 and later .Makers of flintlock Kentucky rifles and later of sporting andtarget rifles . See Fleeger, John , who operated the works .

ALLEN, Amasa— Walpole , N. H.Musket maker 1799- 1801 . Associated with Samuel Grant and Joseph Bernard in a contractunder Act of July 5 , 1798, for Charleville pattern

, (Model1795 ) muskets at per stand . O f these were recordeddelivered by June 10, 1801 .

ALLEN, BROWN 8: LUTHER —Frederick Allen , Andrew J . Brownand John Luther, makers of musket and rifle barrels in Worcester,Mass , 1852 . Among their employees had been HoraceSmith and Daniel B . Wesson . Alexander Stocking

,maker of the

4 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSStocking single-action , pepperbox pistol, had also been an employ ee of the firm .

ALLEN, C . B .— Springfi eld,Mass . , 183 6-4 1 . One of the manufac

turers of the E lgin patent cutlass-pistol . Also made the Cochran“Monitor 7-shot revolver .

ALLEN, Elias— Shrewsbury,Mass . , musket maker . Born 1775 , activeuntil 1843 .

ALLEN, Ethan—Massachusetts Arms manufacturer, 1832-63 . SeeAllen 8: Wheelock .

ALLEN, E . 8: CO .— Worcester,Mass . , 1856- 65 . See Allen 8: Wheelock .

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ALLEN 8: FALLS— Springfi eld ,Mass . , 1837-40.

ALLEN, G . F .— Utica, N . Y 1852-55 .

ALLEN, Henry— New York, N. Y. , percussion period .

ALLEN 85 HILLE— Gunsmiths , 79Magazine, New Orleans, La . , 1853 .

ALLEN, John— New York, N . Y . , before and after 1878 .

ALLEN, Joseph— Gunsmith . New Orleans , La . , 1861 .

ALLEN, Oliver— U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms, 1817 . Inspectedarms ( sabers ) in plant of Nathan Starr .

ALLEN, Oliver— Norwich , Conn . , circa 1840. Inventor of one of thefirst practical whalingbomb- lances which he patented on September 19, 1846 . Though it had some disadvantages it saw con

siderable use among whalers and was widely distributed . Theinvention of the B rand whaling-bomb- lance in 1852 somewhatcurtailed its manufacture .

ALLEN, Robert— Norwich, Conn . , circa 1840. Inventor of a whalingbomb lance which he manufactured . Quite possibly related toOliver Allen .

ALLEN,Silas— Shr ewsbury,Mass . Rifle maker . B orn 1750. Lived and

was active on a farm on Crescent Street. Had served as captainof militia .Made Kentucky and N ew England type rifles . Armsmarked by stamping

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“S . ALLEN .

”D ied April 6 , 1834 .

ALLEN, Silas , J r.— Son of Silas Allen . Lived and worked with his

father at Shrewsbury ,Mass . B orn 1775 . F lintlock and percussionrifles . Active until 1843 . D ied 1850.

ALLEN, Thomas— New York, N. Y . , 1768-75 . Thomas Allen with JohnWoods, were the Colonial gunsmiths returned to England byGovernor William Tryon in D ecember , 1775 , with the inducement of prepaid passage , 20 guineas in cash and employment ata government armory .

ALLEN, THURBER CO .— Grafton,Mass . , 1838-42 . Norwich, Conn . ,

1842-47 . See Allen 81. Wheelock.

ALLEN WHEELOCK— The firm was established by Ethan Allen .Massachusetts firearms maker born Sept. 2 , 1806 . Establishedhimself in North Grafton about 1832, making Lambert caneguns and rifled target pistols . In 1838 commenced manufactureof arms under his own patents , and incorporated with hisbrothers in law, Charles T . Thurber and Thomas P. Wheelockunder the name Allen , Thurber 8: Co . The firm was well knownfor its pepperbox revolvers, made mostly double

-action with 5

and 6 barrels , though a few were made in a larger size with 3

or 4 barrels . Also made a double-barrel pistol .In 1842 the firm moved to Norwich, Conn. , and again in 1847

to Worcester,Mass . In 1857 on Thurber’s retirement from the


firm, the name was changed to Allen 8: Wheelock .Mr . Wheelock

died in 1863 , and in 1865 , Allen’s two sons- in - law, S . Forehand

and H . C . Wadsworth, were admitted to the firm, which in 1866

became known as Ethan Allen 8: Co.Mr . Allen died in January ,1871 , and the firm continued manufacture of firearms , especiallyrevolvers, under the name Forehand and Wadsworth . Duringthe Civil War

, Allen 8: Wheelock employed about 200 hands .

ALLEN, William— 108Maiden Lane, New York, N . Y . , 1801 . Flintlockrifles and double-barrel shotguns .Made arms into percussionperiod .

ALLE N BRE N , John— Location unknown ; flintlock Kentucky rifles .

ALLF ATHE R, John— Near B erlin , Penna .

ALLIN, Erskine S.— Born at E nfi eld , Conn . , Feb . 3 , 1809 . Appren

ticed at the Water Sh0p of the Springfield Armory in 1829 .Master armorer at the arsenal from 1847- 78. Perfected a systemof conversion of muzzle - loading muskets known as theModel1865 alteration . Died, Sept . 11 , 1879 .

ALLIS, E paphriditus—Arms stocker, Springfield Armory, 1818.

ALLISON, J. H .— Unlocated . Percussion Kentucky rifle .

ALLISON, PETER 8: CO .—Main Street, Buff alo , N . Y . , 1825 .

ALLISON, T .— Pennsylvania, flintlock period .

ALLOWAY,Elmer— Philadelphia , Pa . Listed as gunsmith at 23

Green, in 1829 .

ALSOP, C . R .— Revolver manufacturer ofMiddletown, Conn . , 1859

66 .Made arms under Charles Alsop patents Nos .and

ALTLAND, J .— York Co .

, Pa . , about 1810. Rifle maker .

ALTMIE R,

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F .— Lewistown,Mifllin Co . , Pa . A swivel-breech double

percussion rifle with script marking “F . Altm ier” on one barrel,“Lewistown”

on the other ; barrelm aker’

s stamp “Heberlig ,Reading Pa . on breeches ; Henry Parker lock .

AMEN, John— Unlocated . F ull stock, percussion Kentucky rifle .

AMERICAN ARMS CO .— Chicopee Falls

,Mass .Made Smith carbines

during the Civil War .

AMERICAN ARMS CO .— Boston ,Mass . , about 1870- 93 ;Milwaukee ,

Wis ,1893 - 1904 .

AMERICANMACHINE WORKS— E stablished by Philos B . Tyler in1843 at Springfield,Mass .Manufactured Smith carbines on CivilWar contract

,in 1864 .

AMERICAN NUT 8: ARMS CO .— 47 Kingston St. , Boston ,Mass . ,

186870.Made Wheeler’s patent

,hand arms .

AMERICAN REPEATING RIFLE CO .— Boston,Mass . Formerly

Fogerty Rifle Co of B oston . Sold out to Winchester in 1869 .

AMERICAN STANDARD TOOL CO .-Newark

,N . J . ,

1870- 72 . B elieved to be successor toManhattan Fire Arms Co .

AMERICAN STEAMWORKS— 180- 182 Center St. , New York ,N . Y .Manufacturers of Pecare 8: Smith percussion pepperboxes .

AMES,D avid— First superintendent of the Springfield Armory . Ap

pomted by Washm gton , 1794 . Served until 1802 when he becamea paper manufacturer . Born at Bridgewater

,Mass . , Feb . 2 , 1760.Manufacturer of shovels and guns . D ied in Springfield,Mass . ,in

August 1847 . Ames had seen active service during the Revolu

6 AMERICAN GUNMAKERStionary War as a member of Capt . Reuben D ow’

s Company ofMinuteMen .

AMES, John— B ridgewater,Mass . ,1798. Advertised in the Columbian

“Sentinel, Boston, June 2

, 1798, offering gun-locks for

sale and off ering to buy 500or 600gun-barrels .

AMES, Nathaniel— B oston,Mass . , 1800.

AMESMAN UFACTURING COMPANY— Cutlers , sword and armsmanufacturers of Cabotsville and Chicopee ,Mass . Establishedoriginally by N. P. Ames, Sr . , at Chelm sford (now Lowell ) ,Mass . , and moved to Chicopee,Mass . in 1829 . In 183 1 the business was incorporated under the name of AmesManufacturingCompany with initial capital of $30,000. In the same year, 183 1 ,the company undertook its first of sword contracts for the Government, which were continued for thirty odd years, until theOrdnance Department began making its own swords .About 1834 the company moved to Cabotsville,Mass . , wheresword manufacturing plant had been erected . In 1841 the

AmesMf g . Co. , purchased the works of Chicopee F alls Companyand in 1842 moved back to Chicopee .

Specimen arms of the company are marked as follows: F ootArtillery (Roman type ) sword dated 183 3 , SPRIN GF IE LNavy scale hilt cutlass dated 1842,

“CABOTSV ILLE

”; D ahlgren

bowie-knife Navy bayonet for Whitney Navy rifleM. 1861, (Plymouth ) , dated 1864 ,

“CHICOPE E ”

; Navy brass half basket cutlassdated 1864, CHICOPEE”

and Civil War oflicers’

swords“CHICOPE E . It is possible that the Navy carbines and pistolsmarked “N .P .AMES” “SPRINGFIELD” were aso made at theChicopee plant, a short distance from Chicopee F alls and a fewmiles north of Springfield.

In addition to government swords the company made machinery , gun- stocking machines , bronze cannon, bronze statuary andswords for military associations and for societies and lodges .

D uring the Franco Prussian War the company received a con

tract from the French Government for about sabers andfrom the Turkish Government an order for sabres duringthe Russo Turkish War . The company also manufactured theLowell machine gun for the LowellMachine Gun Company . SeeAMES N . P . and AMES Sword Co .

AMES, N. P.— Operator of AmesManufacturing Company, cutlers

and sword manufacturers of Cabotsville and Chicopee ,Mass . ,and N . P . AME S , makers of Jenks patent, mule- ear, side-hammerNavy percussion carbines of 1843 -47 , and of Navy percussion ,single shot, box-lock pistolsModel 1843 , 1843 -46, at Springfield,Mass . N . P. Ames ( J r . ) was born near Lowell,Mass . , in 1803 ,son of N . P . Ames a manufacturer of edged tools ofChelmsford (now Lowell)Mass . His practical experience gainedin his father’s shops was later supplemented by study of

mechanical arts in E urope in 1840. D ied in Spring of 1847 .

Nathan Peabody Ames was described as a “dignified, aff able andgenerous man .

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See AmesManufacturing Company.

AMES, Cakes— Chicopee,Mass . Born Jan . 10, 1804 ; diedMay 8, 1873 .

AMES SWORD COMPANY— E stablished in 1881 , at Chicopee,Mass .as a division of the AmesManufacturing Company, a separatecorporation , but with both plants under the same management .The sword making machinery was set up in the purchased plantof the GaylordMfg . Co . , adj oining the AmesManufacturing Co .


In addition to swords the company made the Protector, a sevenshot revolver and Protector Palm Pistols for the Chicago ArmsCom any . At end of sword era” Ames Company was mergedinto illey Ames Corporation of Columbus, Ohio . See AmesManufacturing Cc . , and Ames , N . P.

AMIDON, L .M.— B ellows Falls, Vt.Made telescopes for match riflesthose of Norman B rockway ) , also gain twist rifles .

AMORY— F ond-du-Lac, Wis . Walnut half-stock, brass mounted,octagon barrel percussion plain rifle .

AMOS, John— B edford B orough, Bedford Co . , Pa . , l840’

s (on 1843 taxlist) . Brother- ih - law of W . Border. A long, slim , early percussionKentucky rifle with applewood stock and hand- forged bar lock,marked “J . A.

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AMOSKEAGMF G . CO .—Manchester, N. H .Made SpringfieldModel 186 1 rifle muskets on government contracts during the

Civil War:Jan . 7, 1862 , muskets at each . delivered .

N ov. 5 , 1863 , muskets at each . Contract completed .

J an . 6, 1865 , muskets at each. Contract completed .

AMSDEN, B . W.— Lake Ave . 8: Hodgman Sts . , Saratoga Springs ,

N. Y . , about 1860- 1880. Percussion target rifles , double rifles , andrifle- shotgun combinations ; shaded front sight of pig bristle ;silver eagle cheek-rest inlays .

SD E N , J .— Saratoga Springs

,N . Y . ,

1870- 73 .Maker of a d ouble,side-by - side, combination percussion rifle- shotgun . Engraved locksand dolphin type hammers . Ornate patch box . Iron furniture .

(Related to Amsden, B .

AN , J os .-Marking JOS*AN ” on barrel of Kentucky rifle . Probabb'

abbreviation f or one of the Pennsylvania Angstadt family .

AN DIERS

S'OIN , James - Gunsmith to Committee of Safety, Virginia,

AN DREWS, Edward W.- 19 Ontario St. , Cleveland, Ohio , 1825-55 ,then Oberlin to 1859.

AN DREWS, Philip B .— Cleveland, Ohio, 1820- 30. B rother of E . W .

Andrews . Born at Whitestown, N. Y . , 1796 .

AN DRUS 8: OSBORN — Canton, Conn . Under-hammer percussionpistols and Civil War arms .

AN G,J os.

— On barrel of very early fi intlock Kentucky rifle with incrsed Roman nose stock.

AN GE Iisg

ohn— Philadelphia, Pa . Listed as gunsmith at 97 D illwyn,In

AN GiE

flL ’ N p - (Same as Angle , N . ) Erieville, N . Y . ; percussion match

r es .

ANGELE, George— 42 Genesee St Buff alo , N . Y . , 1858- 59 .

ANGLE, N .-Near Virgil, N. Y .

ANGLIN, Phil Old Uncle Phil, Robertson County , Tenn . , makerof flintlock and later percussion Kentucky rifles marked “

P. A.

”Maker of a flintlock rifle with lock by John Kirkman , Ashville ,Pa . Also made a tiger maple, full stock, .38 caliber, percussionrifle with set triggers and lock apparently of own manufacture .

AN GSTAD T, Adam— Pennsylvania rifle maker . Contractor for “rifleguns” in 1792 .

8 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSANGSTADT ,

Gid eon— Un identified . Inlaid and engraved flintlock

Kentucky rifle of fine workmanship .

ANGSTADT, Peter— Pennsylvania , flintlock period .

AN GSTATT, Joseph— Penna . rifle maker probably related to the

Angstadts and Ansteds . Used abbreviation“JOS*AN”

as permarking on very early fi intlock Kentucky rifle .

AN GSTE AD , Peter (or Angstad t)— Pennsylvania . F ine flintlock Kentucky rifles .

AN GUSH, J as .— E arl Township, Lancaster Cc . ,

Pa . ,1771 and before .

AN N E LY,Edward— New Jersey, 1771 , and before .

AN N E LY,John— New York, N . Y . , percussion period .

AN N E LY , Thomas —U . S . Inspector of Arms inMaryland , 1799- 1801 .

Received payment for expenses incurred in connection with proving muskets .

AN N E LY , Thomas— New Jersey , 1776, before and after . (Same asabove? )

ANSCHUTZ, E .— Philadelphia , Pa . ,

1860.

AN STAD T, Jacob— B erks County ,Pa . ,

1815- 17 .

AN STAT— B elieved to be Peter Angstadt above .

ANSTATT, A.—Marking on barrels of superposed , swivel-breech

flIntlock Penna . rifle , circa 1820. (Same as Adam Angstadt?)ANSTED, A. 8: J .

— Contractors on April 22, 1808, with Tench Coxe ,Purveyor of Public Supplies, for 50 pairs of pistols ateach . Probably are Adam Angstadt and Jacob Anstadt, Pennsylvania arms makers , whose names were spelled with a numberof variations .

AN TlEzg, 8Will

i

am—Mahoning Township , Northumberland Co . ,

Pa . ,

1 2 .

ANTIS, R .— Canandaigua

,N . Y .

,percussion period .

ANTIS, William— Frederick Township, Pennsylvania , RevolutionaryWar . (Same as Antes? )

APPLE BAY, Alexander— BornMarch 4,183 2 ; diedMarch 4 , 1906 .

I

glorked at Wellsburg , W . Va and Steubenville and later Lowell,10.

APPSIE BAY , H . D . 8: W . R .

—Wellsburg, W . V a . ,and later Lowell

,

10.

ARCHER, John— Unidentified . Lock marking on a percussion Kentucky rifle .

ARMSTRONG— Philad elphia , Pa .,maker of Kentucky rifles dating

to about 1800. Possibly same as John Armstrong .

ARMSiTRON G , A. H .

— Unlocated .Maker of a half stock, percussionm e .

ARMSTRONG, Allen— Philadelphia, Pa . , about 1800. Kentucky flintlock rIfles ; rIfled fi intlock Kentucky target pistol, lock marked“A. ARMSTRONG WARRANTE D .

”

ARMSTRONG, John— E mm etsburg,Md , later Pennsylvania , fromabout 1790; died 1827 . Fine fi intlock Kentucky rifle ; raised carvIng , silver inlays , lock handmade .

ARMSTRONG, John, J r.— Son of John Armstrong . Active at Gettys

burg, Pa . , 1855 , before and after .

ARMSTRONG, R . H .— Hudson ,Mich .Maker of plain percussion

match rifles .


ARMSTRONG, S. F a—Adamsville,Mich .

ARMSTRONG 8: TAYLOR —Augusta, Ky . ,1864 . Rifle makers .

AS— (Or AJ ) . Unidentified . Curly maple half stocked plain s rifle withengraved brass hardware and Jas . C olcher lock.

ASHEVILLE ARMORY— Asheville, N. C . Established in 1861 by C01.R. W. Pulliam,

Ephraim Clayton and G . W . Whitson , at thecorner of Valley and Eagle Streets , with one Riley, an Englishman

, as chief machinist . The plant was turned over to the Confederate Government in 1863 , and arms are believed to have beenmarked “Asheville Armory .

” The machinery and equipment weremoved to Columbia, S . C . , prior to April, 1864 , and the plant reestablished as the Columbia Armory in charge of Capt. C . C .McPhail, C . S . ord . D ept. See Columbia Armory . A year later ,in the latter part of April, 186 5 , the old armory buildings atAsheville were burned by F ederal troops .

ASHF IELD, J .— Buffalo ,

N . Y . ,percussion period . (Identical with J .

Ashgfield of Toronto, Canada , maker of a rifle with Goulcher

cc

ASHMORE— Unidentifled .Maker of Kentucky rifles about 1800-08.

ASHMORE, N .— Lockmaker, flint and percussion arms . Percussion

shotgun locks marked“N. ASHMORE .

”

ASHMORE, R.— Lockmaker

,flint and percussion arms .Maker of a

Kentucky rifle flint lock marked R . ASHMORE WARRAN TED”

and of an original Kentucky rifle percussion lock markedand “ASHMORE ” in two lines .

ASHTON, P. H .— Unlocated . Percussion underhammer pistol .

A.ST.B .— Unidentified marking of a curly maple , halfstock, octagon

barrel, double set trigger percussion rifle numbered“No .

A. S. T. CO .— Unidentified Hero percussion pocket pistols .

ASTOL, J. 8: W.— New Orleans, La . , 1805 - 12 .

ASTON , H.— The firm of H . Aston was organized atMiddletown ,

Conn . , about 1843 , by Henry Aston , who arrived in the UnitedStates from England in 1819, and as a skilled pistol maker readilyfound employment with Simeon North, pistol manufacturer, atMiddletown, Conn . Subsequent to 1850 the firm was reorganizedand from 185 1 the famedModel 1842 Army pistols made by theAston Company were marked “H . Aston 8: Co .

” The contract forpistols at each was awarded Feb . 25 , 1845 .

ASTON, H . 8: CO .— See H . Aston above. Henry Aston’s partners

were: Nelson Ashton , Peter Aston , John North, Sylvester C .

B ailey and Ira N . Johnson .

ASTON , H. 8: W.-Converted flint lock on halfstock plains rifle by R .

D enslans .

ASTON, J. J .-Unlocated .Marking on the lock of a percussion

over-under rifle .

ASTON, J. 8: Wa -Converted flint lock with tumbler detent,late

eriod , a Kentucky rifle .Marked “J . 8: W . ASTON WAR

ASTON , W.-WilliamAston,Middletown, Conn . , maker of under

hammer, percussmn saw-handle pistols about 1854, in the old

S . North pistol and musket manufacturing shops .ATHERTON, C .

— Stamping on an old , flintlock,Kentucky rifle barrel

.

ATKINSON — Unidentified . Percussion rifle .

10 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSATKINSON—Maker of a full maple stock, flintlock Kentucky rifle ,

with ornate patch box and with barrel octagonal at the breech .

ATKINSON, Joel— Parkesburg, Ky . , percussion Kentucky rifles .ATKINSON, Wyatt— Hidalgo , Ky . Born 1880 at Parkesburg, Ky . , son

of Joel Atkinson with whom he learned the trade .

ATLANTA ARSENAL— Confederate Arsenal at northwest corner ofWalton and Peachtree Streets . Acquired by Trenholm , F razer 8:Cc . , government fiscal agents Aug . 6 , 1863 . In an ad in “SouthernConfederacy” for Dec . 6 , 1862,Maj orM. H . Wright, C . S . ACommanding Arsenal, offers to exchange powder for lead at theMilitary Store House, corner Peachtree and Walton .

ATLAS GUN CO .-Ilion, N. Y . ,

1893 . Small caliber rifles .ATLE Y, Conrad— B edford Township, B edford Co. , Pa . , 1800.

ATWATER, J. B .— Ripon, Wis . Probably during l85o’

s .

A. T. W.— Unidentified . Bedford County, Pa . , silver inlaid percussion .

Kentucky rifle .

AUER, B . I .— Louisville, Ky . Reported maker of a heavy, 19 lb . walnuthalf stock, schuetzen rifle .

AUER, X.— Gunsmith, New Orleans, La . , 1861 .

AUGUSTA ARSENAL— Augusta, Ga .Manufactured equipment, fleld

artillery, powder and repaired arms for the Confederacy .

AUGUSTINE , S.— Unlocated . F lintlock Kentucky rifle .

AUGUSTINE, Samuel— Athens County, Ohio , 1853 - 54 .

AULTLAN D , H . G .— Penna . rifle maker .

AUSTIN, Cornelius— New Jersey, 1776- 78. Armorer to New Jersey .

AUSTIN, Thomas— Charlestown ,Mass . -Gunsmith to Committee ofSafety . Armorer toMassachusetts, 1775 .

AVERY, G .— Hamburg, Pa .

AVERY, Willis —Salisbury,N. Y . , percussion period .

AVET, F a —Gunsmith, St . Laude, between St . Phillip and Ursulines,New Orleans

,La . ,

1853 .

A. Wa—Marking inside of lock ofModel 1795 flintlock musket.AYRES, R. A.

— Alexandria, V a . , Percussion Ken tucky rifle withRemington barrel.

B

BA'

BB ITT, L . W.— Ohio

,1837 . F lintlocks .

BABCOCK, J .— Under hammer percussion pisto l with ring hammer .

BAB COCK,Moses— Charlestown ,Mass . Listed in D irectories from1838 to 1874 . Was assistant to Abij ahMonroe, gunsmith , thenowner of a shop on Charlestown Square 1877-81 . D ied Aug . 27,1886 .

BACH, John— 52 Commercial St. , San F rancisco, Calif . , 1855 ; 72 Commercial 1858- 65 .

BACHNER BROTHERS— 72 Hennepin , later 3 6 S . Washington Ave . ,Minneapolis ,Minn . , 1869-80.

BACKHOUSE, Richard— Gun-barrel maker of Easton, Pa . , 1774-81 .

Owner and operator of the Durham Iron Works .

BACON ARMS (J O — E stablished at Norwich, Conn . , by Thomas K .

B acon in 1852 .Makers of B acongercussion pepperboxes , Single

shot pistols, and of B riggs and W . Hopkins type revolvers .

AMERICAN GUNMAKERS 1 1

ceased operations in 1888. In 1892 the remaining inventory ofthe Company

,amounting to only about was taken over

by the Crescent F ire Arms Co. , of Norwich .

BAcgN 8: CO .

— Percussion pistols and pepperboxes . See Bacon Arms0.

BACONMF G . CO .— Bacon percussion and cartridge revolvers . See

Bacon Arms Co . above .

BAER, J .- Lancaster, Pa . , 1810- 1840. F lintlock Kentucky rifles .

BAGGETT, E li Jah— Attleboro ,Mass . Contractor under Act of 1798 for500Charleville pattern (Model 1795 ) muskets at per stand .

BAGLEY, Albert G .— Breech- loading, percussion rifle marked on bar

rel,

“ALB E RT G BAGLE Y'MARCHBAHN, B . 8: BRO Cape Girardeau,Mo. , makers of percussion sport

ing rifles .BAHRMAN N , G .

— Louisville, Ky . Percussion rifle .

BAILEY, D .— New Orleans

,La . Importer and dealer in firearms,

English percussion revolvers known with this marking .

BAILEY, Georg e— Phila . ,Pa . Listed as gunsmith on NewMarket near

Green, in 1829 .

BAILEY, G . L .— Portland,Me .Maker of half stock, muzzle loading,

percussion sporting rifle with Remington barrel.BAILEY, Goff— Kincheloe, W. Va . Percussion rifles .BAILEY, Nathan— Gunsmith of New London , Conn . , 1776-79 . Worked

on repair of public arms for the State . Was paid 50 pounds inJuly, 1775 .

BAILEY, Thomas— Gunsmith , Chartres, New Orleans , La . ,1853 .

BAILEY, W. A.— Unlocated . Under-hammer, percussion target pistol.

BAIRD, C .— Vermont . Percussion target pis tol with false muzzle and

bird’s - eye maple shoulder stock.

BAIRD, S . S.— Chittenden , V t. , percussion period .

BAKER, Andrew— B edford,Pa . , area

BAKER, C .— Unlocated.Marking on the lock of a percussion sporting

rifle .

BAKER, Clyde— 2100 E ast 59th St. , Kansas City,Mo. , modern .

BAKE?GUN 8: FORGING CC .

— B atavia,N. Y. 1911- 14. Cal. .22 auto

ri es .BAKER, J .

—Pennsylvania . Kentucky rifle d ated Nov. 28, 1843 . Alsomade 3 -barrel swivel breech guns .

BAKER, Jacob S.— Listed as gunsmith at 386 North F ront, Phila . ,

Pa. , in 1819. Operated a rifle factory at 916 Front St., in 1824 .

Again listed as gunsmith on No . Front, corner Otter in 1859 .

BAKER, James—Musket contractor . Contract of January 24, 1829.

Was Administrator forMarine T . Wickham, deceased musketmanufacturer 1829- 183 5 .

BAKER, James—Mill Creek, Pa. ,about 1825 .

BAKER, John— Lancaster, Pa. , flintlock period .

BAKER, John— Pennsylvania musket maker . Several references toJohn Baker making Provincial firearms for Pennsylvania in 1776 .

His farm and shop were on the south side of the Germantown Pikeat the North Wales Road, which is at rear end of the State Hospital for the Insane at Norristown , Pa. Rev . Charles Collins in

12 AMERICAN GUNMAKERS1895 stated that John Baker was an ingenious worker in iron ,

steel,and other metals . His father was a native of Germany ;

and a very early settler in the vicinity . D uring the RevolutionaryWarMr . Baker rendered very effi cient aid to the Whig cause, byhis handicraft, in the work of repairing suitable firearms .Mr . B aker lived to a great old age ; being nearly a Centenarian ;and died about A son Arnold died at the old homesteadabout 1858. The son kept B arley Sheaf tavern .

BAKER,John— Providence Township , Pa . ,

1768-75 and after .

BAKER,Melchior— AlsoMelchor . F ayette County, Pa . , before andafter 1781 - 1804 . After participating in Col. Lochry

’

s ill- fated expedition of 1781 , he came to Georges Township , Fayette Cc . ,

where he settled and established an arms factory in associationwith Albert Gallatin, who furnished most of the financial backing . The plant at times employed up to a hundred hands , andsupplied the state as well as furnished arms to the national governm ent, making broadswords and long arms . After Gallatinj oined Jeff erson’s Cabinet

,he withdrew from the firm , disposing

of his interest to B aker, who continued the operation of theplant with the assistance of his sons . The factory was in operation in 1804, as is evidenced by a Pennsylvania State payment of

for arms furnished . The firm closed when the government armories went into large scale production , and B akermoved to Clarksburg, Va . (now W . Va . )

BAKER, W. H .—Marathon

,Courtland Co . ,

N . Y . , and B atavia, N . Y . ,

heavy percussion sniper’s and target rifles with patent muzzlesand telescope sights .

BALD, Fred— 91 Pennsylvania St. ,B altimore

,Md . ,

1860.

BALDWIN, Elihu— B ranford,Conn .Musket maker to Committee of

Sfigty .Made 17 good guns with bayonets . Recorded Nov . 18,

BALDWIN, Jacob— Pennsylvania musket maker to Committee of

Safety . Jacob B aldwin was one of the petitioners , representingPennsylvania gun makers , complaining to Committee of Safetyin November, 1776 , against the high cost of materials and laborentering into arms making; and quoting advances in prices within.one year, since 1775 .

BALL, Elisha— North Carolina before and after 1821 ; flintlock Kentucky rifles .

BALL 8: WILLIAMS— Worcester,Mass . , 1861- 66 .Makers of B allard ’s

patent carbines and military and sporting rifles,under Charles H .

Ballard patent of Nov . 5 , 1861 , No . D uring the Civil Warthe government purchased B allard carbines .

BALLARD ARMS CO .— Worcester,Mass . Civil War arms.

BALLARD, C . H . 8: CO .— See B allard 8: Fairbanks .

BALLARD 8: FAIRBANKS— Worcester,Mass . , 1870.Made B allard

cartridge derringers .BALLWEG, A.

— 129 W . Washington St. , Indianapolis, Ind . , 1868-72 .

BALSER, A. L . 8: CC .— Cincinnati

,Ohio

,1857- 59 .

BALSLEY, T .— Connellsville , Fayette Co . ,

Pa . Half and full stock percussion Kentucky rifles of good workmanship . Name on barrel .

BALTIMORE ARMS CC .—Modern . Shotguns .

E AMES, S . or T .—Marking on sideplate of circa 1840Kentucky rifle .

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at the time of the battle of Con

cord .

BARRf

IN GTON , A. C .— Lebanon

,N . Y . Percussion under-hammer

n e .

BARROWS, E .— Unlocated . Curly maple fullstock, octagonal barrel,

.3 6 cal . flintlock Kentucky squirrel rifle .

BARSTOW, I . 8: C . C .-Musket makers of E xeter

,N . H . Contracted

on O ct . 21 , 1808, for Model 1808 muskets . Barstow musketlock plates are marked “J . 8: C . B . E

'xeter .

” In the early lgth

Century letters J and I were interchanged rather freely in writ

gig . Probabilities are that the contract should have read J .

arstow .

BARTLETT— Lancaster,Pa . E arly Kentucky flintlock rifles of excel

lent workmanship .

BARTLETT, A.— Ruxton Lane , B altimore ,Md . ,

active in 1817 .

BARTLETT, A. 8: P .-Massachusetts musket makers . Contracted

O ct. 3 1 , 1808, for Model 1808 muskets . O f these weredelivered by O ct. 7, 1812 .

BARTLETT, Isak— F orged lock plates at Springfield Armory 1808.

BARTLETT, Joseph , and Robert S.— B inghamton , N . Y . ,

1829- 50.

Sons of Capt . Isaac Bartlett , Connecticut blacksmith and wheelright

, who in 1813 established in Owego , N . Y . , and thence in1829, settled at Chenango Point (now B inghamton ) . Joseph andRobert B artlett opened a Shop on Court Street where between1829 and 1834 they made flintlock Kentucky rifles at first, thenpercussion arms . In 1834 the site of their shop being taken overby the State for a canal proj ect, they put up a larger new building on Franklin (now Washington ) Street, employing at timesas many as 25 hands . F rom 1834

,on change of name of the city

to B inghamton, the B artlett arms were marked with the newname

,instead of Chenango Point . The plant discontinued about

1850, unable to compete with cheaper, machine made arms madeon production basis .

BARTON, Samuel— Thorntown , Ind . ,1885 .

BASLER, A. L . CC .— Cincinnati

,Ohio

,1857 - 59 .

BASSET, F . E .— B reechloading

,rim -fi re target pistol .

BATI

CHE IéOgt, William R.

—Gunmaker .Miller’s Court (N Phila . ,

a . ,1

BATES , Cord— Thornton,N . Y . ,

percussion period .

BATES, R .— N .orth Carolina ; making flintlock Kentucky rifles in 1820.

BATLE F E LD , R .— Unlocated . Flintlock Kentucky rifles .

BATON ROUGE ARSENAL — Confederate Arsenal at B aton Rouge ,La . Serviceable property removed by the State of Louisiana inMay 186 1 , including muskets

,sabers

,pistols

,battery

wagons , forges , etc . The gun machinery for making arms was

removed to Columbus, Ga . ,

in 1862 .

BATTLES, C . G .— Wellington , Lorain Co . ,

Ohio .

BATTLS, John— Whittier , N . C . Percussion rifles .

BAUER, Georgem Lancaster , Pa . , prior to 1783 .

BAUER, J .—Unlocated . Flintlock period .

BAUER 8: KLEPZIG— 2 12 Washington St. , San Francisco , Calif . , 1855 .

See also KLE PZ IG 8: CO .

BAUM, C .— Unlocated . C . BAUMMAKE R, POTTSVILLE ,

markingon barrel of superposed, swivel-breech percussion rifle, circa 1845 .


BAUM, Samuel —New Berlin , Pa . ,1789 - 1840. Flintlock and percussion

Kentucky rifles .

BAXTER, A. T .— B altimore ,Md . , about 1830- 41 .

B . 8: CC .— Unidentifi ed . B rass barrel and frame pistol .

BAY STATE ARMS CO .— Oxbridge ,Mass . , about 1870- 75 . Single - sho t

target rifles and pistols .

B. B .— Unidentifi ed .Marking on a Kentucky type pistol with silverinlays .

BEACH,C . H .

— Unlocated . Three barrel pepper-box type revolvingrifle

,each barrel with own sights . Same as Claudius H . B each?

BEACH, Claud ius H .—Marshall,Michigan . B orn at B loomfield , On

tario Co . ,N . Y . ,

and later apprenticed to a gunsmith .MovedWest toMarshall,Mich .MarriedMaryMcKay October 10, 1830.

Three children . Hun ting and target rifles usually using Rem ington barrels and Geo . Golcher locks . D ied Aug . 26 , 1888.

B . E .— Script Initials of B arney E ngle , Greensboro , Greene Co . ,

Pa . ,

before and after 1870.Maker of a late percussion rifle, and aplains rifle, so marked .

BEACH, J. J .— Celina, Ohio , 1835 - 1860.

BEACH, T .— Perry Co . , Pa .

,1815

,before and after .

BEADLE— Indian Trail,Maumee Valley , Ohio , 1840- 90.

BEALE— Unidentified . 1858.

BEAN, Baxter— Jonesboro , Tenn . ,1812 . Also Cherokee Creek and

Nashville . Rifle made in 1834 . Son of Russell B ean who was bornin 1769 on Watauga River , Tenn . , of William B ean .

Russell Bean was the father of B axter, Charles , Joseph (ofRock Creek, Tenn . ) and Robert (Washington Co . , aboutHe had brothers E dmund

,Jesse ( company commander at B attle

of KingsMountain ) , John , Robert ( served in War of Revolution )and William , J r . , all sons of Wm . B ean of Watauga River, Tenn .

BEAN, Charles— Son of Russell B ean , Jonesboro , Tenn . Rifle madein 183 1 . Father of Charles B ean , J r .

BEAN, Charles, J r .— Percussion rifles . Son of Charles B ean . D ied

near E rwin,Tenn . ,

about 1920.

BEAN, Jam es— E ast Tennessee,

flintlock period .

BEAN, Russell— Jonesboro , Tenn . B orn 1869 . Rifle m aker . His identification marks were stars at muzzle and on rear sight.

BEARDSLEYMF G . CC .— B rooklyn

,N . Y . ,

about 1868. Rifled muskets .

BEAUVAIS , R .- St. Louis

,Mo . , gunsmith . B orn in 1817 . Listed in

the city di rectory from 1858 to 1875 . Reported to have made a

few revolvers of Colt type for the Confederacy . WhenMissouriwent Union ,

”the B eauvais family are alleged to have supplied

the Confederate members of“O rder of American Knights” or

“Knights of the Golden Circle,with arms .

BEBOUT, William—Monroe Township,B elm ont Co .

, Ohio , 1858- 1876 .

BECHTLER, Christopher— Rutherford,N . C .

,1829 - 47 and later .

BECK, A . S.— Unidentifi ed . Kentucky flintlock rifle .

BECK, C .— L ancaster Cc .

,Penna . 1780- 1820. Flintlock K entucky rifles .

BECK, Christian— Indianapolis,Ind ,

187 1 - 74 .

BECK, D .— Unidentifi ed

, Flintlock and percussion Kentucky rifles .BECK, Gideon— Pennsylvania

,about 1780- 90.

16 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSBECK, H .

— Gunsmith, 27 St . Phillip, New Orleans , La . ,

1853 .

BECK, Isaae—Mifiiinburg , Union Cc . , Pa . , about 183 5 . Fine flintlock

arms .BECK, John— Lancaster County

, Pa . Active 1772 - 77 , before and later .

BECK, J. P.— Union County, Pa . ,

flintlock period .

BECK, John Phi lip— D auphin County, Pa . ,

before and after 1788-89 .

BECK, J. W.— Unidentifi ed . Flintlock Kentucky rifle .

BECK, S . 8: SONS— Indianapolis , Ind .Makers and distributors of

rifles and shotguns .Many of their products were made fromstandard rough parts furnished to sub - contr actor gunsmiths in

“

the vicinity, for boring, stocking and finishing .

BECK, Samuel— Indianapolis,Ind ,

1870-71 .

BECK, Wm . 8: Son— Portland, O re . Dealers and gunsmiths , percussion period .

BECKER, I . or J .— Lebanon, Pa . , before 1800. Kentucky rifle .

BECKLEY, Elias— Connecticut, flintlock period . D ied in 1816 . Hisson , E lias , J r . , carried on the business at Beckley Quarter , nearBerlin until his death in 1828.

B E D D IE , G eorge— Sugar Creek Township,Tuscarawas Co . , Ohio ,

1815 - 1871 .

“Rifles and other firearms .

”

BEEBE— Albany,N . Y . ,

1846 -49 .

BEEBE, Richard— Springfi eld ,Ohio

,1861 - 64 .

BEEMAN—Massachusetts . Gunsmith to Committee of Safety, 1775 -76 .

BEEMAN, John— Lancaster, F airfi eld Co . , Ohio , 1820.

BEEMAN,Martin— Lancaster, F airfi eld Cc . ,

Ohio , 183 1 .

B E E RSTE CHE RS, E .— Lewisburg, Pa . Same as B eerstecher, F .

?

B E E RSTE CHE R, F .— Philadelphia , Pa . Percussion Kentucky rifles .

Also patentee of a two - shot,single barrel rifle, Sept . 25 , 185 5 ,

Patent No .

B E E

I

I

D

ISTE

gHE R, G . F .

—Lewisburg,Pa . Percussion side-by - side dou

le ri e .

BEISEL, John and Simon— Philadelphia,Pa . L isted as gunsmiths on

Lilley Alley in 1829 .

B E KE ART— San F rancisco , Ca1. , percussion rifles .

BELKNAP, Amaso— Cherry Valley, N . Y . , rifle maker . B orn in E llington, Conn . , Nov . 29, 1786 .Moved to Cherry Valley, year uh

known . The last house he lived in still stands but the brickgunshop was torn down about 1900. Fine muzzle loading, fullstock, pill- lock and percussion hunting and target rifles on theGerman styles

,with cheek-piece and inlays . D ied Sept . 21 , 1878

d, is buried in Cherry Valley cemetery .

BELL, Conder— Unlocated . Kentucky rifles .

BELL,Elias— Pennsylvania ; making flin tlock Kentucky rifles in 1818.

BELL, H . P.— Cambridge, Ohio .

BELL, John— B oston ,Mass . ,1745 - 54 .

BELLES, P.— Unlocated ; possibly sam e as B ellis of Lancaster, Pa .

Flintlock and percussion Kentucky rifles .

BELLIS— Lancaster,Pa . E arly flintlock period .

BELLOWS, Josiah— Walpole,N . H .Musket maker , 1799, 1801 . Asso

ciated with Gurdon Huntington , John Livinston and D avid Stone


in a contract under Act of July 5 , 1798, for 500Charleville pattern (Model muskets at per stand . O f these 23 5 weredelivered by June 10, 1801 .

BELTON, Joseph— Philadelphia, Pa. ,1777 . By direction of Congress

ofMay 3 , 1777, authorized to superintend the making or alteringof one hundred muskets on a plan exhibited by him . These gunswere to fire eight rounds “with once loading .

”

BEMIS, Edmund— Boston,Mass . Born 1720. Active 1746 -85 . D ied 1810.

BENDER, J .— Pennsylvania, period of 1790. Fine Kentucky flintlock

rifl

i. Late Kentucky rifles so marked are possibly by another

ma er .

B E N F E

CR,Amos and Arnig— B eaverstown , Snyder Cc . , Pa. Flintlock

perioBENFER, Amos— Troxelville, Pa . Over-under, full stock, percussion

Kentucky type rifle marked on barrel,“AMOS BENFER TROK

E LV I'LLE , PA.MARCH Related to Benfer, Amos above?

BENNETT— With Packson settled on Kent Island,Md . , in 163 1 .Maryland

’

s first gun makers . Established three year s before foundingof the Province by Calvert .

BENNETT, T.— Unlocated . Single-Shot, percussion underhammer

pistol of “hand forged” workmanship .

BENNETT, William N .— Elgin, Iowa, 1854-84 . Born F ebruary 14, 1834,

atMiddlebury, Addison Co . , Vt. Came to California in his youthvia Cape Horn

,thence in the 1850’

s, after a three months overland j ourney

, to Iowa, where he located 3 miles from E lgin andworked for thirty-five years .Made muzzle loading, percussion ,

hunting and target rifles with gain twist rifling of noted accuracy .

Bennett rifle, .45 caliber, 3 1 inch barrel known datedMarch 1

,

1884. William Bennett died in 1914 in Stowe, Vermont .BENSON, EZRA D .

— Terra Alta (formerly Cranberry Summit) , W .

V a . , and laterMorgantown, W . V a ., about 1870 and later . Ornate

German silver inlaid, half stock percussion rifles .

BENSON,M.M.—Morgantown , W. V a . , about 1870and later . Brotherof E . D . Benson above .Made same type of ornate , German silvermounted , half and fullstock percussion rifles .

BENSON, Wm .— Rices Landing, Greene Co . ,

Pa .

BERG, Henry— Davenport, Iowa, 1860- 70. Born in Schleswig-Holstein ,

Germany, about 1827 ; came to U. S . in l850’s after having servedapprenticeship as gunsmith . Worked first in St . Louis ,Mo . , fortwo or three years , then came to Davenport where he first established his shop in a one- story building on the northeast cornerof Third andMain . Later moved to northeast corner of Third andHarrison , where he built a three-s tory, brick building which stillstands . Operated under own name for many years until j oinedby his sons , Frank and E mil ( famous off -hand, scheutzen rifleshot ) , when the firm became H . Berg 8: Sons . Henry Berg maderifles , shotguns and pistols . Was active in the Davenport Schuetzen Verein and his rifles were mostly of the schuetzen type .

Berg ceased making arms about the time of the Civil War,to

engage in the sale of commercial arms and supplies . In lateryears the firm was at 22 1 Harrison St . The business was sold in1926 , to be operated as a sporting goods store .

BERGER, Casper— Detroit gun smith . Active in Detroit up to 1866 .

Several percussion rifles marked with his name are in existence.

BERGER, W.-Aurora , Ind . Percussion rifle,

18 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSBERLIN, Abraham— Easton, Pa . , before and after 1786 .

BERLIN, Isaac— Easton, Pa . , before and after 1786 . Born 175 5 ,died 183 1 .

BERLIN, Louis— 10 Court St. , Buff alo , N . Y . , 1854.

BERNARD, Joseph— Walpole, N . H .Musket maker, 1799- 1801 . Associated with Amasa Allen and Samuel Grant in a contract for

Charleville pattern, (Model 1795 ) muskets at perstand

, of which were delivered by June 10, 1801 .

BERRY, A. P.— Unlocated , flintlock period .

BERRY, B .— Painted Post, N. Y . , about 1820. Late flintlock Kentucky

rifles ; an over-under double rifle .

BERRY, R . B .— Unlocated , flintlock period .

BERRY, S.- Pennsylvania

, F lintlock Kentucky rifle .

BERRY, W.— Poughkeepsie, N . Y . ,

before and after 1840. Later atAlbany, N . Y. Percussion revolvers under Cochran

’s patent .

B E RSTRO , I. W.— Buff alo , N . Y . A German silver mounted, walnut

half stock percussion rifle with A. W . Spies lock . Probably relatedto J . H . B erstro .

B E RSTRO , J . H .— Buff alo , N . Y . ,

183 5 . Silver inlaid, brass mountedflintlock Kentucky rifle .

BERY, P.— Unlocated . F lintlock Kentucky rifles with carving in relief .

BEST— Lancaster, Pa . , flintlock period .

BEST ,M.— Pennsylvania , late flintlock period .

BETTLEY— Buif alo, N . Y . ,1860. Sporting rifles and shotguns .

B E UTTE R BROS .- New Haven, Conn . LaterMeriden , Conn . , be

fore and after 1850.Match rifles .BE VAfiNS, A. L .

— Flushing, N . Y . Half stock, octagon barrel percussionr e .

BEVIER, J ames— Plymouth, Ohio, 1867-96 .

BEYER, N .— (O r B eyers ) . Lebanon, Pa . , about 1780- 1808. F ine heavy

flintlock Kentucky rifles , scroll carved, without patchbox or withlong-necked bird forming tip of patchbox .

BEYERS, N a —Pennsylvania,about 1808. (See Beyer, N . same? )

B . F . A.— Inside marking of a commercial, side action ,

percussionlock, without tumbler stirrup, ornamented with flying geese andfloral stamping . Also lock marking of a percussion rifle by R .

Haskell, Painesville, Ohi o .

B . F . S.— Unidentified . F lintlock Kentucky rifle . Lock by Wilkes

of London , 1810.

BISCAISE , B enjamin— Charleston , S . C . , 1867 .

B ICKEL, Louis— Akron , Ohio, 1878-83 .

B . I .— Unidentified . Kentucky rifle .

B ICKNELL, Thomas—Musket maker, active 1799- 1801 . Contractedunder Act of July 5 , 1798, for Charleville pattern

, (Model1795 ) muskets at per stand , of which were deliveredby June 10

,1801 . The name is spelled BRICKN E SS in the list

of contractors, and B icknell in the list of payments made .

B ICKN E SS, Thomas— See B icknell, above .

B IDDLE , Levi— Shanesville, Tuscarawas Cc . ,Ohio

,1830. Half-stock,

silver inlaid, percussion match rifle .


BIDDLE, T. 8: W. C .— Philadelphia , Pa . , percussion period .

B IDDLE, R . 8: W. C .— Philadelphia, Pa . , about 1840. Flintlock Ken

tucky rifles .Marking known on barrels and on locks .BIDDLE, W. C. 8: CC .

—Marking on a lock of a percussion Plainsrifle .

BIDWELL,Oliver— Hartford, laterMiddletown , Conn . Born Dec . 13 ,

1732 , son of David andMehetabell Bidwell. Active 175 6 - 1810.

Contracted O ct. 25 , 1808, for Model 1808 muskets . O f these750were delivered by O ct. 7, 1812 . Had been a gunsmith .

BIEG, S.— Pennsylvania, 18th century. Splendid rotating double

flintlock rifle .

B IELBY 8: CO .— Unlocated . Late flintlock period pistol maker .

BIGELOW, B .—Marysville, Cal . Revolving cylinder pill- lock rifles .

BIGOT, Leon— 150 Sacramento St. , San Francisco , Calif . , 1859- 61 .

B ILHARZ , HULL 8: CO .— Pittsylvania Court House, Va . Confederate

shoulder arms . Advertised for 25 - 30 gunsmiths ,May 16 , 1862 .

BILLINGHURST, William— 9 Stillson St . , Rochester, N . Y . B orn inMonroe, Cc . ,N . Y . ,

in 1807, died in RochesterMarch 4 , 1880. Internationally famous maker and match shooter . E stablished inRochester about 1838 ; 43Main St . in 1841 . Advertised in 1853 :

rifles , target rifles , repeating rifles, or seven- shooters , doublebarreled rifles , one- above - the - other, rifle and shot

,double

barreled guns, telescopic sights for rifles made to order . Repairingof all kinds

BILLINGS 8: SPENCER — Hartford, Conn . ,1869-76 . Firm organized

by Charles E . Billings , ex-employee of Colt’s and Remington’s .Made Roper sporting arms .BILLUPS 8: HASSELL—Mound Prairie (or Plenitude ) , Anderson

Cc . , Tex . Consisting of John Billups and D . D . Hassell .Made650 Texas rifles for the Confederacy between D ecember, 1862,andMarch , 1864 .

B IN GHAM, Henry— Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety Flintlock .

BIRCH—Maker of flint and percussion rifle locks . BIRCH” stampedon a flint lock (with gooseneck hammer and frizzenspring rollerbearing ) , of

.

a John Derr Kentucky pistol . Also marking on lockof a percussion Kentucky rifle .

BIRCHEO

R, C.— St. Louis ,Mo. Schuetzen type

,walnut stocked per

cussmn rifle, Iron furniture, target sights .

BIRD, A. N .— Kenton, Hardin Co. ,

Ohio, 185 3 - 65 .

BIRD, C . 8: CO .— Philadelphia

, Pa .,about 1812- 1820; lockmakers .

Engraved flintlocks on~Kentucky rifles and pistols .

BIRD, JohnW.- Oscaloosa , Iowa . Active about - 1900. Born in

1832 ; died October 13 , 1917, in D esMoines ; interred in Oscaloosa .

B IRD,Mark— B irdsb

o

oro, Pa . , before and after 1775 -88. Son of William

B ird and established the town . Cast cannon during Revolutionand

_

agreed onMay 28, 1776 , to make 100muskets for Pennsy lvania .

BIRD, W.— Overton , Pa .Maker of an over-under

,percussion rifle in

18g8 or 1859 . Also marking on the lock of a percussion Kentucky

n e .B ISBEE, D . H .

— Norway,Maine , 183 5 - 60. Silver mounted Kentucky

rifle of fine workmanship .

20 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSBISBEE , J .

— Kalamazoo,Mich . ,

3 -barrel, swivel-breech , percussionrifle .

B ISB IN G— Pennsylvania, percussion period .

B ISB IN G , A. S.— Well made, fancy, percussion, swivel breech , over

under rifle of Kentucky style and lines, marked on barrel“A. S .

B ISB IN G (MAKE R) . The lock plate engraved “L . bridleplate marked “L . HE TTINGE R, possibly the owner .

BISHOP, D . D .— Unidentified .Maker of over-under, combination per

cussion rifle .

BISHOP, Henry H .— B oston,Mass . , about 1847 .

BISHOP, J .— Eastern Pennsylvania, gun- lock maker after 1775 .

BISHOP, W.— Springfi eld , Illinois . Percussion rifle .

BISHOP, William— Boston,Mass . , 1818- 60.

BITTERLICH, Frank J .— No . 16 , D eaderick St. , Nashville , Tenn .

,

1861 .

“GunManufacturer. Percussion derringers . Reputed tohave made and repaired rifles at the beginning of the Civil War .

BITTINGER, Peter— Orange Township , Ashland Cc . ,Ohio

,1825 .

BITTLE , W. C .— Unlocated . Percussion Kentucky rifle .

BIXLER 8: IDDINGS— Lafayette , Ind . , in 1874 . Percussion lock on

J . N . B rown , D ayton , O . , rifle .

BLACK— Springfield , Ohio . Percussion rifle .

BLACK'MAN, Anson— Osceola and Elkland, Pa . ,

before and after185

BLACKMAN, Eli jah— In January,1776 , requested money to manu

facture arms for the Colony of Connecticut .Made musket locksfor Titus Hosmer of the Arms Committee of the Committee ofSafety atMiddletown .

BLACK 8: OWEN— D etroit,Mich . Cal . .32 chased frame pocketrevolver.

BLACKWOOD,Marmaduke— Philadelphia , Pa .Musket lock-makerto Committee of Safety, 1775 -76 . Contracted for 200musket locksDec . 5 , 1775 .

BLAINE, William—Ligonier Township,Westmoreland Co . , Pa . ,

1838.

BLAIR, Andy— Gunsmith . B elmont Co . , Ohio, 1802 . Sent to Stockadeand Fort in Richland Cc . , by the U . S . Government, 1812- 17 .

BLAIR AN DMORRILL —Amherst,Mass . ,

Cutlass pistol. SeeMerrill,Mosman B lair.

BLAISD E L , Jonathan— Amesbury,Mass . ,

1775 . Gunsmith to Comm ittee of Safety .

BLAKE— O f the firm French , Blake and Kinsley, musket makers ,contractors of O ct. 20, 1808, for stand of arms . There were

known to have been delivered by O ct. 7 , 1812 .

BLAKE, John Henry—Maker of a bolt action, 7- shot, revolvingmagazine sporting rifle . Similar military type tested by anOrdnance Board of Governor

’s Island, N. Y . , in July 1891 .

BLAKE , P. 8: E . W.- New Haven, Conn . ,

musket makers ofModel1821 muskets . B elieved to have been the nephews of Eli WhitneySr . , and to have been the trustees of the Whitney Armory from1823 until Eli Whitney ( J r . ) coming of age in 1842 .

BLANCHARD, Thomas— Inventor of machinery for the mechanicalcompletion of gun stocks and irregular turnings used at Springfield Armory in the early 19th Century . Born at Sutton,Mass .

,

June 24, 1788, died in B oston , April 16, 1864 .


22 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSU. S . in 1847, and toMilwaukee in 1848, where he was active asrifle

,gun and pistol maker for over 30years . Located on Oneida

Street from 1848 until after the Civil War, then at 501 E astWater until his death in 1890. Noted for fine percussion targetrifles , schuetzen type .

BOLSER, Joseph— Philadelphia , Pa . , in 1799 ; flintlock Kentucky rifles .

BOLTON— B arrel marking of a flintlock Kentucky rifle of about1770- 1790.

BOLTON, Enoch— Charleston , S . C . ,1665 .

BOLTON, Robert— Georgia, 177073 . Armorer to the Colony .

ROMFORD , Geo.-Colonel Ordnance D ept . U . S . Army . Connected

with procurement and technical improvement 1818- 1841 .

BON Ef

I

I

SRAKE , TobiasMiller— Kingman , Ill. , before 1885 . Percussionri es .

BOND, Richard— Cecil County ,Md . Contractor toMaryland Councilof Safety for gun barrels , on April 17 , 1777 .

BONNET, A.— Clarion , Pa . ,

1875 .Maker of full stock plains riflemarked “A. BONNE T CLARION PA. 1875 and numbered . B arrelby James B own , Pittsburgh ( 1862 lock by J . H . Johnston

,

Pittsburgh, ( 1866

BONTEMPS— Camden , N . J . Percussion rifles .

BOONE, E .— Oley Valley, Pa . , before and after 1818 . Cousin to D aniel

B oone . Long, plain but graceful flintlock Ken tucky rifles , scrollcarved but without patchbox ; one dated 1817 .

BOONE,Samuel— B erks Countv Pa .

,after 1768. N ephew to D aniel

Boone .

BOONE , Samuel— F rederickstown ,Md .Musket lock -m aker of Revolu

tionary War period .

BOONE, Squire —Rowan County , N . C . B rother to D an iel B oone ,before 1800.

BOONE , Thomas— Oley Valley ,Pa . ; making flintlock K en tucky rifles

in 1797 . First cousin to D aniel B oone .

BOOTH, R. . W.— Cincinnati , Ohio .Maker of percussion rifle locks .

Also made flintlock Kentucky rifle .

BOOTH, William— Philadelphia , Pa 85 S . Front St. ,in 1798, and

on South Second St . from 1799 to 1816 .Made pistols of m artialtype and manufactured and rented duelling pistols .

BOOTH, William—Musket maker of Narberth , Pa .,

flintlock period .May have been the Wm . B ooth who later married into theNippes family, musket contractors .

BORDER, Daniel and Enos— B edford B orough and Township , B edfordCc . , Pa . , about 1843 .

BORDER, Gebald— Bedf ord , Pa . ,1769 .

BORDER, John— B edford Co . , Pa . Son of William , brother of D aniel.Made mostly percussions .

BORDER, Samuel— 18254 865 , flint and percussion periods . B edfordCo . , about 1841 , later Somerset Co .

BORDER, William— Bedford , Pa . Son of Gebald , father of D aniel andJohn .Made rifles before 1800.

BORDER, Wm .— New Paris , B edford , Co . , Pa .Maker of full stock

percussion squirrel rifles . Lock marked “W . B .

”

BORl

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l

ts

E E , William— Gunsmith . Back of 43 3 N . Third, Phila .,Pa . ,


BOSTON ARMS COMPANY— B oston,Mass . Civil War .

BOSWOR‘TH— Also B ossworth ,

Lancaster County, Pa . , 1800- 1805 .

BOSWORTH, B .M.— Unidentifi ed . Cased pair of all metal percussion “bootleg” pistols . Cap boxes on left side of grips .

BOUCHETTE , John— Gunsmith . Cobb’s Court,Phila . , Pa . ,

1819 .

B OUD E RE AUX, P .— N . Y .Maker of a massive , schuetzen type ,

octagon barrel,percussion target rifle with false muzzle and eh

graved lock and breech .

BOULON, W. S.— Kentucky, 1800-40.

BOURNE, William— Savannah, Ga . , Confederate imitation ColtRemington revolvers , marked

“W.B .

BOURON, P.— New Orleans

,La . , arms maker . Born at Nantes, France

in 183 5 . Was apprenticed to the gunsmith trade under ArmandSoubie in 1847 , at the age of 12 . Located at 25 9 B ayou Road in1853 . D ied in 1905 .

BOURON, Louis L .— New Orleans

,La . ,

1861- 1943 . Son of P . B ouron .

Learned the gunsmith trade in his father’s shop and after father’sdeath continued the firm

’

s business at 534 Chartres as P. BouronSons .

BOURON, Philipe George— New Orleans , La . ,1859- 1929 . Son of P.

B ouron . Learned the gunsmith trade at E vaeux , F rance, from1878 to 1881 , when he returned to New Orleans to work in hisfather’s shop .

BOWMAN,William— Loudonville

,Ohio . Percussion rifles . Active

1865 - 1892 . Worked with P . A. Reinhard of Loudonville, Ohio .

BOWN, A.— B arrel marking of a muzzleloading, percussion rifle .

BOWN, Jam es— B orn in E ngland, 1823 ; emigrated when ten years oldand settled at Pittsburgh, Pa . , in 1843 . With Tetley , establishedthe E nterprise Gun Works , 13 6- 138 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Pa .

Father of Wm . H . Bown .Member of firms Bown 8: Tetley ( 1848and James Bown Son ( 1871 to 1879 and possibly later ) .

BOWN, James 8: Son— (James and William H . Bown ) , E nterpriseGun Works 13 6- 138 Wood St. , Pittsburgh, Pa . , from 1871 ; 121

Wood St. in 1883 ; bought out by Brown 8: Hirth in or before1886 . In 1883 advertised percussion fullstock rifles at $15 , halfstocks at $12 and $20, double rifles at $3 5 , and double rifleshotguns at $30.

“The only manufacturers of the CE LEBRATEDKE N TUCKY RIFLE S , which name was adopted by the seniormember of this firm in 1848 ; all our Rifles have our namestamped on each barrel, and THIS STAMP. (KILL over, BUCKunder, a buck facing left) .

BOWN, William H .— Son of James Bown

,above . B orn 1847 at Pitts

burgh, Pa . See also Bown,James 8: Son

,above .

BOWN 8: TETLEY— E nterprise Gun Works, Pittsburgh, Pa. ,

established 1848. James Bown became sole proprietor in 1862.Makersof a half stock, German silver mounted, percussion rifle of fineworkm anship , with barrel and lock marked

“BOWN 8: TE TLE YPITTSBURGH”

and barrel marked “KILL over a buck and“E NTE RPRISE GUN WORKS .

”

BOYCE, T .— Unlocated . Percussion underhammer pistol .

BOYD BREECH-LOADING ARMS CC .— 81 Washington St. , and later

205 B roadway,Boston

,Mass . 1870- 72 .

BOYD, Rob ert— New Windsor, Ulster Cc . ,N . Y . ,

before and after1772-76 . Proposed to the Provincial Congress of New York ( con

24 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSsidered June 13 , to furnish muskets complete withsteel ramrods

,bayonets and scabbards at the price of 3 pounds ,

15 shillings per stand, New York currency .

BOYER,D . (David )— Orwigsburg, Schuylkill Co. , Pa .Maker of a

flintlock ( converted to percussion ) Kentucky rifle , .47 caliber,barrel marked “D . BOYER,

”

patchbox engraved in script“ORWIGSBURG DAVID BOYER”

; related to, or possiblyidentical with D . (Daniel ) B oyer? Lock marked H . ELWE LLWARRANTED . See also Elwell, Henry and Elwell, H .

BOYER,D . (Daniel)— Orwigsburg, Pa . 1790- 1810. Son ofM. B oyer .

BOYER, H .— Lehigh

,D istrict, Pa . , flintlock period .

BOYER, J .— Pennsylvania, Kentucky rifle .

BOYER,M.— L ehigh District, Pa . ,flintlock period, F ather of D . B oyer .

BOYER, N .— Lehigh District, Pa . ,

flintlock period .

BOYINGTON, John S.— South Coventry, Conn . , late flintlock to early

percussion . Patent breech percussion rifle .

BOZEMAN, David W.— See D avis 8: B ozeman .

BRACKLOW, T .—Marking on percussion , walnut stocked , bronze

furniture,percussion rifle with Remington barrel and G . Goulcher

lock .

BRADA, Conrad— B altimore,Md . ,

1860.

BRADLEY, R .— Unlocated . Possibly Georgia . Late flintlock period

Kentucky rifle .

BRADT, W. H .— Leadville , Col . , 1877-80.

BRAGG, Joseph C .— U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms , 1841 -42, in

plant of Nathan Starr .

BRAMMER, Georg e L .— Chesapeake

,Ohio . D ied

’

F eb . 16, 1947, aged 85 .

BRAND ARMS CO .— Norwich

,Conn . ,

1866-75 . Whaling guns . SeeB rand

,Christopher .

BRAND , Christopher Crandall— Norwich, Conn . , manufacturer of

whaling guns and lance guns . B orn Hopkinton , Rhode IslandNov. 20, 1813 . Learned the ironworker s trade and in 1852patented his first invention , an explosive whale -bomb . Operatorof B rand Firearms Company at Norwich , 1852- 1875 ; plant locatedat 1 12 Franklin St. , 1866-72, then at 124 F ranklin . Residencevariously at 24 and 26 B road . Also made patented shoulder bombguns for the whaling trade and invented many improvementsfor whaling devices and more conventional arms . Af ter his deaththe factory was Operated by Junius A. B rand until 1890.

Christopher Brand was the original donor and incorporator ofthe Norwich F ree Academy in 1854.

BRAN DAGE E Z — Grahamsville,N . Y . Several generations made Ken

tucky rifles .

BRANG, Peter— Se e Brong, Peter .

BRAN liAN , Luke— PaperMill Street , Norwich , Conn . , 1875 . Pistol

ma er .

BRANT, Jacob F .-Uniontown

, Pa . , gunsmith , 1820- 1850.

BRASIRUS, Joseph— Pennsylvania, flintlock period .

BRASIRUS, Peter— Pennsylvania, flintlock period . Related to JosephB rasirus?

BRE ICK , Henry W.—Market St . , (now N o. San F rancisco ,

Calif . , 1847. Gunsmith shop back of hardware store . D ied 1848.


BRE ID E N HART, Chris— Pennsylvania . Kentucky Rifles .

BRE IGLE , Jacob— Union Township,Bedford Cc . , Pa . , about 1860.

BRELSFORD, Jonathan— Zanesville,Muskigum Co . Ohio , 1814 .

BRELSFORD— Zanesville,Ohio

,1850- 6 1 . Son of Jonathan Brelsford .

BRENNER,Martin— Lancaster, F airfield Cc . , Ohio , 1820- 30.

BREY, Elias— Pennsburg, Pa . Born Nov . 2, 1817, son of John Adamand Elizabeth B rey . Worked as a youth in K raussdale machineShops . A bachelor

,he later settled in Kraussdale with relatives

until his deathMay 25,1891 .Made two styles of cane guns .

BRIDESBURGMACHINE WORKS— Shops at Bridesburg, and Philadelphia, Pa .Musket contractors for Springfield muskets duringthe Civil War . There were stands deliver ed of thecontracted for . Controlled by Alfred and Barton J . Jeuks . SeeJeuks, A. 8: Son .

BRIDGEWATERMF G . CO f —North B ridgewater,Mass . , July 26 ,1813 , Alpheus and Parmenas B rett

“conveyed all rights , title andinterest in and to the trip-hammer or water shop to the BridgewaterMf g . Co .

” It is not certain that this firm made arms ,though a flintlock musket is known with lockplate marked withan eagle,

“U.

“BRIDGWATER” and dated “1812 . James

Perkins of B ridgewater, in association with Adam Kinsley hada musket contract in 1808, and it is believed that this lockplatewas their product .

BRIGGS, J .— Ithaca, N . Y . ,

percussion period

BRIGGS, N . A.— Norwich, Conn . F lobert action target pistol .

BRIGGS, William— Norristown, Pa . ,

1848- 50.

BRIGH, Samuel— Pennsylvania . Skilled maker of Kentucky rifles .BRISTOL FIRE ARMS CO .

-Bristol, R. I . , makers of Burnside carbines . Organized by A. E . Burnside in 1855 . The governmentpurchased 200 breechloading carbines from Burnside April 21 ,1856, at each, and 709 from B ristol F . A. Co. ,

Sept . 21 ,1858, at

.

each . Taken over by creditors inMay ,1860

,and

reorgamzed . See Burnside Rifle Co .

BROCKWAY, C JR .— E lk Cc ., Pa. Reported maker of a curly maple,

half stock rifle .

BROCKWAY, Norman S.— B ornMarch 13 , 1841, in South Charles

town, N. H . ; moved to Bellows Falls , V t. , in 1844 . Worked atSpringfield Armory during the Civil War ; in F ebruary 1864 wasput in charge of mainspring work at Norwich Arms Cc . , Norwich, Conn . InMarch 1865 he operated a turret lathe for Smith8: Wesson . Returned to Bellows Falls inMay 1866, set up shop ,and began making riflesMay 1 , 1867 .Made many fine heavymatch rifles, both muzzleloading and breech-muzzleloading,regular or gain twist . D ied at West B rookfield ,Mass . ,

July 25 ,193 6 . Noted as a match shooter .

BRONG, Joseph— Lancaster, Pa . , flintlock period .

BRONG, Peter— Also B rang . 700 No . Queen St. , Lancaster, Pa.,

musket maker. Contracted with the State of Pennsylvania on

April 17, 1801 , for 500Charleville pattern, (Model 1795 ) muskets .On July 13 , 1801, in association with Abraham Henry and HenryD eHuff , proposed to furnish the State of Virginia withstands of arms at per stand, and pair of istols at

per pair delivery at Lancaster in three years . 0 recordof contract being awarded .

26 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSBROOKE, J . J . 8: N .

— Listed in contracts as I . I . 8: N . B rooke . Pennsylvania musket makers . Contracted Nov. 1 , 1808, for Model1808 muskets . There were known to have been delivered byO ct. 7, 1812 . Quite likely that arms were made for the B rookes ’

by Owen E vans with whom the Brookes family was associated .

The Brookes’ were probably located at GuelphMills , about sixmiles east of Valley Forge . It was at GuelphMills that Washington’s army was encamped for about a week in December, 1777,just prior to going into winter quarters at Valley Forge .

BROOKLYN FIRE ARMS CC .— B rooklyn , N . Y . , about 1863 -64 .Makers of a front loading revolver with removable cylinder

under Frank P. Slocum patent of April 15 , 1863 , No . Thearm was produced to avoid infringement of Smith 8: Wessonpatents .

BROOKS, J .—Marking in script on a Lancaster, Pa.

, carved stockrifle circa 1780.

BROOKS, Richard— (O r Brookes ) Boston ,Mass . , 1675 .

BROOKS, WM. F.MF G . CO .—New York

,N . Y . ,

186 1- 65 .Makers ofGibbs patent carbines , of which were purchased by thegovernment fromMay 30 to June 24, 1863 .

BROWN, Andrew— Fremont,N . H . ,

1866- 72 . Son of John B rown .

BROWN, Andrew J .-Worcester

,Mass . , in 1852 . Barrelmaker, mem

ber of firm Allen , B rown, 8: Luther (q .

BROWN, C . E .— Unlocated . Over-under percussion rifle- shotgun .

BROWN ,

'

C . L .— SeeMorris 8: B rown .

BROWN. C . W.— Unlocated . Over-under, mule ear, percussion rifle .

(Same as C . E . B rown? )BROWN, Elisha— Providence , R . I .Musket maker , active 1799- 1801 .

Contracted under Act of July 5 , 1798, for Charleville pattern ,(Model 1795 ) muskets at per stand . O f these 775 weredelivered by June 10

, 1801 .

BROWN, F. P.- (O r F . B . ) Lancaster, Pa . ,

late flintlock and earlypercussion rifle .

BROWN 8: B IRTH— E nterprise Gun Works,520- 522 Wood St. , Pitts

burgh, Pa . ,1886 .

“Proprietors of the E nterprise Gun andMachine

Works , and the only dealers in Pittsburgh or Allegheny Countywho manufacture their own gun barrels , and being the onlyparties who make the Celebrated KentuckyMuzzle-LoadingRifle .

” Successors to James Bown 8: Son (q . Offered a complete line of muzzleloading and other arms , barrels , gunsmiths

’

tools and gun parts , ammunition , and sporting goods . See Enterprise Gun Works ; August Hirth , and James B own 8: Son .

BROWN, Ira— Cincinnati,Ohio

,1863 - 65 .

BROWN, James— Philadelphia, Pa . Listed as gunsmith on F ront St. ,

above Gallowhill, in 1829.

BROWN, J. F .— Haverhi ll,Mass . ; percussion rifles .

BROWN, John— Fremont,N . H . ,

1840-70. Fremont was known asPoplin until 1857 . Percussion hunting and target rifles .

BROWN, J. H .— D ayton

,Ohio , percussion rifle .

BROWN, J. H .— See B rownMfg . Co .

BROWN, J . N .— D ayton , Ohio . Percussion Kentucky type rifle with

lock by Bixler 8: Iddings , Lafayette , Ind .

BROWN, J os .M. Cc .— San F rancisco , Calif . Importers and dealers .

AMERICAN GUNMAKERS 27Marking on a fullstock percussion B ear Rifle made by Leman,Lancaster, Pa .

BROWNMF G . CO .— Newburyport,Mass . , 1869- 73 . Incorporated F eb .

18, 1869 , and took over control ofMerrimack Arms 8:Mf g . Co. ,

makers of a bolt action rifle and arms under the Ballard patents .Operated by J. H . Brown . Also made “Southerner” cartridgederringer

,manufactured with either brass or steel frames . The

company went out of business July 23 , 1873 .

BROWN, Reub en— Nicholville,N . Y . ; percussion rifles .

BROWllj’W. H .

— Percussion rifle with “T . 8: C . NE AVE EXTRAloc

BROWN, W. H .— Unlocated . Percussion rifle with lock by J . V. Hoff

mann .

BROWN, WM. 8: SONS— Pittsburgh, Pa . , 1850- 60.

BROWNING, Abel S.—Terra Alta, W . Va . F ine late Kentucky per

cussion rifle, auburn maple stock German silver mounted ; JosephGolcher lock, H . E . Leman barrel.

BROWNING, August— San Francisco , Calif . , gunsmith and riflemaker . 1887 before and after. In partnership with one Hebermade the Browning-Heber rifles .Member of Browning 8: B remer .

BROWNIN G 8: BREMER— 65 1 Clay St. , San F rancisco , Calif . , beforeand af ter. Gunsmiths . Imported Clabrough 8: Bro . , shotguns .

BROWNING, Jonathan— Tenn essee gunsmith, 1805 - 1879 . In his youthmoved to Kentucky where he learned the gun smith trade andopened his own shop. Later j oined theMormons and establishedhis shop at Nauvoo, Illinois . Designed and forged by hand hisfirst repeating rifle as early as 183 1 . Later moved his shop to Iowa ,onMusquito Creek, eight miles south of Kanesville (near Council Bluffs ) and a half mile south of Trading Point . Here helocated for two years . Advertised in the Kanesville “FrontierGuardian” Sept . 19, 1849, the manufacture of

“revolving riflesand pistols , also slide-guns from five to 25 shooters .”Made re

peating rifles on the side feed and on the revolving cylinderprinciples .Moved to Ogden, Utah where he opened his shopin 185 1 . Here his famous son, JohnMoses Browning, firearmsinventor and designer was born in 1855 .

BROWNING JOHNM.— JohnMoses Browning, world famed armsinventor and designer . Born in Ogden, Utah, son of JonathanB rowning, arms inventor and maker. D esigned and whi ttledbreech mechanisms in wood at fourteen and made his own andhis brother’s rifles before he was twenty . At twenty-four ohtained his first patent on a single - shot breech- loader .

With his brotherMatthew Sandefur Browning, organizedB rowning B rothers Company, the J .M. 8:M. S . Browning Company and the B rowning Arms Company . The brothers with theaid of their half brothers , J . Edmund and T . Samuel B rowningmade six hundred rifles as their initial stock . These along withthe patents was acquired by Winchester Arms Company . Subsequent Browning patents covered a wide field of repeating armsthe WinchesterModels ’

86,’90,

’92

,

’94,

’95 ,

’06 , RemingtonModels 81 and 241 ; repeating Shotguns, Winchester and Rem

ington as well as automatic pistols , machine guns and machinerifles names after the inventor . Browning arms were also madeby Colt

’

s and F abrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre of Liege,Belgium .

28 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSBROWNLOW’S ESTABLISHMENT— Knoxville

,Tenn . ,

steam-powerprinting plant seized by Confederates about Nov . 26, 186 1 andconverted to a sh0p for “alteration of arms . Parson Brownlow(B rownslow in some reports ) editor of Knoxville Whig and Independent Journal, a strong Union man “ left and is abettingthe enemy .

”

BROWN OP, Jam es— Philadelphia,Pa . ,

1779-80.

BRUCE 8: DAVIS— Boston ,Mass .Marking on double -barrel percassion pistols and Allen 8: Thurber type pistols . Believed to havebeen distributors who so marked arms which they handled forsale .

BRUFF, R . P.— New York

,N . Y . ,

percussion derringers .

BRUNKER, Peter— Ottawa, Ill . Percussion rifles .BRUNSON,

Peter— E ast Trumbull, O .

BRUSH, John— Gunsmith and armorer in Colonial Williamsburg, V a . ,

after 1729 . Reportedly in London ca . 1700. Emigrated to Virginiawith Governor Spotswood, 1729 . Brush was the first keeper ofthe Colony ’s magazine and was employed to fire guns at theGovernor’s Palace in celebration of King ’s birthdays . An earlyinventory lists “

1 bird piece by Brush, His home isbeing rebuilt and furnished as it appeared in 1730’

s .

BRYAN, Dani el— North Carolina , about 1800; made flintlock Kentucky rifles . Nephew to D aniel Boone .

BRYAN, T .— Die stamped marking “T . BRYAN under barrel breech

of

70Pen

'

nsy lvania made , smoothbore“Kentucky fowler” circa

17 -80.

BRYAN T,

Q

Silas— Walnut St. , bet . 5 th and 6th , Cincinnati , Ohio ,1818- 2

BRYCE— Unidentified . Percussion revolver . B arrel swings up to re

move cylinder for loading .

BRYCE 8: BUDD— Unlocated . 1881 . D amascus barrels , early hammerless , breechloading cartridge shotguns .

B . T .—Unidentifi ed marking on circa 1830Kentucky rifle .

BUCHAL E W— South Rowlesburg, W . V a . , percussion Kentucky rifle .

BUCHANAN, L .— Unlocated . Fine flintlock Kentucky rifles .

BUCHMILLER, R.— N . Queen St. , Lancaster, Pa . ,

1869- 70.Made percussion rifles from late 1840or so .

BUCK, Daniel— Pennsylvania ; early flintlock Kentucky rifles .BUCK, H . A. 8: CO .

— West Stafford,Conn . ,

about 1883 .ManufacturedBuck’s single - shot breechloading rifle .

BUCKINGHAM— D elhi, N . Y . , high grade, decorated percussion rifles .BUCKLAND, E . H . 8: CC .

— Springfi eld ,Mass . , 1866- 68.

BUCKLEY, Anton— Cincinnati, Ohio , 1860- 64 .

BUCKNER—Maquoketa,Iowa .

BUCKWALTER, Abraham and Henry— Lampeter Township,Lan

caster Cc . ,Pa . , 1771 - 79 .

BUCKWALTER, David B .— Active at Antes Fort ( later Jersey Shore )

Lycoming Co . ,Pa . , until about 1885 , and later at Houtsdale until

1895 .Maker of rifles , shotguns and pistols . Born 1850, died Bellwood

,Pa . ,

October, 1928.

BUCKWALTER, John— Lampeter Township , Lancaster Co. , Pa. , 1771 .

B rother of Abraham and Henry Buckwalter .


30 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSBURNETT, F. L .

— Unlocated, flintlock period .

BURNETT, S . F .— Unlocated . Percussion rifles .

BURNHAM, Elisha— Cleaned and repaired public arms for Connecticut . Account rendered in 1781 .

BURNHAM, Elisha— Hartford, Conn .,1777-81 . (Same as above?)

BURNHAM, Georg e— Connecticut gunsmith . Worked on repair ofpublic arms for the State, 1777 - 79 .

BURNS, Charles— Bluffton, Ohio .Modern .Maker of heavy percussionmatch rifles .

BURNfi

S 8: CO .-Unlocated . Heavy barrel Kentucky type percussion

m e .

BURNS , H .— Dayton

,Ohio .Maker of a brass and sliver mounted, per

cussion Kentucky rifle of fine workmanship .

BURNS, Henry— Lewisburg,Ohio

,1873 - 75 .

BURNSIDE RIFLE CO .— Providence, R. I . Organized by the creditors

of the defunct Bristol Firearms Cc . ,inMay ,

1860. Furnished 5 5 ,5 67 Burnside patent carbines to the government during theCivil War . The firm also made Spencer carbines , of whichwere furnish ed to the government from April 15

,1865 , to O ct. 3 1 ,

1865 , too late for use in the Civil War . These arms were used inIndian campaigns .

BURR— See Spiller 8: Burr .

BURT, A.M.— Civil War musket maker, New York, N . Y . Contract ofDec . 26,

"

1861 , for Model 1861 Springfield rifle muskets ateach . O f these there were d elivered .Marked

Trenton .

”

BURTON, Jam es H .— Colonel Confederate Ordnance D ept . E mployed

at Harpers Ferry Armory in 1844 to become master armorer in1854 . Inventor of self- expanding bullet . Appointed Lieut. Colonelof Ordnance by Virginia in June 186 1 , and to same rank withtitle of Superintendent of Armories by the Confederate Statesin D ecember of that year . Erected the captured Harpers FerryArmory machinery at Virginia State Armory and went intoproduction in nine ty days . D ied near Winchester

, V a . , O ct. 18,1894 .

BURTON, L .— Norwalk

,Ohio , 1871- 83 .

BUSCH, F . L .— Lancaster

,Pa . , about 1770- 1776 . E arly Kentucky flint

lock rifles .BUSCH, Oscar— Union,Mo . Reported maker of a fine 15 1/z- lb . percus

sion , walnut half stock German silver mounted rifle with backaction lock . B ought in St . Louis in 1869 .

BUSLER, Jam es— Lycoming Cc . ,Pa . Late flintlock Kentucky rifles .

BUSWELL, J .— Glen’

s F alls, N . Y . , Over-under, percuss ion rifle andshotgun .

BUSWELL,M. L .— Unlocated . Percuss ion Plains rifle . Also super

posed rifle- shotgun .

BUTLER, John— Lancaster, Pa . ,1775 -78.Musket maker to Pennsy l

vania . Committee of Safety .

BUTLER, Joseph— 1 18 Randolph St. , Chicago , Ill . , 1857-84 .

BUTLER, Thom as— Lancaster, Pa . , about 1775 . Succeeded as publicarmourer” in April, 1778, by William Henry of Lancaster .

BUTLER, William S.— Unlocated . 1857 . Percussion pistols .


BUTiI

‘

, D

é7W.

— Partner of George Schoy en , gunsmiths, D enver, Colo . ,

885

BUTTERFIELD, Jesse S.— Philadelphia, Pa .Manufacturer of Butter

fi eld patent revolvers during the Civil War . Patentee of theButterfield mechanical disc prime r used on the revolvers . Thedisc primers of the Butterfi eld system were also used in conversion of flintlock muskets to percussion .

BUTTERFIELD, L .— Lynn

,Mass . ; percussion rifles .

BUX’I

‘ON , Alfred C .

—Manufacturer of Buxton singletrigger overand-under shot gun and rifle . Born Castleton ,Mich . , April 23 ,1843 ; died Nashville,Mich . , Nov . 30, 1924 .

BYERS, N .— Pennsylvania, 1800.

BYRKIT, A. H .— F airfield , Iowa, about 1874 . Two barrelled rifle .

CADMAN, A.— Columbus

, Ga . ,1861 . Advertised, Gun and Lock

sm itlh ,Crawford St. , one door west of Rankin

’s corner near themar ets .”

CALDERWOOD,William— Germantown Road, Philadelphia , Pa . ,

1807- 19 . Pistol and rifle maker . Contracted on April 21 , 1808, withTench Coxe

,Purveyor of Public Supplies , for 60 pair of pistols .

CALL;iG .

— Pennsylvania in 1780; made early Kentucky flintlock

ri es .CALVERT, Jam es —McKean

, Pa . Emigrated from the Cheviot Hills ,Scottish border ; died about 1890.

CALVERT, W. H .— Beloit

,Wis .Mostly percussion hunting rifles .Made

guns from 1857 until after the Civil War, but operated a sporting goods sh0p until 1909 .

CAMEL 8: CO .— Troy

,N . Y . ,

1840; Kentucky rifles .

CAMP, B en—Mt. Pleasant, Pa. Plain , unmarked, percussion huntingrifles .Made his own barrels ; used Leman locks .

CAMPBELL— Gunsmith sent by Federal Government to Ft . Washington , Ohio, in 1788.

CAMPBELL, Abner— Hamilton , Butler Cc . ,Ohio

,1862 .

CAMPBELL, Tristram— St. Louis,Mo. ,1842- 1860, j ourneyman gun

smith and gunmaker .” Was with Christian Hoffman (Hoffman 8:Co . ) 1842- 1855 . Percussion walnut stocked rifle with iron mountIngs .

CAMPBELL, William— Annapolis,Md . TheMaryland Council of

Safety agreed Dec . 11 , 1780, to pay him 17 shillings 6 pence, forevery musket stocked, finished and delivered .

CANADlgésa

charles— Philadelphia,Pa. Listed as gunsmith at 20Budd,

In

CAPRON, Lyman— Williamstown,Vt . B efore 1875 .

CARBOTT, J . A.— Unlocated . Percussion rifles .

CARDIS, Thomas— Pennsylvania,

fi intlock period .

CAREY,M.— Lexington, Ohio , 1866 - 69 .

CAREY, Wm . 8: Co.— New York, N . Y . Percussion shotgun of fine

workmanship .

CARGILL,Benjamin— Agreed with E lisha Childs and Nathan Frink

32 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSto make 100 muskets for the Committee of Safety at the costof each, he to procure the stocks .

CARLETON,M. 8: CO .—Makers of Carleton under-hammer percus

sion pistols about 1860.

CARLISLE, Henry— Carlisle , Pa . E xtra long flintlock Kentucky rifle .

8- lb . percussion Kentucky rifle with 3 9- inch barrel.CARPENTER, A. B .

— Unlocated . Name stamped on half stock percussion rifle with gain twist barrel .

CARPENTER, John— E arl Township,Lancaster Co . ,

Pa . ,1771- 79.

CARPENTER, Nicholas—Marietta , Ohio , 1788. F irst gunsmith to settleinMarietta . Killed by Indians in 1791 .

CARR, Samuel— Gunsmith . Lolar’

s Court, Phila . , Pa . , 1819 .

CARRINGTON, Jam es— U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms , 1826- 1830.

Inspected arms in plants of P. 8: E . W . Blake and Nathan Starr .

CARRUTH, Adam— Greenville , S . C . ,musket maker 1809-21 . On Nov .

14 , 1816 , took over E lias E arle’s government contract of Feb . 16 ,

1816 , for muskets . O f the contract Carruth delivered onlystands before Sept . 20, 1820, thereafter failing on his con

tract . Also furnished arms to the State of South Carolina .

CARTER, C .— Fitchburg,Mass . Half stock percussion rifle .

CARTER,Frank C .

— Concord , N . H . Died 1830.

CARTWRIGHT, John— O ttowah , Ohio , before and after 1865 .

CARVER, James W.— Pawlet, V t. , before and after 1885 .

CASE , WILLARD 8: CO .— New Hartford, Conn .Makers of underham

mer percussion pistols .CASSEL, Lee— Celina, Ohio ; percussion rifles .

CASWELL 8: DODGE— Springfi eld ,Mass . , musket makers of 18061807 .Made and off ered for sale muskets made on the Charleville(Model 1795 ) pattern .

CASWELL, E . E .-Albany, N . Y . Patent breech, percussion , set trig

ger,engraved

,combination match-hunting rifle .

CASWELL, JohnM.— Lansingburgh, Albany , and Lewisburg, N . Y .

Son of Thomas Caswell ; taught gunsmithing to Nelson Lewis ;retired 1836 . At 60 State St . , Albany, in 1815 .Made flintlock

Kentucky rifles,4- shot Ellis- type repeating flintlock pistol, 6 - shot

flintlock revolver, percussion holster pistol, understriker rifle ,percussion Kentucky rifle .

CASWELL, JohnM. , Jr.— Lansingburgh , N . Y . Son of JohnM. , grand

son oi Thomas Caswell . Heavy half stock percussion target riflewith double rest and telescope sight .

CASWELL, Thomas—Musket maker of Lansingburgh, N . Y . , andcontractor to N . Y . State forModel 1808 muskets . Establishedabout 1812 with three shops in Lansingburgh, employing abouttwenty-five workmen . One shop was on State Street (now SecondAvenue ) and the other two on Hoosick Street (now ThirteenthAvenue ) . The plants turned out between twenty-five and thirtymuskets a week. After Thomas

’ death,his son JohnM. Caswell

continued the business until 183 6 .

CAUP, Levi— West Buff alo , Snyder Cc . , Pa.

CAVE , Christoph er— D ock Ward,Philadelphia , Pa . ,

1779 .

C . B .— Unidentifi ed .Marking on a light, flintlock Kentucky rifle .

C . D .— Long flintlock

'

Kentucky rifle . Probably Christian D urr .


C . G .— Unidentifi ed . Curly maple fullstock, octagonal barrel, flintlock Kentucky rifle . Double set- triggers ; cut out patchbox .

C . H .— Unidentifi ed . Flintlock Kentucky rifle .

CHACON, Paul— Concord Street, Baltimore ,Md . , 1817 .

CHAIN, Bill— Near Scottsdale . Everson area . Pa . percussion period .

CHAMBERLAIN, E .— Southridge

,Mass . Underhammer percussionpistol .

CHAMBERLAIN, Lyman— Ellisburg,N . Y . ; percussion rifles .

CHAMB ERS, Joseph G .— Contracted with Committee of Defense of

Philadelphia, in the War of 1812 , to furnish“repeating guns .

”

CHANDLER, J .— Unlocated ; possibly Highland Cc . , Ohio . F ullstock

Kentucky rifles .34 to .3 6 caliber with 5 -groove barrels marked“J . CHANDLER WARRANTE D .

”

CHANDLER, Stephen—Musket maker to Committee of Safety, Connecticut, 1776 .

CHAPIN, A. H .— Earlville

,N . Y . ,

percussion period .

CHAPIN, E . R.— Earlville

,N . Y . ,

percussion rifles .

CHAPMAN, C .-Unlocated . Confederate arms .

CHAPMAN, C . H .— Unlocated . Over-under, pill- lock, rifle and shot

gun .

CHAPMAN, James — Bucks County, Pa . ,

1770- 76 .Musket maker toCommittee of Safety .

CHAPMAN, Josiah— Fredericktown,Md . Operator of a large gun

factory during the Revolutionary War .

CHAPPLE, Thomas— New York City . Percussion sporting rifles .

CHARLOTTSVILLE RIFLE WORKS— Charlottsville , N . C . From1740 through to the Revolutionary War . E stablished by exemployees of the Lemans of Lancaster, Pa .Made Committee ofSafety muskets and pistols .

CHARPIE , P. F .—Mt. Vernon , Ohio . Cannon -barrel

,underhammer

percussion pistol.CHARRIE R, Jacques — 60Market St. , B altimore,Md . , 1812 . Listed at

3 5 Water Street in the 1817 Directory .

CHASE, Anson— E nfi eld ,Mass . , before 1830. Hartford, Conn . , 1830- 34,later New London , Conn .

CHASE , Anson— 44 Bank, New London , Conn . ,gunsmith, 1870- 71 .

CHASE, William — Pandora , Ohio , before and after 1860.

CHATE N S, Charles— Primrose Alley, Baltimore ,Md . ,1810.

C . H . D .—Marking unde r barrel breech of a long, flintlock,

Kentuckyrifle of about 1775 - 1800. Lock plate marked “T . D .

”

CHERINGTON, A.— Penna 1847 . Percussion rifle .

CHERINGTON, T . P Sr.— Cattawissa, Pa . ,flintlock period . F ather

of Thomas P . , Jr .

CHERINGTON, Thomas P. , J r .— Pistol and rifle maker of Cattawissa,

Pa . ,flintlock and percussion periods . Also associated with George

Schalk at Pottsville , Pa .Manually operated, early revolvingcylinder 7 - shot percussion rifle .

CHICAGO ARMS CO .— 637 -8Monadnock Building

,1894 D istributors

of Protector Palm Pistols , made by Ames Sword Co.

CHICHESTER RIFLE CO .— 3 1Montgomery St. , Jersey City, N . J . ,

34 AMERICAN GUNMAKERS1879 . A promotion firm selling mail order revolver-rifles . Closedby action of postal authorities .

CHICOPEE FALLS CC .— Chicopee F alls ,Mass . Percussion cadet

musket with back- action lock .

CHILCOTE, J. A.— D ry Run , Pa. , percussion rifle .

CHILCOTE , W. C .— Pennsylvania percussion rifle maker .

CHILD, Elisha— With Nathan F rink agreed with the Committee ofSafety, Connecticut,

“f or the manufacture of 100 arms , but can

get only 50, and those are not yet ready”

; January, 1778.

CHILD 8: PRATT— St. Louis ,Mo. , dealers only . A fullstock percus:

Sion rifle made expressly for Child Pratt by B rown 8: TetleyE n terprise Gun Works

, Pittsburgh, Pa . , 1848- 62 .

CHILDS, E .— See Nichols 8: Childs .

CHIPMAN, D arius— Rutland , Vt .Musket maker active 1799- 1801 . Inassociation with Royal Crafts , Thomas Hooker and John Smithcontracted under Act of July 5 , 1798, f or Charleville pattern(Model muskets at per stand. O f these 5 75 weredelivered before June 10, 1801 .

Darius Chipman was born at Salisbury, Conn . , in 1758. Wasadmitted to the B ar in 1781 and was state’s attorney in 1785 .

In 1816 he moved to N ew York, where he died in 1820.

CHIPMAN, Samuel— Associated with Thomas Towsey , musket maker,in the contract for muskets under Act of July 5 , 1798, at

per stand, of which 275 were delivered by June 10, 1801 .

Samuel Chipman was the town clerk of Vergenn es, V t. , in 1789 .

CHITTENDEN, Ebenezer— Connecticut gunsmith to Committee ofSafety . Worked on repair of public arms in 1781 . D ied in 1783 .

CHITTLE , Frederick— Court Street,Buff alo , N . Y . ,

1832 .

CHN AD E R, J .— Unidentifi ed . Kentucky rifles .

CHOATE , N. W.— Auburn, N . Y . ,

1850-75 . Three-barrel guns . E xperi

m ented with small bore , high speed combination .

CHRISK E Y, Lewis— Philadelphia , Pa . ,1815 . Probably same as L .

Chrisky or Ghriskey , q . v . Flintlock Kentucky rifles .

CHRISKY, L .— Philadelphia , Pa . , Kentucky rifles .

CHRIST— Lancaster, Pa . , 1772 .

‘ Kentucky rifle .

CHRIST, Albert— Patentee and maker of Christ 18- shot rim firecartridge revolver with two circles of chambers and superposedbarrels . About 1860.

CHRIST, D .—Marking on Kentucky barrels , usually bored smooth .

Letter “s” is reversed in the die. Probabilities are that Christwas a barrel worker who spe cialized in smooth-boring wornrifle barrels .

CHRIST, D .— Lancaster, Pa . , Kentucky rifles .

CHRIST, Jacob— Lancaster Co. , Pa . , about 1800. F lintlock Kentuckyrifles .

CHRISTMAN, J .-Unlocated . Percussion target rifle, walnut fullstock

with f orestock proj ection f or muzzle rest .CHURCH, J .

—Unlocated . F lintlock Kentucky rifle .

CHURCHILL, Josiah— B elle Plaine, Scott Cc . ,Minn . , 1864

- 66 .

CHURCHILL , Otis— 9 B eaver St . ,Albany, N. Y . ,

183 9- 59. Last listedin 1859 directory at 78 State St . Percussion rifles .

CLABROUGH 8: GOLCHE R— 630Montgomery St. , San F rancisco ,


Calif . 1887, before and after . Gunsmiths . Imported Clabrough 8:

Bro . , E nglish shotgun s .CLAGETT, Alexander— Hagerstown

,Md .Musket maker . Contracted

for muskets Charleville pattern (Model under Actof July 5

,1798, at per stand . O f these 43 3 were delivered

by June 10, 1801 .

CLALLCH,H.M. —Pennsylvania, period of 1780; flintlock Kentucky

rifles .CLAPHAM, Josiah— Also Clapham Josiah 8: Co . , musket makers

1776- 77 . Contractors to the State of Virginia .

CLARK— Philadelphia , Pa . Percussion derringers .

CLARK, Alvan— Cambridge,Mass . Patentee of the false muzzle on

April 24, 1840. Pat. No . 15 65 .

CLARK 8: BLYMYE R —Marking under barrel breech of a full stockKentucky rifle

,probably a percussion conversion from a flint

lock .

CLARK, C . C .- Percussion pistol .

CLARK, Carlos C .—Windsor, V t. ,

1856- 68. Telescopic rifle sights .CLARK, Charles D .

— Pennsylvan ia . Kentucky rifles .

CLARK, Ezra— Hartford Cc . , Conn . , rifle maker employing 19 workers in 1850.

CLARK, F. H . 8: CO .—Memphis , Tenn .Made derringer type percus

sion pistols .

CLARK, Frances— Pennsylvania musket maker to Committee ofSafety, 1776 . Frances Clark was one of the petitioners , repre

senting Pennsylvania gun makers, complaining to the Committee of Safety in November, 1776 , against the high cost of materials and labor entering into arms making

,and quoting ad

vances in prices within one year, since 1775 .

CLARK, H . 8: CC .—Memphis , Tenn . , makers of an engraved

,silver

mounted, short handled, percussion derringer .

CLARK, Jam es— Hopewell Township, B edford Co . ,Pa . ,

1821 .

CLARK, James— Cincinnatti, Ohio , 1807- 183 1 .

“Guns,pistols

,daggers .

CLARK, John— Canton,Stark Co. , Ohio , 1821 - 3 6 .

CLARK, Joseph— D anbury , Conn .Musket maker . Contracted for 500Charleville pattern (Model muske ts under Act of July 5

,

l’

698

183lper stand . O f these 3 25 were delivered by June

CLARK, Joseph Andre d it— D etroit,Mich . Had a rifle shop on thesoutheast corner of Randolph and Larned Stre ets . In 1814 was amember of a volunteer company raised by General Gass to driveoff Indians who camped too close to town and stole cattle . TheDetroit city map lists the property as the “

O ld Clark Claim .

”

CLARK 8: LAMBE— Anderson Lambe . Deep River, near Jamestown ,

Guilford Co. , N . C . Civil War period, possibly before . Employed12- 15 hands .

CLARK, L .— Unlocated . Half stock percussion rifles .

CLARK, N .— Pennsylvania , percussion period .

CLARK, N .- Curly maple

,brass mounted, full stock, octagon barrel,

percussion Kentucky rifle .

CLARK 8: RANKIN— Stamping under barrel breech of a Kentuckyrifle barrel marked on top flat C . 8: J . CRAIG PITTSBURGH .

Truitt lock . Possibly B edford County, Pa . James Clark?

36 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSCLARK, R .

— Albany, N . Y . ,percussion period .

CLARK, S.-Lancaster Co . , Pa . , 1810- 1830. Flintlock Kentucky rifle .

CLARK 8: SNEIDER— 214 Pratt St. , B altimore ,Md . ,1876-84 .

CLARK, T. H .— Lafayette , Iowa . Half stock, double set triggers , per

cussion rifle with iron furniture . Barrel marked “T . H . CLARKLAFAYE TTE IOWA GAINTWIST .

”

CLARK, W.— Unlocated . Full maple stock percussion rifle with

patch-box .

CLARK, William— Philadelphia, Pa . ,

1783 .

CLARKE , John - Columbia, Pa . ,

flintlock period .

CLARf

I

i

i E , N .— Columbia, Pa . 1830- 1869 . Flintlock and percussion

ri es .

CLARKE , R. S.— Unlocated . Brass barrel flintlock holster pistol . (Pos

sibly E nglish . Uncertain . )CLASPILL , Georg e W.

— Lancaster, F airfi eld Co. ,Ohio

, 183 1- 1850.

CLAUSE , Nathan— Pennsylvania . E arly maker of flintlock Kentuckyrifles , fine craftsman ; handsome over-under flintlock rifle- shotgun .

CLEMENT, John W.— Tennessee , pre-Civil War . Heavy percussion

match rifles .

CLEMENT ARMS CC .— Nickel-plated .22 , Baby Bulldog revolver .

CLEMENT. W. T .— Associated with S . Norris in the manufacture of

Civil War rifle muskets marked “S N . 8: W .T .C . F ORMASS .

”

CLEVELAND , W. H .— Norwalk

,Ohio

,1882-83 .

CLE WF LIN , W.— Unlocated . Kentucky rifles .

CLINE , C .-See Kline C .

CLING— Spring Run , Pal

CLOSSON, Charles— Phila . , Pa . Listed as gun smith at 6 York Court .in 1829 .

CLOUSE , George— Woodbury Township , Bedford Co. , Pa . , 185 5 .

CLOUSE,Henry— B roadtop Township, B edford Co. , Pa . , in 1852 .

CLOUSE,Valentine— “

F elty Clouse . South Woodbury Township ,B edford Co . , Pa . 1875 . D ied about 1927 .

OLOWE ,Henry W Superintendent Harpers Ferry Armory, 1857 .

CLUTZ, Capt. J .—Massillon , Ohio , 1850- 60. Half stock, percussion

target rifle .

C .M. H .— Unidentified . Stamped on barrel of heavy half stock Plains

rifle with brass tube for ramrod socket .

C . N .— Unidentifi ed . Script initials on barrel of late Kentucky .28

cal. rifle with brass mounted , curly maple full stock and singletrigger , back- action lock .

COAgE S, Jam es— Philadelphia

,Pa . ,

1810- 14 . Ex- employee of J . J .

enry .

COBB, Nathan 8: Henry— Norwich , Conn .Musket makers . Contraetors under Act of July 5 , 1798, for 200 Charleville pattern (Model

muskets . All 200 delivered by June 10, 1801 .

COCHRAN, John W.— New York

,N . Y . ,

percussion period . Cochran’s many chambered and non- recoil” firearms , called turretrepeating arms .

”Mostly made by C . B . Allen .

COCK E RAL , G . W.— Unlocated . Half stock percussion Kentucky

rifle marked on barrel and lock . All engraved silver mountings .


38 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSthe firm having supplied the government with all types of armsin peace and wars. It may be of historical interest, however,to mention that according to the fi rm

’

s records , during the CivilWar the Colt Armory furnished the Union forces withrevolvers

,about revolving rifles and carbines, and

muzzleloading rifle muskets .

COLTON,W.M. - Leominster ,Mass . Half stock percussion rifle.

COLUMBIA ARMORY— Columbia, S . C . , also known asMcPhail’sArmory. E stablished with machinery and equipment removedfrom the Asheville Armory at Asheville, N . C . The plant waslocated in a warehouse owned by Fred W . Green , on the southside of Gervais Street, opposite Gist, and probably producedmuzzle- loading rifles

,though it was said to have made breech

loaders “just like the Yankees had .

” The plant was operatedas a unit of the Confederate arsenal located a few blocks away,which had been removed from Charleston , S . C . , and was incharge ofMaj or J . T . Trezevant, C . S. , formerly ofMemphis ,Tenn . On Sherman

’

s approach, the machinery was packed upand taken to the railroad d epot but could not be removed forlack of cars . The armory was shelled by F ederal batteries on

F eb . 15 , 1865 , and destroyed .

A Federal report by Lt .McCahill showed the capture ofstands of arms and unfinished arms at Columbia ,

S . C . , in February, 1865 .

COLUMBUS FIRE ARMSMANUF. CO .— Columbus , Ga . E stablished

by Louis and Elias Haiman, swordmakers and equipment manuf acturers in the plant of theMuscogee Iron Works at the northeast corner of 14th and Oglethorpe Stree ts , which works theyhad purchased April lst, 1862 . On Aug . 26 , 1862, the firm contracted with the Confederate States for navy pistols ,

being advanced by the Confederacy on the contract .The plant employed some 385 hands in all departments , andhad produced between 300 and 500, round barrel, iron framerevolvers of the Colt navy type, before the plant and machinerywere destroyed by General Wilson’

s cavalrymen in a raid on

Columbus .Louis Haiman , born at Colmar, Prussia, came to United States

as a child with his family, who settled in Columbus . At theoutbreak of the Civil War, Kaiman , a tinsmith, opened a swordfactory next to D r . Ware’s D rug Store

,and with the purchase

of theMuscogee Iron Works , expanded his facilities to includethe manufacture of bayonets , saddlery, mess equipment, etc .

After the Civil.War, the Haimans, under the name of Phoenix

Foundry 8:Machine Sh0p , and later the Southern AgriculturalWorks , engaged in the manufacture of agricultural and millmachinery .

COLVIN,M. S.— Salamanca and Syracuse, N . Y . ,

before and after1872 . F ine percussmn shotgun s and target rifles with accessories .

COMINS , Loren— 114 Washin gton St. and 73 D avis St. , San Francisco ,Calif .

,1856 . Lived with and related to P. B . Comins .

COMINS , Paschal B .— 125 Commercial St. , San Francisco , Calif . , 1852

5 3 . 70Front St . , 1854, and 69 Jackson St. , 1858- 6 1 .

COMPTON, PhineasM.— B erlin, Somerset Co . , Pa . Gunsmith andtinner . B orn June 1

,1804, near B runswick, N . J . Grandparents

came from France . F ather came to Berlin in 1813 . Reared inSahsbury (E lk —Lick ) , Pa . D ied July 4

,1858.

COMPTON, Samuel— Son of Phineas . E ntered his father’s shop atage of 13 . D ied Nov. 27, 1902 .


CONDO—Milesburg, Pa . ; flintlock Kentucky rifles .

CONDRY, W. P.— Portsmouth

,Va . Back- action lock percussion rifle .

CONE, AlfredMarion— Born in Panama, N . Y . , Dec . 2 1 , 183 1 ; diedApril 1 , 1903 . A cooper by trade , took up gunsmithing at Columbus , Pa . ; later on North Centre St. , Corry, Pa . , and 3 3 1 Pennsylvania Ave . West, Warren, Pa .Made very accurate , finelyengraved hunting and match rifles , some side-hammers .

CONE, D . D .— Washington

,D . C . ,

1864- 67 . Inventor of a cartridgerevolver under his name . Probably manufactured by Sharpsand Hankins .

CONE , R .M.— Corry, Pa. Percussion rifle .

CONESTOGA RIFLE WORKS— Trademark of Henry E . Leman,Lan

caster, Pa . ,1834- 1887 ; used on inferior or flawed products .Mark

ing reported on flintlock and percussion Kentucky rifles , riflelocks , trap gun .

CONFEDERATE STATES ARMORY— Columbus, Ga . (next to Grant’s

factory ) . Arms as well as artillery harness , ordnan ce materieland infantry accoutrements are believed to have been madeand repaired at this armory, established with machinery removedfrom Baton Rouge, La . , in spring of 1862 as well as from Demopolis , Ala . ,

in 1864 and Atlanta, Ga. , when threatened by Sherman . The armory operations were underMaj or F. C . Humphrey,C .A.S. O rd . Dept . , who had been a lieutenant in charge of theFederal Arsenal at Augusta, Ga . , and resigned his commissionat the outbreak of the war . A contemporary letter states that“Jeff Davis has stopped the manufacture of arms at Columbus

,

Ga . ,for if they whip Grant they would have all the guns they

wan ted, and if'

they didn’t, they would want no more made

there .

” Though the manufacture of arms may have been discontinued towards the end of the war, other ordnance activitiescontinued for on Feb . 21 , 1865 , Gen. Gorgas placed the C . S .

Armory at Columbus (as well as those ofMacon , Ga. , Athens ,Ga . , and Tallassee, Ala . ) under jurisdiction of Col . James H .

Burton , O .S. 0rd . Dept . , with directive that all orders for theofficer in immediate charge of the Columbus Armory must passthro ’ Col .M. H . Wright .”

CONKLE, F .— Unlocated . Probably southwestern Pa . Percussion rifle

with James Bown 8: Son lock .

CONKLIN, H .M.— Unlocated . Percussion rifle with lock by G.

Goulcher .

CONNECTICUT ARMS CO .— Norfolk, Conn . About 1864 .Made a .28

caliber front loading,cartridge revolver .

CONNECTICUT ARMS 8:MF G . CO .— N aubuc, Conn . ,

1866- 68. Ham

WOHWcarbines and Hammond Bull D og pistols . See also Welch,CONRAD, Sam— Gunsmith, B erlin, Somerset Co . , Pa . , 1837. Plain

rifles of good workmanship .

CONRAD, T .— Barrel markin g of a slim

,early percussion period

Kentucky rifle .

CON STfigg

LE , R.— Phila . , Pa . Listed as gunsmith at 88 S . 2nd St. ,in

CONSTABLE , Richard— 88 S . 2nd St. , Philadelphia

, Pa . , 1817- 5 1 .

Gunmaker . Flintlock and later percussion duelling pistols andderringers . Also imported many arms fr om E ngland .

40 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSCONTER— Unlocated . Walnut fullstock, octagonal barrel, percussion

Kentucky rifle .

CONTINENTAL ARMS CC .-Norwich , Conn . ,

1866- 67 .ManufacturedConverse 5 -Shot cartridge pepperboxes .

CONVERSE, William H .— Colorado Springs , Col. , 1875 -80.

COOK— Rhode Island, flintlock period .

COOK, Ashabell— Clayton, N . Y . Ten-pound percuss ion hunting andtarget rifle .

COOK 8: BRO .— New Orleans 1861- 62, Athens, Ga . ,

1863 - 64 .Makersof Confederate rifles, carbines , and military equipment . The fi rmwas organized by Ferdinand W . C . Cook, engineer and architect,and his brother Francis, in June 186 1 , with plant at NoveltyWorks N o . 1 , Canal Street, New O rleans, La . Operations beganwith 27 men , with expected output of eight to ten rifles per day .

By August 1861 two shifts of workmen were employed . April25

,1862, on approach of the F ederal fleet, the machinery was

loaded on NE WSBOY and left for Vicksburg, thence acrosscountry to Selm a , Ala. , and then to Athens, Ga . At Athens thefirm acquired Hodgson’

s GristMill with 24 acres , purchased 249adj oining acres and erected a stone- and-brick armory with castellated walls and flanking towers . The scant machinery broughtfrom New Orleans was supplemented by boring and riflingmachinery

,drill presses , shapers , milling and other machines

made by Athens F oundryMachine Works . The plant employeda force of about 500men producing rifles of E nfield pattern, artillery musketoons, cavalry carbines , triangular bayonets , bayonetscabbards and cartridge belts and boxes . Attempt was also madeto manufacture sabers— “crude aff airs with an iron hilt of Revolutionary War type .

”

Colonel James H . Burton of Confederate Ordnance, on a visitto the Armory in April 1864, stated that it was the best fittedand operated armory he had inspected in the Confederate States .

“600 rifles and carbines were manufactured last month .

”

Towards the end of the War manpower shortage being critical,the Cook Armory as well as the Athens Foundry 8:MachineWorks were closed down and their personnel formed into a homedefence force underMaj or Ferdinand Cook . The unit participatedat the battle of Griswoldsville, nearMacon, in June 1864 . In D ec.

1864Maj or Cook was shot through the head and killed at GoosePond, near Hardeeville , S . C .

In January 1865 the plant was valued at includingland and buildings . After the War, Francis Cook, as a B ritishsubj ect, managed to obtain a pardon and retain the propertywhich was sold to various foundr ies and shops, the land andbuildings being purchased by AthensMfg . Cc . , and convertedinto a cotton mill.

COOK, E . W.— Lockport, N. Y 1849 . Percussion rifles .

COOK, F . W. C .— E ngineer and gunsmith , Calliope, between B enton

and Hercules , New Orleans, La . ,1853 . (O f Cook Bros ,

Confederate armorers?)

COOKfl, Roswell F .

— West Potsdam, N . Y . ; over-under percussionri es .

COOKE,Jacob— Also Cook . Contractor D ec . 9 , 1807, with Tench

Coxe, Purveyor of Public Supplies , for 25 pair of pistols at

the pair . On Feb . 1 , 1808 was given an additional contract for50 pairs of pistols .


COOKSON,John— Boston

,Mass . ,

active 1727 62 . Inventor and makerof the famous Cookson repeating flintlock arms .

COOLEY, D .

— Unlocated . Kentucky rifles , before 1800. Fine workmanship .

COON, D .

— Ithaca,N. Y . , son of Levi Coon . Percussion sporting rifles .

COON,Levi (Sr. )— Ithaca, N . Y . ,

1821 . Flintlock Kentucky rifles .

COON,Levi, J r —Ithaca

,N . Y . Son of Levi Coon . Percussion sport

ing rifles .COON

, S.—Unidentified . Percussion alarm pistol patented Sept. 22 ,

1857 .

COONS— Unidentified .Maker of early American shotguns .

COONS, E .-Philadelphia, Pa . , Kentucky rifles .

COONS,Joseph— Philadelphia , Pa . , after 1810.

COOPER— Philadelphia, Pa . ,1805 .

COOPER FIREARMS CO .— Located at Pittsburgh, Pa . , about 1852

1860, and at Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa. ,1860- 1869 .Made per

cussion revolvers at both places .

COOPER,Henry T .

— N ew York City, before and after 1845 . Percus

sion pistols . “H . T . Cooper” is marked on the lock of a percussionmatch rifle by A. C . Stevens .

COOPER 8: HEWITT— Trenton, N . J. Arms makers to the government during the Civil War .

COOPER, J .— Flint

,gooseneck hammer, lock with roller frizzen

spring bearing, on a Kentucky rifle stamped J . FORDNE YLANCASTER. Possibly connected with E nglish firm B . 8: J .

Cooper, 19 Partition St. , New York City in post-Revolutionperiod .

COOPER, J.M.— Pittsburgh, Pa . Percussion locks on W.Mcculloughover-under rifle . Same as JamesMaslin Cooper Firearms Co

COOPER, Jam esMas lin— Patentee and manufacturer of the Cooperrevolver . See Cooper Firearms Co .

COOPER, J. R .-New York

,N. Y . ,

before and after 1849 . Probablyagent for British arms .

COOPfE R, R. F .

— West Potsdam, N . Y . Percussion over-and-underri es

COOPER, Walter— B ozemanMontana . Reported in 1892 as a prac

tical rifle manufacturer . Gunsight inventor . Went west in 1858

and for 18 years was almost constantly in camp . E stablishedsporting goods house at Bozeman in 1869 .

COPE , Jacob— Unlocated . Kentucky rifles .

COPELAN D, T .— Worcester,Mass . ,

about 1860. Revolvers .CORNS , Abraham— Lancaster

,Pa . ,

1857 .

CORMAN. H .-Unlocated . A 24-lb . percussion match rifle stamped

“H . CORMAN on 48” barrel and “H . CORMAN for F . BAKE R”

on silver cheekpiece inlay . Iron mounted, curly maple half stock,

Leman bar lock .

COSMOPOLITAN ARMS CO .-Hamilton , Ohio . Civil War Cosmo

politan carbines , and Gross Patent Arms . See Gwyn 8: Campbell .COSTER, Abram— Philadelphia , Pa . 1810- 14 . Gunsmith to Committee

of Defence .

COTTON, W.M.— Leominster,Mass . Half stock percussion rifle with

42 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSoctagon barrel marked W .M. COTTON LEOMINSTE RMASS .

Lock by Wm . Reid, Boston .

_

COUCH, John D .—Middlesex Cc . , Conn . , pistol maker employing

thrice whrkm en in 1860. That year’s output 800 pistols . (Re

vo vers .

COULAN OY, J .— Armorer . Was paid New E mission Currency

(at rate of exchange four for one, equal to $320, specie) forcleaning and repairing 160 muskets and bayonets at Phila . ,

June 13 , 1781 .

COULTHARD, J .— Natchez,Miss . Half stock percussion rifle .

COUTTY, Samuel— Philadelphia, Pa . , pistol maker, paid tax in Chestnut Ward in 1779 . Listed in the City Directories from 1785 to1794, as residing at 25 Spruce St in

’85 , 82 Chestnut St. , in

’91

,

87 Front St. , in’93 , and" 4 1 So . Water St.

, in’94 .Made arms for

private sale and worked on public arms for Commonwealth ofPennsylvania .

COWELL, Ebenezer— Allentown , Pa. , musket maker to Committeeof Safety in 1775 .Made and repaired arms at the State Gun F actory in 1778. Later located at Philadelphia , 1779-82 . Was paid $280,N ew E mission Currency (at rate of exchange four for one , equalto $72 , Specie ) for cleaning and repairing 60 rampart musketsat Phila . , June 25 , 1781 .

COWELL, Joseph— B oston ,Mass . , 1745 .

COWELL, P.— Pennsylvania, prior to 1783 .

COWLES 8: SMITH— Chicopee ,Mass . , 1868. Pistol manufacturers .

COWLES, W . W. D EANE 8: CO .— Chicopee ,Mass . Single-Shot, .22

cal. rim-fire cartridge pistols .COX 8: SON— Atlanta, Ga. , 1847 .

COX, Georg e—Mifflin County, Pa . , late percussion period .

COX,Martin— Gunsmith . O ak above Noble Phila , Pa . , 1819 .

COXGR . C . GUN CC .

—Milwaukee, Wis . 1894-95 . Gunmakers at 326rove .

COXE, Tench— Purveyor of Public Supplies 1803 - 1812 . Negotiatedarms contracts until 1812 .

C . P.— Letters to denote ownership by Commonwealth of Pennsy lvania .

CRABB,Thomas— F rederick Town ,Md .Musket maker, 1799- 1801 .

Associate of Nicholas White, JacobMetzger and ChristopherB arnhizzle in a contract under Act of July 5 1798, forCharleville pattern (Model muskets at per stand,of which 23 5 were delivered by June 10, 1801 .

CRABTREE, Absalom— Buff alo Creek, Tenn . , later migrated toMeCracken Co . ,

Ky . F lintlock Kentucky rifles

CRAFT, George W.—Craft Creek,Morris Township, Washington Cc . ,

Pa . About 1860- 1875 . Had served apprenticeship under Abe Williams .Made unmarked , half stock percussion rifles .

CRAFT, P. W.— Columbia, S . C . , maker of percussion duelling pistols

and of a half stock, percussion Kentucky rifle .

CRAFTS , Royal— Rutland, Vt .Musket maker, active 1799- 1801 . Inassociation with Darius Chipman , Thomas Hooker and JohnSmith, contracted under Act of July 5

,1798, for muskets

Charleville pattern (Model 1795 ) at per stand, of which575 were delivered before June 10, 1801 .


CRAIG, Andrew— Richland County , Ohio . Prior to 1812 , with hisbrother David

,had been gunsmith to the Indians in the

“Indian

Country . In the War of 1812 they were at stockade and fortatMansfield .

CRAIG, David— See Craig, Andrew .

CRAIG,C . 8: J .

— Pittsburgh, Pa . Top flat marking of an originalpercussion Kentucky rifle with barrel marked under breech“CLARK 8: RANKIN .

” Truitt lock .

CRAIG, J .— Philadelphia , Pa . F ullstock percussion Kentucky rifle .

(Probably J . Craig of C . 8: J. Craig . )CRAIG, J. W.

— Unlocated . Percussion sporting rifle .

CRAIG, Robert— Philadelphia, Pa . Gun- lock maker to Committee ofSafety 1775 -76 .

CRAIG,William— Pittsburgh and Alleghany, Pa . , about 1850.

CRAMER, Phi llip— Pennsylvania, period of 1820; flintlock Kentuckyrifles .

CRANDALL, J os .— Unlocated . Percussion period .

CRANDALL,Marion F .—Towanda, N . Y . , late flintlock and early

percussion rifles .

CRAVALTY 8: DUGAN—Maryland, Committee of Safety .

CRAWFORD, Alexander— Lock fil er at Springfield Armory . Filed thefirst musket lock in 1795 in 3 days labor .

CREAMER, B .— Phila . , Pa . Flintlock Kentucky rifles and flintlock

duelling pistols .CREEDMORE ARMORY—Miles City,Mont . See A. D .McAusland .

CRESCENT FIRE ARMS CO .— Norwich, Conn .Modern .

CRISSEY, Elias— Hooversville, Pa . 183 5 - 1915 . Lightweight flintlock

squirrel rifles . Had been apprenticed to Samuel Border in 1854 .

CROCKETT, Thomas— Bath Co . ,Ky . ; came from Virginia . Working

in 1800.Made rifles for Gen . Harrison’s troops in the Indian wars .

CROFT, P. W.— Columbia, S . C . Percussion duelling pistols .

CROMWELL, Levi— 265 Ann St. , Baltimore,Md . , 1860.

CROMWELL, Oliver— 1 18 Thames St. , Baltimore,Md . ,1860.

CRONER— Cross Creek Village,Washington Co. , Pa .

CROSBY, C .—Massachusetts

,1867 . Half- stock, percussion rifles .

CROSBY, J .

,

— Springfield Armory lockmaker,

1807- 1818. Namestamped ma de some Springfield Armory goose-neck hammerpistols d ated 1818. Also lock on Springfield musket dated 1818.

CROSBY, L .— Unlocated . Possibly N .Y .S. Flintlock Kentucky rifle .

CROSMAN ARMS CO .— 903Monroe Ave . , Rochester, N . Y . Crosman

air rifles .Modern .

CROSSLAND, I.M.— Kentucky rifle barrel marked I .M. CROSSLAND ” and dated

CROSSLAND, John— Uniontown , Pa.Made B edford Co . , style rifles .

CROSSLAY, J.M— Un iontown, Pa . Percussion rifle .

CROW, C . A.— Lima, Ohio , before and after 1870.

CROYSDALE , Thomas - B ond Street,Baltimore

,Md . ,

1810.

CRUM, D .— Unlocated . Percussion Kentucky rifle . Same as Crumm?

CRUM, T .— Unlocated . E arly Kentucky flintlock rifle, Roman nose

butt,name acid- etched on barrel .

44 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSCRUMM— Huntingdon County, Pa . , late percussion period .

CRYTH , John— Lancaster, Pa . , Kentucky rifles .

CULLE N, T .— 87 B attery, San Francisco , C alif . , 1859- 60.

CULLMAN, G .— Cleveland

,Ohio

, 1840.

CULLMAN N , Charles— Columbus,Ohio , shotgun , rifle and pistol

maker . Active about 1850 to 1894 .

CULLOUGHM, William— Brookville , Pa . Halfstock percussion rifle .

CUMMINGS , Charles A.— Worcester,Mass . ,

1866- 69. Later Cummings 8: Lane .

CUMMINGS 8: LANE— Worcester,Mass . ,1869- 71 .

CUMMINGS, O . S.— Lowell

,Mass . Top -up .22 revolver .

CUMMINGS, William— Phila . ,Pa . Listed as gunsmith at 45 Green, in

1829 .

CUN KLE , L . G .— Unlocated . Revolutionary period . E arly flintlock

Kentucky pistol with hand- forged lock, name stamped on barrel .

CUN KLE , Georg e— Percussion period .

CUNNINGHAM, John— Harford County,Md .Musket maker to Com

m ittee of Safety . With Isaac Thomas , agreed,March 4,1776 ,

“for making a parcel of musquets which they oblige themselvesto do , agreeably to directions which they have and are to re

ceive from the Committee , as may be directed. by the Councilof Safety, at the price ofMusquets are made for at Baltimore ,to be complete with steel ramrod and bayonet A companyof riflem en was raised in Harford County during the War ofRevolution .

CUNNINGHAM, W. A.—Mt. Vernon

,Ohio

,1857 - 5 9 .

CURRY, C . 8: CO .— San Francisco , Calif . , 1852- 1863 . Succeeded by

sons J . and N . Curry in 1863 as N . Curry 8: Bro . or N . Curry 8:Co . Agents for Colt, Remington , Deringer, and British arms .

CURRY, N .—San Francisco , Cal .Maker of an all metal derringer

gpé: percussion pistol and a cartridge revolver . See C . Curry0.

CURTIS, Jesse— Waterbury, Conn .Musket maker to Committee ofSafety . Received payment for Sixteen muskets with bayonets ,June 15

,1778. Later furnished seven more . On Jan . 22, 1779,

in association with Thomas Fancher was paid for twenty- sixmuskets with bayonets .

CURTIS, Russell— Arms stoker, Springfield Armory, 1818.

CUSHING, Alvin D .— Troy

,N . Y . ,

1829- 1834 . Kentucky rifles . Probablyrelated to A. B . Cushing .

CUSHING, A. B .— Troy

,N . Y . About 1840- 70.

CUTCHALL, I. W.— Unlocated . Percussion Kentucky rifle .

CYPHERS,M. B .—Skowhegan

,Maine, 1866 - 69 .

C . W.— Initials of Charles Williams , U .S. Inspector of Contract Arms ,1808- 1814 . Inspected arms ( sabers ) at plant of Nathan Starr .

C . W. H .— Initials of C . W . Hartwell, U .S. Inspector of Arms within

years 183 1 - 1850.

DDADE 8: REYNOLDS—Mobile, Ala . Flintlock match rifles .

DALE—Marking inside lock of undated Springfield musket . (Made in1795


46 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSDAVIES, E .

— B ouckville , N . Y . , and Solsville, N . Y . , percussionperiod .

DAVIS, A.— D eposit

,N . Y. Over-under, flintlock, swivel Kentucky

rifle .

DAVIS, A. R.— D eposit, N . Y . , percussion period . Son of D avis A

DAVIS 8: BOZEMAN— Henry J . Davis and David W . Bozeman, riflecontractors to the Confederacy . Located three miles west ofCentral and 12 miles north of Wetumpka , Alabama .Made for theState of Alabama between l st October 1863 and l st November1864, a total of 882Mississippi rifles (M. 1841 ) and 89 carbines .Specimen known marked “D and B Ala After the warthe sh0p was used by D avis to manufacture machines to thrashgrain and cotton gins .

DAVIS, BRUCE 8: DAVIS— Webster ,Mass . , percussion rifle .

DAVIS 8: COSAT— Perrysville , Ind . , percussion rifle .

DAVIS, C . A .— Holcollville, Pa . ,

percussion period .

DAVIS, E . L .— Hinckley

,Ill . Percussion rifles .

DAVIS, Henry J — See Davis 8: Bozeman .

DAVIS, Isa ac— Revolutionary War period gunsmith of Acton ,Mass .

Was Captain of the ActonMilitia Company which led theAmerican charge at Concord B ridge April

p19, 1775 . Davis , lead

ing the company, was killed by the first British volley . B elievedto have been 30 or 32 years old at the time .

DAVIS,

1éll

ti

o

hn— E mployed as musket barrel maker by O . E . E vansIn

DAVIS, J. N .— New Paris , Pa . Percussion period .

DAVIS , J . S.— Indiana . Percussion Kentucky rifle with full curly

maple stock .

DAVIS , N. R . 8: SONS— Assonet, F reetown ,Mass . , established 1853 .Makers of percussion shotguns and rifles .DAVIS -WARNER ARMS CORPORATION— Assonet

,Mass . Infallible

hammerless .32 automatic pistols . Davis of the fi rm is probablyR. N . Davis of Assonet .

DAVIS, Zemp—Nevada City, Calif . , about 1850; dealer and gunsmith .

DAY— Unidentified . Percussion , under-hammer cane gun .

DAY , James— Louisville,Ky . In 1843 at Joseph Griffith’s shop

,onMarket between 5 th and 6th . 1845- 46 at 52 Fifth St . 184 8 r t

Griffith ’s shop , 294 Green St . 1848-49, with J . Grifl‘ith, Walnut St. ,

between Campbell and Wentzel . 185 5 - 60, corner Brook andMarket . 1865 - 67, Gun Store at 3 1 E .Market. 1869 and 1873 , JamesDay 8: Cc . , guns , rifles , pistols . In sporting goods business untilabout 1890.

DAY , J. C .— Unlocated . About 1855 . Percussion breechloading self

capping rifle .

DAY, John— B oulder, Col. , 1875 -80.

D . B .— Unidentified . Late period. flintlock Kentucky rifle with lock byHenry Parker .

DEBOLT, Henry— E stablished about 1852 at Boothsville,W . Va . Shop

burned and he moved toMt.Morris , Green Co . , Pa . Later movedtoMapletown and became associated with Barney Engle , whoseapprentice he may have been . Continued making fine rifles afterE ngle ’s death until the breechloading era .


D . C . 8: CO .— Cincinnati, Ohio . Percussion rifle locks .

D E ASHN E R— Ithaca,N . Y . ,

percussion over- and-under rifles andmule - ear rifles .

D E B E RIE RE ,Henry— Also D ebarrier .Mulberry Ward, Philadelphia,

Pa. ,1769- 74 .

D E CHARD ,Jacob— Also spelled Decherd, Dechert, D ickert, D eschard ,

Deckert and D igert. Philadelphia , 1732 ; Lancaster, Pa . , before andafter 1753 , Lancaster County, 1777-82 .

DECKERT, Jacob— Kentucky rifles .Mentioned in History of Lancaster

,Pa . ,

as gun -maker “with 40years experience” in the yearof 1795 . Same as D echard , Jacob or same family? Possiblyidentical with Dickert

,Jacob

,musket maker to State of Penn

sylvania .

DEEDS, Henry— Wyomissing Creek, Berks Co . ,Pa .Made finished

rifle barrels .DEEDS, H. W.

— Reading, Penna .Maker of heavy barrel .80 caliberflintlock goose gun .

DEEDS, W.— Pennsylvania . Kentucky rifles and smooth-bores .

DEFIBAUGH, Dave— Southern Bedford Co . , Pa . Son of William ,

brother ofMilton .

DEFIBAUGH, L .— Bedford

, Pa . ,1871 .

DEFIBAUGH,Milton— E verett Borough,Bedford Co. ,

Pa . ,1860. Son

of William , brother of Dave .

DEFIBAUGH, William—Monroe Township, B edford Co. , Pa . , 1850.

D eHAV E N , Hugh— Also Dehaven . Assistant to Peter D e Haven ,

Sp7jéer

7

i

7

ntendent of the State Gun Factory at French Creek, Pa . ,

D eHAV E N , Peter— Also D ehaven . B efore and after 1769- 79 . WithBenj amin Rittenhouse established the State Gun- lock Factoryat Philadelphia for the State of Pennsylvania . Later the factorywas expanded to include gun manufacture . About Dec . 12, 1776 ,on the approach of the British to Trenton , the shops weremoved to F rench Creek, Chester Cc . ,

near Valley Forge, andlater again to Hummelstown . The State Gun Factory was discontinued in D ecember, 1778, and Peter D eHaven applied forthe position of WagonMaster in January, 1779, in V iew of theloss of his position at the factory . He was appointed HealthOfficer for the Port of Philadelphia onMarch 12, 1779 . SeePennsylvania State Gun Factory .

F our brothers of the D eHaven family,Jacob

,Samuel,

Edward and Peter, emigrated from F rance to America in thefirst part of the 18th Century, and settled in Pennsylvania , inMontgomery and Chester Counties , where they bought landfor vineyards, tanneries and “plants for making muskets .Among the purchases was a tract of land on which the Villageof Centre Square was laid out, which had been sold by ReesThomas and AnthonyMorris to Peter de Haven, in 1730.

In V iew of the passage of years, probabilities are that Peterde Haven, the superintendent of the State Gun- lock Factory wasthe Son of one of the D eHaven brothers .

D E HUF F , Abraham— Lancaster B orough,Lancaster Co . , Pa . ,

1779 .

D E HUF F , Henry— Als o D ehulf . Lancaster, Pa . , musket maker. Contracted with the State of Pennsylvania for 500 Charleville pattern muskets on April 17, 1801 . Petitioner to the 7th Congress

48 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSon Jan . 28, 1803 , for the non -removal of import duties on arms .

In association with Peter B rong and Abraham Henry proposedJuly 13

,1801 , to furn ish the State of Virginia with stands

of arms at per stand and pair of pistols atper pair, delivery at Lancaster in three years . No record of thecontract being awarded .

On Dec . 9, 1807, D eHuff , in association with Jacob Dickertand Peter Gonter, contracted with Tench Coxe

, Purveyor ofPublic Supplies for 600 rifles .

D E ISIN GE R— Phi la . , Pa.

DELANEY— Sussex Cc . , N . J . Over-under percussion rifles .

DELANEY, Nelson— Reading, B erks Co . , Pa . ,about 1845 -72 . Half

stock percussion hunting rifle .

D E LLE T , Peter— Lancaster, Pa . ,1857 .

DELONG, Ebenezer— Parishville,N . Y . ; percussion rifles .

D E LV E Y , John— Gill,Mass . Heavy percussion match rifle .

DEMING, H .— Unlocated . Cherry fullstock, octagonal barrel, flint

lock Kentucky rifle .

DEMOPOLIS CONFEDERATE ARSE N AIr — D emopolis, Ala . , 1863

“an arsenal where they make a great many smallarms .

” Equipment reported Feb . 16, 1864, to have been moved to the Confederate States Armory at Columbus , Ga .

DEMSTER,B .

— Zanesville ,Muskegum Cc . , Ohio .

D eMUTH , S.— Pennsylvania . Over -under , flintlock and percussion

Kentucky type . swivel breech rifles of fine workmanship . Flintlock rifle marked

DENNISON— Haverhill,Mass . , percussion period .

D E N SLAN S (or D enslars ) , R .— Unlocated . Half stock percussion

Plains rifle , brass and German silver mounted ; Remington barrel,converted H . 8: W . Aston lock .

DENSLOW 8: CHASE— Hartford,Conn . , about 1847 . (Slate 8: Brown

Shop . )Made barrels and cylinders forModel 1847, Whitneyville Colt revolvers on sub - contract .

D EPREZ, J.M. 8: CC .— Un identified 5 - shot cartridge revolver .

D eRE IN E R,Michael— Lancaster, Pa . , before and after 1773 - 77 . Kentucky rifles and muskets to Committee of Safety . E xcused bythe E xecutive Council from performance of mili tary duties D ec.

5,1777, for the making of arms for the State of Pennsylvania ,

in the employ and under direction of William Henry I .

DERINGER,Henry , Sr. —Richmond, Va . 17— to 1806, then Phila

delphia,Pa . Colonial gunsmith of German descent, maker of

Kentucky rifles . F ather of Henry D eringer . Listed in FrankfordTownship

, Philadelphia Co . , in 1769 .

DERINGER, Henry— Son of Henry D eringer, Sr . ,Colonial gunsmith

,

maker of Kentucky rifles . Young Henry was born O ct. 26, 1786 ,at E aston

,Pa . , and as a youth was apprenticed to a firearm maker

at Richmond , V a . , where he made rifles and other firearms,until

he settled in Philadelphia in 1806, and established an arms manuf acturing plant of his own .

He is known to have made martial pistols of 1808 patternand later obtained the following contracts in addition to a contract of July 23, 1819 , the details of which are not available :March 17, 1814 Model 1814 rifles .


April 3 , 1821 rifles at eachAug . 28, 1823 rifles -at each .

December, 1828— 600“old pattern” rifles

,common rifles ,Model

later changed to 400muskets .Nov. 7, 183 7 rifles for Indians at each .March 7, 1840 rifles at each . Delivery over 5 years .

The Deringer Armory also made Navy box - lockModel 1843pistols and later became well known for the small percussionpistols manufactured by the firm , one of which was used byBooth to assassinate Lincoln .

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The factory was located for many years on Front Street InPhiladelphia .

In 1819 Henry D eringer is listed at 3 70N . F ront .Deringer was content with the percussion system and stub

bornly refused to manufacture breechloaders , which he despised .

He died in 1868, and not many years after his death his factorywent out of existence .

DERINGER, J .—Phila . ,

Pa . Imitation Deringer derringer pistols al

leged to have been made by former employees of Henry D eringerto order of A. J . Plate of San Francisco , Calif . , Deringer agent ,who was unable to receive adequate stocks of genuine Deringerarms .

DERR,John— Lancaster and Oley Valley, Berks Cc . ,

Pa . , 1810- 183 1 .

E xtensive maker of flintlock and early percussion Kentucky riflesand rifled Kentucky pistols ; a flintlock rifle dated 183 1 .

D E SV E RN E YS— Charleston,S . C .Maker of a double barrel, flintlock

shotgun of plain but fine workmanship . Top of left barrel markedin gold inlay “

D E SV E RN E YS CHARLE STON . Under breechappears “AME RICA FRISE and fleur-de - lys ; also“F E PE IO F F TORDU”

and P- I . The locks are marked outsideD E SV E RN E YS in script and inside “

P- I .

” Though Americanmade

,shows strong French influence .

D E TE RE R, Adam— Lancaster County, Pa . ,1774- 77 .Musket maker

to Committee of Safety . Excused by the E xecutive Council D ec .

5,1777, from military duties , for the making of arms for the

State of Pennsylvania, in the employ and under direction ofWilliam Henry I .

DETROIT RIFLE CO .— See Heal Rifle Co .

DETWILER, Anthony— Woodbury Township, Bedford Co. , Pa . ,1870.

DETWILER, Chris— B ellville,Pa . Late Kentucky rifles .

DEVANE, James— New Hanover County,N . C . Served the State as

arms maker for one year from June,1776

,then re - entered the

military service . Born Aug . 1 , 175 7, active until 1832 .

DEVANE , John— Als o Devane . With Richard Herring establisheda Public Gun F actory authorized by Act of April 24 , 1776 , inthe Wilmington District, North Carolina . After production ofsome one hundred long arms the factory was d estroyed by Torysympathizers .

DEVAUX, F .—Maker of a half stock plains or Indian rifle of in

diff erent quality . Barrel stamped “F. DE VAUX” and held to stockonly by the ramrod and a wood screw at tang . Lock marked“LEMAN LAN CTR. PA.

”

DEVENDORF, Louis— Cedarville, N . Y . ,percussion target rifles .

D E WARSON , R.— Boston

,Mass . , 1847 .

D EWEY, Ebenezer— Amber, N . Y . Percussion rifles and rifle scopes .(Also made clocks and musical instruments . )

50 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSDEWEY, Samuel— Hebron, Conn . , 1775 -76 ,

”

musket-barrel and bayonetmaker to Committee of Safety . Petitioned for payment for 46gun barrels 21 bayonets made toMay 15 , 1776 .

D EWITT, D . G .— E lmira, N . Y.Maker of a half stock, brass trim per

cussion smooth bore, sporting gun .

D EWITT, W. Pa —E hn ira, N . Y. , percussion period . Over-under rifleshotguns .

D . G .— Barrel marking of a flintlock Kentucky rifle of about 1800.

D . G . 8: CO .— Cincinnati, Ohio, percussion period.

DICK,Major Charles— With Col. F ielding L ewis, operator of an

Arsenal at Fredericksburg, V a ., for the manufacture of smallarms to equip Continental Line regiments raised in Virginia .

Fielding Lewis and Charles D ick were appointed Commissionersto build and operate the Government Gun F actory of the Comm onwealth of Virginia, by the Second Virginia RevolutionaryConvention Commissioners, in July 1775 .

D ICIl

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nTS, Fowler— Phila ., Pa. Listed as gunsmith at L illey Alley, in

D ICKEfigsz

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John— Phila . , Pa. Listed as gunsmith at 3 1 NewMarket,In

D ICKENSON, John— Russell Co . , Va . F lintlock Kentucky rifles . Hisslave succeeded him in business.

D ICKERMAN— Unknown, 1886 . Hammerless single barrel shotgun .

D ICKERT, Jacob— Lancaster B orough, Lancaster Co. ,Pa . , 1779- 1803 .Musket maker ; in association withMathew Llewellin , contracted

on April 17, 1801, with the State of Pennsylvania forCharleville pattern (Model 1795 ) muskets . One of the petitionersto the 7th Congress, on J an . 28, 1803 , for non- removal of importduties on arms .

Jacob D ickert in association with Peter Gonter and JohnG roff , contracted for

“rifle guns” in 1792 , being paidon account . On D ec . 9, 1807, Jacob D ickert in association withPeter Gonter and Henry D eHuff , contracted with Tench Coxe ,Purveyor of Public Supplies, for 600 rifles .

D ICKIN SON— E rie , Pa . , active as late as 1900; Negro gunsm ith .

D ICKINSON, E . L .— Springfi eld ,

’Mass . Rim fire revolvers . (ConnectedWith J . 8: L . D ickinson?)

D ICKINSON, J. 8: L .— Springfield ,Mass . Rim -fire pistols and Sterling

Bull D og revolvers.

D ICKSON,M. 8: GILMORE , J .— Louisville , Ky . , l84o

’

s and 1850’

s .Moses D ickson . Percussion Kentucky rifles .D ICKSON, NELSON 8: CO .

—Makers of Confederate shoulder arms ,1862-65 .MadeMississippi type (Model 1841 ) rifles and muzzleloading carbines . F urnished the State of Alabama 645Mississippirifles between O ct. 1 , 1863 and Nov. 1

,1864 . Also known as

Shakanoosa ArmsMfg . Co . The firm consisted of Owen 0. Nelson ,Tuscumbia , Ala. , attorney, then Judge for Court of CommonPleas ; William D ickson , planter and extensive land owner inTennessee Valley, Ala. , and D r . Lewis Sadler of Leighton , Ala . ,

an elderly physician who furnished considerable financial aid .

The plant was originally located at west end of TennesseeValley, at D ickson , Ala. , about twenty miles west of Tuscumbria,

on theMemphis , Charleston R.R. (now Southern ) . After fall ofF t. Henry and gain of control of Tennessee River by Union forces ,


the plant was moved for greater safety to Rome, Ga . , thence toAdairsville , Ga. , and finally in 1863 to D awson , Terrill County,Ga. ,

where it operated until the end of the War. The shops ,foundry and other buildings of the plant at D awson occupied27 acres on the Central of Georgia R .R. Some work was done bysub - contractors , one of whom had a machine shop at Hopwell,Ark , oppositeMemphis .

After the War,in 1866, Judge Nelson and his associates

acquired the properties of the firm and under the name of

DawsonManufacturing Company went into manufacture of

builders supplies and passenger and freight railroad cars . In 1885the property was sold to Dawson Works . In 1929 one of thewarehouses still had a good many of the unfinished walnutgun stocks, leftovers from arms manufacturing period .

DICKSON, William— See Dickson , Nelson Co .

DIEMAR, R.— Taunton (Mass . or Horn inlaid, half stock,

German style, target rifle marked“R. D IEMAR TAUNTON”

on

barrel and “R . DIEMAR”

on lock .

DIEMER, I .— Taunton

,Mass .Maker of a light weight, muzzle loading

,percussion

,target rifle .Marked “I . D IEME R on lock .

D IE SBOCK , John— (Probably same as D ieschbach or D ishoek, probably also Dresbach ) . Flintlock Kentucky rifles .

D IE SIN GE R —Philadelphia , Pa . Full maple stock muzzle loading percussion rifle marked on barrel “

B IESINGER PHILADA.

” Lockmarked “SOWERS 8: SMITH WARRANTED .

”

DIETS— Pennsylvania, Kentucky rifles .

D IE T

TIRICH, J. F .

— St. Louis,Mo . , 1840- 60. F amous maker of Buffalori es .

D

n nggF E R, John andMichael— E arl Township, Lancaster Co. ,

a . ,

DIE FENDORF, Lewis— Cedarville, N . Y . Late Kentucky rifles.

B IKE— Bridgewater,Mass . , Revolutionary War period .

DILLON, James—Bedford Borough, B edford Cc . , Pa . , 1844 .

D IMICK 8: FOLSOM— See H . E . D imick .

DIMICK, H. E .—Born in Vermont. E stablished in St . Louis,Mo . ,

in1849, at 42 NorthMain Street. Became associated with H. F olsom ,

the firm becoming D imick 8: Folsom . Later changed again to H .

E . D imick 8: Co . Active 1849- 73 , died in August, 1874 . Percussionderringers . Percussion revolvers bearing his name were manuf actured for him . Probably byManhattan Firearms Co .

DIMOND, Levi— South Fork, near Johnstown, Penna . F ull stock percussion rifle .

DINGEER, J -Easton, Pa. Curly maple, fullstock, flintlock Kentucky

ri es .

D IN SN ION , John— Gunsmith . 404 No . Third, Phila ., Pa . 1819 .

D ISBOCK— Pennsylvania, Kentucky rifles .DISH, R.— New York, N. Y . , percussion period .

DITTRICH, J. P.—Mobile, Ala . Lock marking of a Confederate

musket .

DIXIE WORKS— Canton,Miss . Said to have made rifles for the Confederacy . On July 18, 1863 the F ederals destroyed 5 locomotives ,30 cars of all kinds , 2 turn- tables, 13 railroad buildings. includ

52 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSing engine-house for 7 engines , with repair shops filled with finemachinery attached ; 1 machine- shop , depots , offices , &c, 300 feetof trestle and bridge work

,and 2 miles of rails burned and bent .

DIXON, C .M.— Unlocated . Silver inlaid , curly maple half stockedpercussion rifle with Truitt Bros . 8: Co . lock .

D IXO lgl, W.

— Adams , N. Y . , Silver mounted over-under, percussionn e .

D . K .— Unidentified . Flintlock Kentucky rifle , stock finely inlaid withivory

,silver, and brass ; f orestock in two sections .

D . L . G .— Initials of D . Le Gro , U . S . Inspector of Arms within years

183 1- 1850.

DODT, F .

— Unlocated . Percuss ion rifle maker .

DOELL, Frederick G .— 11 Dock square , Boston,Mass . Born in Duchy

of Saxony,Germany, Sept . 9, 1842, where he was apprenticed to

the gunsmith trade in 1856 . Emigrated to U . S . in 1872 and afterworking for Wm . Schaefer, in Boston until 1884, opened his ownShop making custom arms and gun stocks . Succeeded by son,Frederick H .

DOHERTY 8: EVANS— Petersburg, Va .Makers of a walnut halfstock

,German Silver trim , back action lock, double set triggers ,

percussion rifle . Also of half stock, percussion Kentucky rifle ofgood workmanship .

DOHERTY, J .— Petersburg, Va .Maker of a half stock, Kentucky

type , percussion rifle with double set triggers , and percussionshotgun . (Same as Doherty of D oherty 8: E vans above?)

DOLBY— Vicinity ofMorgan town, West Va . Percussion rifles .

DOLL, Jacob— York, Pa . , musket and rifle maker, associated withHenry Pickell and Conrad Welshanze in a contract of April 17,1801 , with Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Charlevillepattern (Model 1795 ) muskets .

Contractor of 1792 for .50 coliber, flintlock Kentucky rifleswith 3 3% inch barrels with muzzles turned down to take abayonet, at each .

DONACK, George— New York, N . Y . Percussion period .

DONHAM, Lewis N . L . N . D . Greensboro , Greene Cc . , Pa . ; alsoWest Virginia . Born April 1 , 183 3 , between Greensboro andMapletown . Adopted initial N . af ter maturity . In early 1870

’

s

began apprenticeship under hi s uncle , Barney E ngle, Greensboro

,along with E . L . Pancost.Moved to Bowlby ( 10 miles

south ofMorgantown ) , West Virginia .Made full and half stockguns ; expert at engraving , especially in German silver . Boughtmost of his barrel blanks , locks and. triggers in Pittsburgh , Pa . ,

but made and case -hardened his own tubes .Moved to WestVirginia in 1890; sold out and returned in 1900, then did somearms work until his death August 6 , 1902 . Two German silvermounted K entuckies and a fine, silver mounted, superposeddouble barrel revolving rifle , known . Used script initials “L . N .

D .

” Taught school for twenty- odd years . Had been married twiceand fathered 14 children .

D ONN, Jam es 8: B ro.— Canton, Ill . , 1880- 84 .

DOOLEY— Scranton, Pa . , percussion period .

DOOLITTLE— Homerville, Ohio , percussion period .

D oO IigT

TLE , Isaac— Worked on repair of public arms for Connecticut,1


54 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSin the Everett area in 1873 . Had been miner, tanner carpenterand as a sideline repaired guns and made muzzleloading percussion rifles .

DRAKE,Malhera— 3 5 Water St. , B altimore ,Md . ,1817 .

BRASHER, S.— Unlocated . Over under, swivel breech, percussion,

Kentucky type rifle marked “S . BRASHE R. Period about 18401850.

DRE PE RT, H .— Same as Henry D reppert, D repperd or D rippard . In

side lock marking of a U. S .Model 1795 musket . Also lock marking of aModel 1808 type flintlock pisto l by 1 . Guest .

DRE PPARD ,John— Lancaster, Pa ., before and after 1830.May be

same as John D repperd .

DRE PPE RD , Andrew— Lancaster, Pa 1857.

DRE PPE RD ,Henry— Also spelled D repert, D reppert and D rippard .

Lancaster, Pa. , 1775 and later . See D repert.

DRE PPE RD , John— SouthMulberry and West King Streets , Lancaster

,Pa. ,

1857 . Also listed as John D reppard at the same ad

dress ih 1869 70.Maker of cherry wood stock, long barreled,percussion Kentucky rifle with J05 Golcher lock .

DRE PPE RT, Henry— Also spelled D repert, D repperd or D rippard .

Lancaster, Pa. ,

1775 and later . See D repert.

DRE SB

QCH, John— Pennsylvania, flintlock Kentucky rifles . See D ies

bocDRESBACH, John J r.

—Mifflinburg , Pa . Probably son of John D resbach above

DRE YAC, A 3 6 Light St. , B altimore,Md . ,1817 .

DRIGGS -SEABURY ORDNANCE CC .— Utica , N . Y . , World War I

arms . Associated with Savage Arms Co .

DRIPPARD , Henry— Also spelled D reppert and D repperd . Lancaster,Pa . ,

1775 . Kentucky rifles .DRIPPARD , F .

— Lancaster, Pa . ,1767- 73 .

DRISBACH, G .— Unlocated . Kentucky rifles .

DRICOLL— Unidentified . Kentucky rifles .

DRISCOLL, J. B .— Springfi eld ,Mass .Maker of single - shot, metallic

cartridge pistols with ratchet ej ector under barrel .D . T .

— Initials of Lieut. D aniel Tyler, Ordnance D ept . U . S . Army,Chief Inspector of arms made at National Armories after 183 1 .

Had been stock inspector in plant of Nathan Starr .

DUDl

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Y, Gem— 2002Mission St. , San Francisco , Calif. Gunsmith,

DUERR, Christian— F ine 18th century flintlock Kentucky rifle withRoman nose stock, gooseneck hammer .

DUFF, Geo . J .— Pittsburgh, Pa .Member of firm Whitmore

,Wolff

Cc . , later Whitmore, Wolff , Duff 8: Co .

DUFORT, A .-Charleston

,S . C . ,

1867 .

DUHART, A.— Gunsmith and lightning rod maker . E lysian F ields ,

New Orleans,La . ,

1853 .

DULL, Jacob— Lancaster, Pa . , 1802 .

DUMOND— Unidentifi ed . Half stock percussion rifle .

DUNCAN 8: BROS— Philade lphia, Penna . F lintlock Kentucky rifle .

DUNGAN— E ast Tennessee . Kentucky flintlock rifles .

AME RICAN GU NMAKERS 5 5

DUNHAM, A. C .— Under hammer percussion pistol .

DUNKLE,William— Pennsylvania . Percussion rifles .

DUNKLE, G .

-Path Valley, Franklin Cc .,Pa . , about 1790. Long,

ornate Kentucky flintlock rifles .DUNLAP— Salisburg

,N. H .

DUNLAP, G .— Percussion period . Owner of Pennsylvania Rifle Works .

DUNLAP, R .— Pittsburgh, Pa . Percussion rifles . Perhaps related to

G . Dunlap of Penna . Rifle Works .

DUNME YE R,Jonathan— Sipesville

,Somerset Cc . , Pa . E arly 19th

Century . Light, half stock boy’s rifle with silver inlays and brass

patc

c

z

ih bhix and Bedford Co . percussion lock . Also made plain,

cru e n es .

DUNMI E R, J .—Penna . Fine, Slow- twist rifles .

DUNN, Jam es — Swan Street,Buffalo, N. Y . ,

1832- 3 5 .

DUlN

iSSSITH , A .

— St. Louis,Mo. ; making flintlock Kentucky rifles in6 .

DUNSETH, Andrew— Gunsmith sent to Fort Washington , Ohio , bythe Federal Government prior to 1790. At Zanesville, Ohio , 1804 .

Was also a Silversmith .

DUNWICK ,William— Also D unwicke . Chester County, Pa . ,Musket

maker to Committee of Safety . F orty firelocks made and delivered Jan . 3 , 1776 . William D unwick was one of the petitioners ,representing Philadelphia gun makers, complaining to the Comm ittee of Safety in November, 1776, against the high cost ofmaterials and labor entering into arms making, and quotingadvances in prices within one year, since 1775 .

DURB E E , Jam es —New B edford,Mass . Active in period 1828- 1868.

Veteran lance maker ( for whaling purposes ) and during a fortyyear period made of them by actual record .

DURHAMIRON WORKS— E aston,Pa . , prior to 1783 . Owned and

operated by Richard Backhouse.DURK

fl

E E , J. H .- Lebanon

,N. H . Percussion sporting and heavy target

ri es .DURKEL, G . F. S.

— St. Louis ,Mo . At No . 32 3 rd St . in 1864 .

DURR,Christian— Penna . rifle maker . Arrived Phila . , Sept . 27, 1752

from Rotterdam , Holland . Served in Penna . rifle regiment inRevolution . Underside of one of his rifles stamped “

OKD .

”

BURST— Unidentifi ed , 1885 .

DURYEA 8: HEYER—Makers of a Kentucky type , full curly maplestock, brass trim, light weight, single barrel, percussion fowlingpieces , rifles ; underhammer rifles . Employed W . W . Whitmoreand Tarrington .

DUTTON, John B .— J aff ey , New Hampshire, rifle maker well known

locally for accuracy of his arms . Born at Dutton homestead,J aff ey ,

Jan . 16 , 1820.Moved to E ast J affey Village in 1876 . DiedMarch 22, 1881 .

DWARA— Pennsylvania ; flintlock Kentucky rifles .DWIGHT

,H . D .

-Belchertown,Mass. , 1847 .

DWIGHT, Spencer— West Hartford , Conn .

56 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSEAGLE ARMS CO .

-New York City . Incorporated Nov . 20, 1865 ,f or the manufacture of the Eagle revolver made under patentsof Willard C . Bliss , No . July 12

,1859, and N . White , No .

July 21,1863 , which were taken over by the Eagle Arms

Company from the PlantManufacturing Co . , who had manuf actured the Plant revolver under the same patents .

EAGLEMF G . CO .- Eagleville

,Mansfield, Conn . ,Makers of Springfield rifle muskets marked “U . S . Eagleville” during the CivilWar . Contract of D ec. 26, 1861, for at each of which

were delivered .

EAGLE RIFLE WORKS— Percussion Kentucky rifle with name on

barrel, H . Elwell lock, and name J os . Golcher inside cast brasspatch box cover .

BALER, Lewis W.— Lancaster

,Pa. ,

1857 .

E . A.M.— Initials of E . A.May , U . S . Inspector of Arms within years183 1- 1850.

EARL, Thomas— Leicester,Mass . ,1770- 76

EARLE , Elias— Centerville , S . C . Contracted with government onFeb . 16, 1815 , for muskets at per stand to be delivered at Centerville , S . C . Earle having been elected to Congress, the contract was taken over by Adam Carruth on Nov . 14,1816 .

EARLY, Jacob— Atcheson, Kansas gunsmith and frontiersman . B ornin Tennessee in 1816 ; trapped in RockyMountain area in 183 9 ;served inMexican War ; was government employed gunsmith toSac and Fox Indians in 1853 -60and opened his own shop in 1864 .

D ied 1886 . Flintlock rifle m arked “J . E ARLY.

”

EARNEST, John 8: Peter— Gunsmiths , c'

ousins , of D elrnont, Pa. ,lgth

Century . Rifles known marked S . P. E ARNE ST .

”Peter may be

Simon P . Earnest whose grave is so marked in the D elrnontcemetery . John was born 1827, d ied 1904 .

EARNHEART, Wm .— Unlocated . F ine 18th century Kentucky rifle

with 40 inch barrel, about .38 cal . E ngraved, long brass patchbox incised butt carving, silver inlays . Name on barrel. Alsopair of Penna . construction circa 1812 , flintlock pistols markedon barrels

EARNEY, C .-Unlocated . F lintlock rifled target pistol .

EARPS 8:McMAIN — Walnut full stock,German silver inlaid, flint

lock ( converted to percussion ) Sporting musket, Kentucky sty le .

EASTERN ARMS COMPANY— D ouble action pocket revolvers .

EASTMAN, A. G .— Rochester, N . Y . Percussion rifles .

EASTMAN, George -Concord,N . H . Percussion rifles .

EASTMAN, J. I .— Jaff rey, N . H . ,

1863 - 1868. Und erhammer arms , telescope- sight match rifles , long-barreled pistols .

EATON, D . S.—Moravia, N . Y .

EATON,E . E .

— Chicago,111. D ouble barrel, hammer, 10 g, shotgun .

EATON, J .— Boston ,Mass . ,

1847 .

EATON, J — Concord, N . H . ,1874- 1916 .

EATON 8: KITTRIDGE— 23 6Main St. ,Cincinnati , Ohio , before and

after 185 1 . Percussion rifle makers .


E . B .— Unidentified . Script marking on superposed, percussian Kentucky rifle .

EBBERT, D .— Unlocated . Percussion Kentucky rifle .

EBERLE , A.— 545 Vine St. ,

Cincinnati, Ohio , 1861 - 63 .

EBERLE, Charles — Phila . cutler. Acted as inspector of sabers , con

tract of D ec . 9, 1807, for horsem en’

s sabers , awarded toWilliam Ros e 8: Sons , Blockley Township , Phila .

, Pa . , by TenchCoxe

,Purveyor of Public Supplies .

EBERLY, John— Lancaster, Pa . ,1775 -77 . Excused by the Executive

Council from military duty Dec . 5 , 1777, for the making of armsfor the State of Pennsylvania, in the employ and under directionof William Henry I of Lancaster .

EBERSOLE , W. H .— Vicinity of Duncannon , Pa . Gunsmith . Born Lan

caster Cc . , Pa . ,1846 . Died 1920.

EBNER, Ferdinand— Burlington, Iowa . Born in Baden, Germany ,October 22

,183 1

,son of Joseph and Anna Zimmerman E bner . In

1853 , having served apprenticeship in gunsmith trade , on death offather

,emigrated with mother, three brothers and sister, to U . S .

Lived for a sh ort time in New York City, then Newburg-oh - the

Hudson . Came to Burlington in 185 5,to work forMr . E bersoll,

gunsmith, whom he bought out a year later .Married locally in1857 and later took sons Charles and Rolli e into business , thefirm becoming F. Ebner 8: Sons .

Ferdinand E bner had reputation for fine work ; octagon barrel, heavy, schuetzen butt target rifle with micrometer sightsadjustable for elevation and windage . Reported byMrs . CharlesF. Ebner: “I have seen several of his guns but didn ’t pay muchattention , they were single barrels (I think ) 8: heavy with hisinitial on end of barrel .”

ECKHART, H 8: FLOHR, Charles— Sacramento , Calif . , after 1870.

Schuetzen rifles .

ECKEL, Charles— 5 18 Vine St. , Cincinnati , Ohio , 1840- 1860.

ECKENRODE, David— Upper Amberson, Pa .

ECKHART, Henry and William— St. Joseph,Mo . , 1863 - 69 .

E CKL

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'lS, H .— Pennsylvania , about 1820. A 5 3 - inch flintlock Kentucky

n e .

E . D . 8: CC .— Unlocated .Marking on aModel 1795 musket lockplate .

EDDY, Jam es— Philadelphia,Pa . ,

1812- 14 .

E DGE RT

gN , H. S.

— German,N . Y . and Chenango

,N . Y . ,

percuss ionperio

EDGINGTON, D .-Unlocated . Beautiful flintlock Kentucky rifle . The

only Edgington family in the 1790 Pennsylvania census was inWashington County .

EDMONDS, J .— Unidentified . Flintlock Kentucky rifles .

EDGAR 8: SMITH— Wm . Edgar and B .M. Smith,Mineral Point, Wis .Marking on a percussion “duckfoot” revolver firing three shots at

a ime .

EDWARDS, A. G .— Corunna ,Mich . , 1869 . Half stock percussion rifle .

EDWARDS 8: GOODRICH— New Haven, Conn . , musket makers .

Executors and trustees for Eli Whitney , deceased .Musket contract ofMarch 2 1

, 1830, details unknown . Contract of Jan . 8,1840, for muskets at per stand . Duration five years

,

per annum . Edwards of the firm is believed to be ex

58 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSgn

rnor Edwards , one of the Whitney trustees from 183 5 to1

E DWAiRD S, H .— Unlocated . Fancy inlaid and relief carved Kentucky

n e .

E F F LE BACH— Philadelphia,Pa. ,

percussion derringers .EGE, Frederick— D etroit

,Mich . Percussion rifles .

EGGERS, Sam uel— New B edford,Mass . , about 1840- 65 .

EHLERS— Unidentifi ed . Kentucky rifles .E HRMON , H .

— Pennsylvania . Kentucky rifles .E ICHO ’

fgg8: BRO .

— 3 1 Queen St. , Lancaster, Pa . ,flintlock period

toE ICHOLTZ . Robert L .

— Lancaster, Pa. ,

1857 Lancaster D irectory .

EICHORN, Charles— Lock and gunsmith,Cleveland

,Ohio

,1848.

E ISTE R, J .— York County, Penna . Revo lutionary War period . Skilled

rifle maker of fine arms . Uncle of H . Aultland .

E . L .— Unidentifi ed . Kentucky rifle .

E LD

I

RE

1

? GE ’ J. W.— Unidentified .Making on mule- ear percussion

cc

ELLER, H. O .-Cairo

,111. Heavy percussion match rifle .

ELLIOTT,Mathew and Nathan— Kent, Conn .Musket makers . Contractors under Act of July 5

,1798

,f or 500 Charleville pattern

(Model 1795 ) muskets at per stand . O f these 23 5 weredelivered by June 10, 1801 .

ELLIS , J. A.— Canandiagua, N . Y . , percussion over-under, mule - ear

rifle - andshotgun .

ELLIS, Reuben— Albany , N . Y . Contracted July, 1829, for 500 Hallbreech- loading flintlock rifles . Failed on his contract .Maker offlintlock repeating rifles on sliding lock principle using S . North,Model 1817 rifles .

ELLIS, S.—Unlocated . 1855 -60.

ELLS,Josiah— Pittsburgh , Pa . , about 1854- 57 .Maker of Ells patent

pocket revolver, patents of 1854 and 1857 .

ELLSWORTH, Joseph— Present Richland Co. ,Ohio

,1800.

ELWELL, H .— Seneca Co. , Ohio, before 1812 .Made gunlocks for

Indians .

ELWELL, H .

— Pennsylvania . Though reported as maker of a flintlock

Kentucky rifle,probably was a lock maker only, of late period

flintlocks with reinforced hammers and roller f rizzens springbearings and of original percussion locks . Variously marked H .

E LWE LL WARRANTE D . Probably identical with Henry E lwelland N . E lwell, (misread ) ? Handsome Kentucky pistols knownmarked “H . E lwell” on lock plates .

ELWELL, Henry— Unidentified .Marking on the percussion lock of arifle by G . W . Harvel 8: B ros . Elwell locks are also found on riflesby James Golcher .

ELWELL, N .— Unidentifi ed .Marking on lock of a percussion Ken

tucky rifle .

ELY, A . F .—Mt. Vernon , Ohio , 1830- 56 .

ELY,Martin— Springfi eld ,Mass . ,about 1770- 75 .Musket maker to

Committee of Safety .

EMERY, N .— Chatfie1d , Fillmore Cc . ,

Minn . ,1864 - 65 .


EMMES, Nathaniel— Washington Street, South End , Boston,Mass.

1796-1825 . Advertised “The Gunsmith’s Business carried on inits various branches with neatness and dispatch .

”

EMPIRE STATE ARMS COMPANY— Revolvers .

ENGLE, Barney— B . E . script initials . Greensboro , Greene Cc . , Pa .

Before and after 1870.Maker of a late percussion Kentuckymarked “

B . E . with H . Elwell lock . Taught the trade to nephewLewis N. Donham and E . L . Pancost.

GLE, E . E .— Greensboro, Greene Cc . , Pa. F lintlock rifles . Reputed

to have been the fi rst gunsmith in Greene County . F ather ofBarney Engle .

ENGLEHART, J .— Nazareth, Pa. , about 1830- 36 . Rifle maker, also

made D arling brass pepperbox pistols marked E . Engh.

ENSLEY,M.— Unidentifi ed . Percussion rifles.

ENTE RPRISE GUN WORKS— 13 6- 138 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Es tablished 1848 by B own 8: Tetley . In 1862 James Bown hecame sole proprietor ; in 1871 his son William H . B own was ad

mitted to partnership and the firm became James Bown 8: Son,until at least 1879. F irm trade mark was “KILL” over a buckdeer. Rifles bearing the E nterprise Gun Works marks are knownmarked “

BROWN 8: HIRTH,

” successors to James B own 8: Son .

The following extracts from “Industries of Pittsburgh“F or more than thirty years the name ofMr . Bown has been

identified with the gun business in the Iron City, The EnterpriseGun Works having been established in 1848 by Bown 8: Tetley .

In 1862,Mr . James Bown became the sole proprietor, and in1871,Mr. Wm . H. B own, his son, was admitted and the firm became James Bown 8: Son, under which style it has continued tothe present day . They occupy three floors of the large doublestore, 30x 60, at N os . 13 6 and 138 Wood street, employing twentysix skilled workmen, and their weekly pay-roll amounts to about$275 . Their stock, which is full and complete in every variety ofGuns, Rifles, Revolvers, F ishing tackle, Sportsman

’

s articles inGeneral While they are large manufacturers of rifles , RifleB arrels, Shot Guns , etc . , they also deal extensively in the bestarticles of foreign and American make Mr . James B own wasborn in E ngland in 1823 and at the age of ten years came to thiscountry with his parents , and in 1843 became a resident ofPittsburgh.Mr . Wm . H . B own was born in the Iron City andhas never lived in any other place .

ENTERS,Lewis— Philadelphia, Pa . Listed as inn-keep and gun stock

manufacturer at 54 Gallowhill, in 1829 .

ERICHSON, H .— Houston, Texas . Percussion derringers .

E RNST, Jacob— F rederick,Md . Working in 1770, probably until 1820.

Carved, silver inlaid flintlock Kentucky rifle with engraved,hand-forged lock ; one rifle numbered 125 .

E RRIE S, Francois— Gunsm ith, 175 Ursulines, New Orleans, La., 1853 .

E . S.— Unidentified .Marking on an over-under, pe rcussion rifle.

E . S . A.— Initials of E . S . Allin,Master Armorer Springfield Armory .

Inspected arms made at Springfield Armory in the 1850’

s— 60’

s.

Inventor of the Allin breech-block as used on SpringfieldModels1865 to 1889.

ESCHERICH, Anton, Ferdinand and F rancis— Also E scherick. Baltimore gunsmiths, brothers , who came toMaryland from Pennsyl

60 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSvania just before the Civil War. In addition to making and re

pairing long arms and pistols , Anton ran a restaurant as a sideline in his Sh0p on Baltimore Street, near Greene .Mr . Hetrickreports an A. Escherich double barrel percussion pistol notablefor its exquisite engraving and has- relief work .

ESPICH, Charles— Agersville, and New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas Co. ,

Ohio . ,1828.

ESTABROOK, J .M.—Mi lford,Mass . , early percussion riflesESTABROOK, Wm . W.

— Armada,Mich . , maker of 2-barrel, super

posed percussion rifles .

E . T .—Initials of Elisha Tobey, U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms ,

1818- 1830. Inspected arms in plants of R. 8: J . D . Johnson , SimeonNorth, Nathan Starr and Asa Waters .

EVANS— O f D oherty 8: E vans , Petersburg, Va .Makers of a walnuthalf stock, German silver trim, back action. lock, double set triggers

,percussion rifle .

EVANS— The Evans family , Pennsylvania gun makers of Evansburg,five miles north of Valley Forge , originally settled in LimerickTownship , Pa . They intermarried into the Lane family of LowerProvidence Township, who had settled in that locality in 1698.

EVANS, Brooke— Hardware merchant of 120High St. , Philadelphia ,Pa . In association with John Rogers (who owned the ValleyForge ) onMarch 21

, 1821 , took over the defunct contract ofJuly 28, 1817, for muskets at per stand , which hadbeen awarded to AlexanderMcRae of Richmond, Va . B rookeEvans remodelled the old forge and iron works into a gunfactory, and is known to have delivered muskets by D ec .

3 1, 1823 . These arms are marked “B . Evan s— Valley F orge in

two lines surrounding an eagle . It is believed that after the contract was fulfilled , the partnership was dissolved, as in 1825

,

Rogers alone obtained a contract for muskets .

EVANS, Edward—Musket maker of E vansburg, Pa. Associated withJames E vans in a contract ofMay 2 , 1801 , with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Charleville pattern (Model1795 ) muskets at per stand . See 0. 8: E . E vans .

EVANS, Jam es—Musket maker of E vansburg, Pa . Assoc iated withEdward E vans in a contract ofMay 2

, 1801 , with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Charleville pattern (Model1795 ) muskets at per stand .

EVANS, Jam es E .— Philadelphia maker of percussion duelling and

derringer ty pe pistols and fine double Shotguns . Listed at 25l

S

\Tt

orth 2

1

r

8c

6

’08

6

t

5’ in 1850, 86 South St . , in 1855 , and at 230 South

inEVANS , Owen— B orn in Limerick Township, Pa . , July 12 , 1758. Son

of Thomas Evans . Resided and made arms at Perkiomen Bridge ,Pa . , (now Collegeville ) . The barrels for his arms were probablymade at Pechin

’

sMill, about three-quarters of a mile south ofPerkiomen B ridge . Had contract with Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of D ec . 7, 1797, for muskets made after the Charleville pattern , to be stamped

“CP.

”D ied in 1812 . Evansville was

named after him . See 0. E . Evans .

EVAN S , O . 8: E .— Pennsylvania musket makers Owen and Edward

Evans , (see above ) in partnership, contractors on O ct. 25 , 1808,for Model 1808 muskets , to be delivered in a period of fiveyears . O f these are recorded to have been delivered by


62 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSHill. After the War, was armorer to State ofMassachusetts andlater superintendent at Springfield Armory. B orn inMaine , Jan.

3 1,1740; died at Westfield , Sept. 3 , 1808. In addition to service

With the armed forces, Falley is believed to have made arms atMontgomery,Mass . , during the Revolutionary War .FANCHER, Thomas— Connecticut musket maker to Committee of

Safety . In association with Jesse Curtis of Waterbury, furnished26 muskets With bayonets . Earlier delivery of three muskets withbayonets is recorded as having been paid for July 29, 1776 .

F ARN OT, Frank— Also F ainot. Lancaster, Pa . Active 1779-83 .

F ARN OT, Fred erick— Lancaster B orough,Lancaster Cc . , Pa . ,

beforeand after 1779 .

PARNOT, Jacob— Also F ainot. Lancaster, Pa . ,active 1779-83 .

PARQ UET, E .-Gunsmith . New Orleans , La . , 1861 .

FARRINGTON, William H .— Concord

,N . H . ,

percuss ion period .

FARROW ARMS CO .— Holyoke,Mass . , about 1885 -90, then atMason ,

Tenn . Target rifles . Operated by Wm .Milton F arrow .

F ARVER, W.— Unlocated . Percussion Kentucky rifles .

FAULK , Adam— O r F oulk . Unidentified .Maker of Kentucky riflesabout 1775 .

FAUST, Joseph H .— Alsace , Pa. Born about 1818. Active 1845 to about

1880. Gun stocker and rifle maker . Learned his trade watchingJohn D err and Henry Schaner, Oley Valley gunsmiths . B oughthis barrels from gun barrel makers on Wyomissing Creek, andgun -locks at Reading .Made all other parts by hand .

FAUST, W. E d .— La F ontaine, Ind . Percussion rifles .

FAVIE R, Peter A.— 67 West Pratt St. , B altimore,Md . ,

1845 .

F AY, E .— Albany, N . Y . Percussion Kentucky rifles .

F AY,Edwin— Hartford, Conn . Learned under Edwin Wesson ; later

president of J . Stevens Arms 8: Tool Co Chicopee F alls,Mass .A fine percuss ion buggy rifle with 12- inch barrel.

F AY, George— 2120 Third Ave . , Altoona , Pa . Listed as gunsmith in1890 directory . Late percussion, fullstock, Kentucky rifles, someB edford Co . type, others with purchased locks .May have workedin B edford Cc . , and later in Cambria, near Altoona .

F AY, George W.—1000Green Ave. , Altoona , Pa . Listed as gunsmith

in 1890 D irectory . (Related to George Fay?)FAYETTEV ILLE ARSENAL— Fayetteville, N. C . C aptured U. S .

Arsenal established as Confederate armory in 1861 , partl withmachinery and material salvage from the burning of the arpers

Ferry Armory.Made Confederate rifle muskets similar in appearance to the SpringfieldModel 1861 , but largely with brass furniture which was easier to machine than iron or steel .

InMarch, 1865 , with the end of the Civi l War in sight,(April the arsenal machinery was loaded on flat cars of

a coal company and taken to Egypt, Chatham Cc . , where it washidden . Egypt was the site of extensive Confederate coal mines .InMay , 1865 , the government having heard of the secretedmachinery, sent ninety-six six-mule wagons , repossessed it andremoved it to Raleigh whence it was shipped by rail to Washington . Among other equipment retaken was the musket lock-platedie from the Harpers F erry Armory, in which the US . had beenreplaced by C . S . A.


F EDER, G .— Pennsylvania, about 1810. F lintlock Kentucky rifles .

FEHR— F our members, three of them gunsmiths, at Easton, F iletown,N azhhreth ,

ta

hu

dAllentown, P a . Set triggers made at Filetown , also

at azareFEHR, J .

— Nazareth, Pa. ,

183 5 ; Kentucky rifle so dated . Extensivemaker of set triggers .

FEHR,M.M.— Set triggers on N . Shennefelt, late percussion, Kentucky rifle .

F E LOUl

l

gégPeter— Philadelphia, Pa . Listed as gunsmith at 190 South,

In

F ENNER, Thomas— Philadel hia, Pa . Listed on North F ront, belowMfster

iiin 1829 and on econd Street in 183 9 . Gunsmith and pis

to ma er .

FENSEL, Peter— After apprenticeship at Kenton , Ohio , returned toUnion County

,Ohio

,where he was born and established

himwlf in business in 1887 .

FERGUSON, Charles— Troy, N . Y . ,1837 ; Kentucky rifles .

FERREE, Jacob— Lancaster, Pa. , powder manufacturer and gunsmith .

Born August 8, 1750. Was twice married . In 1785 , Jacob Ferreemoved from Lancaster to the mouth of Peters Creek, Jeff ersonTownship, Allegheny Cc . , where with his son Joel he erected apowder mill and gun Shop . Later in 1800, he purchased 3 30acres of land where Coraopo lis now stands, (Moon Township ,west of Pittsburgh ) . The day after his arrival at his new home

(

s

itead, Jacob

’s brother, Joel, was killed by Indians while huntingeer.During the Revolutionary War, Jacob Ferree had charge

of the French Creek PowderMill at Kimberton , Pa . He diedin 1807, at the age of 57 .

The F erree family of Pennsylvania descended fromMaryF erree (nee Warimbere, or Warembiere ) a Protestant of F renchHuguenot descent from Bittingheim , High B ailiwick of Germersheim , Bavarian Palatina , who emigrated to Am erica by way ofHolland and England in D ecember

, 1708. Though her originalapplication for passport appli ed for emigration to the

“Islandof Pennsylvania, she first came to Esopus , (now Kingston ) N . Y . ,

then in 1712 settled on a grant of acres along the Pequea ,in Paradise Township, Lancaster, Cc . , Pa . WithMary Ferree(twice married widow of D aniel F erree, then John Ferree , slainin France ) came her six children, three sons and three daughters ,among them Isaac F erree, the father of Jacob of this entry .

Jacob Ferree had three sons, Joel, Isaac and William P . ,

the youngest. O f these, two elder sons followed their father’s

gunsmith trade .

FERREE, Joel— Gunsmith . Son of Jacob Ferree and his first wife,

Rachel . Worked with his father. Born Jan . 26, 1771 ; died inApril, 1813 . Was a colonel of militia in the War of 1812 .

FERREE, Isaac— Son of Jacob F erree and his second wife (neeAhce Powell ) . B orn Jan . 9, 1776. Active as gunsmith at BatonRouge, La ., from 1818 until his death in 1822 .

F ERREE, Joel Thornton and George Spencer— Gunsm iths . Sons ofIsaac Ferree . Active in Alleghany County before and until 1840.

F ERREE, Joel— Son of Philip F erree (one of the three sons ofMaryFerree ) and Leah Dubois of Esopus, (now Kingston ) N . Y . ,

wherehis parents were marriedMay 10, 1712, and shortly af ter moved

64 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSto Leacock Township, Lancaster, Cc ., Pa. Joel F erree was bornin 173 1, and more than likely learned the gunsmith trade towhich he was apprenticed at

ythe age of 14, from his relative ,

Philip Lefevre. In 1752 , upon reaching his maturity, Joel re

ceived land from his father, set up a rifle making Shop, and wasactive until 1778 and later. D uring the Revolutionary War, hewas a musket and rifle maker to the Committee of Safety, forwhom he produced 30 to 40 arms weekly .

FERREE , J oel— Cumberland, Guernsey Cc . , Ohio , 1869-70.

F ERREE,Manuel— Lancaster County, Pa. , 1779 .

FERRIS, F red G .— Utica, N. Y . , in 1859- 60. Changed spelling to

F erriss ; probably related to Geo . H . F erris ( s ) . Percussion rifles .F E RRIS, Geo. H .,— Utica, N . Y 1848- 1875 ; 40 Lansing St. in 1850.

Apprenticed underMorgan James ; associated as James 8: F erris ,making rifles and telesco e sights until 1859 . Awarded UticaMechanics Association me al for prize rifles, 1859 . Name SpelledF erriss after 1863 ; last listed in Utica D irectory for 1866 . Probably related to F r ed G . F erris ( s ) .

F E SIG, Conrad— O r F easig . Reading, Berks Co . , Pa . ,1779-85 .

William—Pennsy lvania arms maker in the employ of LewisPrahl, musket maker to Committee of Safety . On June 12, 1776 ,F etter was ordered discharged or furloughed from the army inorder to return to gun making under Prahl.LE R, Squire— Near Tunnelton, Ind . Curly maple , halfstock percussion Kentucky rifle (possibly originally fullstock) , brassmounted with German silver bat wing escutcheons . Lock stMped“D . .C -Cinn .

-O .

F IE HL 8: WEEKS F IRE ARMSMF G . CO .— Phila . , Pa . , Perfect

hammerless revolvers in imitation of Smith 8: Wesson .

FIELD, I .— Philadelphia, Pa. , flintlock rifles .

F IF IELD 8: RICHARDSON— B oston ,Mass . D ouble barrel percussionshotgun .

F IGTHORN , Andrew— Reading, B erks, Co . , Pa . , 1779-85 .

FILLIN GER, J .— On barrel of .68 calibre militia rifle-musket, OHIO

burned into sycamore stock opposite lock and on wrist .

FILLMAN, W.— Unlocated . E arly ercussion rifles of fine workman

ship . (Same as W . A. F ilman? .

F ILMAN , W. AH— UnlocatedMaker of a full stock, curly maple, brass

trim, Kentucky type percussion rifle .

FIN CH, Joseph— New York, N . Y. before 1828.

FISCHER, George— Unidentified .Maker of a combination rifle andshotgun .

FISCHE R, Gustav— New York, N . Y . , before and after 1860. B reechloading sportin g or target rifles .

FISH— New York City, before and after 1845 .

FISHEL, Jacob— Hopewell Township,B edford Co . , Pa. ,

1850.

FISHER, D .-Unlocated . Percussion sporting rifle .

FISHER, E .— F ostoria, Ohio . B ack- action lock percussion rifle .

F ISIiE R, Elam J .

—D etroit gunsmith .Member of firm of Fisher 8:ong .

F ISHER, F. G .— Greeley

,Col . , 1876-80.

FISHER, H .— N ew York, N. Y . Percussion sporting rifle .


FISHER, J. H .— New York, N . Y . Percussion Kentucky rifle .

FISHER, Jacob— Canton, Ohio . Skilled riflesmith . Percussion Kentucky rifle half stocked in burl walnut with browning mottled tomatch . Brass mountings , b ack- action lock .

FISHER, James— 8 Calvert St. , B altimore ,Md . ,1817 .

FISHER 8: LONG— D etroit Gunsmi ths from 1867 . Took over WilliamWingert

’

s gun Shop and extended it to the main street, and" soldsporting good s as well. A double percussion shot gun marked“F ISHER 8: LONG” is in existence .

FISHE R, S.— New York .Maker of a walnut half stock, double set

triggers, well made percussion sporting rifle .

FISHE R, Uriah— Rice’

s Landing, Greene Cc . , Pa . Learned the tradeunder B ruceMedeer, Brownville , Pa. Bought parts from J . H .

Jgh8nston , Pittsburgh . Son of a Civil War veteran . Still active in

FISHER, Wm . B .— Lynchburg

,Va . Percussion Kentucky rifle with

sun- shade tube sight .FISKE 8: TUTTLE— New Haven, Conn . ,

1874-75 .

FITCH,James P.

— Unidentified .Maker of Jas . P . F itch cartridgerevolver .CH, John— Trenton, N . J 1769- 1776 . Born in 1743 ; gun maker andmetal worker on King St. , Trenton , after 1769.Manufactured filesat Trenton with steelmaker Stacy Potts. Gunsmith or armorer toCommittee of Safety ; contracted to repair arms and make metalbuttons for the Army . His shop burned by the British in 1776 ,Fitch moved to Bucks Cc . , Pa . Inventor of first steamboat, whichoperated between Trenton and Philadelphia 1788- 1790.Mappedthe Northwest Territory ; d ied 1798 at Bardstown , Ky. A flintlockmilitia musket marked “

F ITCH and “S. P .

”(State Property ) .

FITCH 8: WALDO -New York City .Makers of 5 - shot percussionrevolvers .

FITZPATRICK—Maker of a half stock, octagonal barrel, flintlock

plains rifle with double set triggers .

FITZPATRICK , Reese— Natchez,Miss . Gunsmith to B owie B rothers .Had been in their employ a number of years when the first famedB owie knife was forged by James Bowie in the early 1820

’

s .

F. J. H —Marking on a percussion Kentucky target rifle .

FLAGG, B . 8: C0.—Millbury,Mass .Makers ofModel 1842 percussion ,

smooth-bore muskets , marked on lock-plate , eagle,“US”

and“B . FLAGG CO .

,MILLBURY, No details as to contract .

FLEEGER, John— In association with his son, Wm . A. Fleeger, opcrated the Alleghany Gun Works, Alleghany (now a suburb ofPittsburgh ) , Pa. The works were established in 183 1, at D iamondStreet, for over 30 years, whence they were moved to 49 OhioSt. , in 1877 . The firm made flintlock Kentucky rifles

,and later

sporting and target rifles to order .

FLEEK— B arrville , Pa. Kentucky rifles .FLEGEL, George— Armorer, U. S . Arsenal, Phila . , Pa . , 1815 . Listed

as “F leegal,

”Master Armourer in 1819. Inspector of ContractArms , 1823 , at plant of Asa Waters . Probably the GF ,

”in

Spector of arms at the Henry D eringer plant in 1814 .

F LE GEfi

ézg. G .

— Philadelphia , Pa . Listed as gunsmith at 221 St . John ,in

66 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSF LEMING, I. W.

— Unlocated,possibly Ohio . Plain fullstock percus

sion rifle , JosephManton lock .

F LEMING, SilasM.— Exhibited a fine rifle gun of his own manufacture at the county fair at Richmond, Indiana, 1852 .

F LOHR, A.-Sacramento

,Calif . , 185 1- 1870. F ine muzzle and breech

loaders, false-muzzle Schuetzen rifles .

F LOHR, Charles— See E ckhart 8: F lohr .

F LOHR 8: WENDLER— Sacramento, Calif .Muzzle- loading, needlefi re 14 gauge shotgun .

F LOWERS, Charles— Harmony, Pa . B eautiful percuss ion Kentuckyrifles ; never made flintlocks .

F O E HL , Chas — Philadelphia , Pa .Maker of a schuetzen type, percussion target rifle. Swiss type butt cap with long under-armproj ection . German silver furniture .

F OGE LSAN G , John— Richland Co. , Ohio . Early period of Ohio.

F OGERTY REPEATING RIFLE CO .— B oston ,Mass . , about 1867 .

Renamed American Rifle Co . prior to 1869, when it sold out to

Winchester .

F OGG, Gilman E .—Manchester, N . H . D esigned spade- shaped rear

sight aperture . Sixteen-pound percussion match rifle ; small underhammer smoothbore .

F OGLE , Heinrich— Lancaster, Pa. , 1857 .

F OHRE R, Ludwig— Pennsylvania, 1775 -76 .Musket maker to Committee of Safety .

F OILKE , Adam— Also F oulke . Lehigh D istrict, Pa . , 1773 -94 . Inassociation with John Young, supplied the Council of Safetywith 130 rifles in 1776 . Same as F aulk, Adam , maker of Kentucky rifles? See Foulke, Adam .

F OLGER, W . H .— B arsville, B elmont Cc . , Ohio, 1834 . Came from

Winchester, Va .

“Gunsmithing in the wintertime .

”

F OLK , William— Brian . Williams Cc . , Ohio , 1880-90. Operator of

F olk’s Gun Works .

F OLK’S GUN WORKS— B ryan, Ohio , before 1880- 90 and after .22

cal. target rifles . Shotguns.

F OLLE CK , John— Johnstown , N . Y . , rifle makers, 1769- 1775 . One offour rifle makers induced by Sir William Johnson to come outand settle in New York State by grants of buildings and tools .By 1775 rifle making had become an enterprising industry withmost of the settlers and Indians trading their smoothbores forrifled arms and New York was second only to Pennsylvania intheir manufacture . By 1770 the population of Johnstown hadgrown to about five hundred people and the village comprizedabout one hundred dwellings , including stores, a gunsmith, a

blacksmith shop, a carpenter’

s Shop, two saw mills, a flour mill,a wagon shop, an Episcopal Church and a manor school.

F OLLE CT— Or F ollecht Lancaster, Pa. Kentucky rifles, about 1770.

F OLSOM, H . 8: 00 620- 622 NorthMain St., St . Louis,Mo. , mid19th century . Gunsmith and sporting goods dealer ; for a timein partnership with H . E . D imick as D imick 8: F olsom .

F ON CAN N ON ,M. B .— Columbus , Ohio, 1848. New Lexington, 1852-54.

F ON D E RGRIF T— Pennsylvania . Prior to 1783 . Possibly same as JohnV ondergrif t, Bucks County, Pa.

F ON D E RSMITH, John and Son— Lancaster, Pa 1749, to about 1800.


Strasburg to about 1802.Made arms for the Pennsylvania troopsduring the Revolutionary War. Jan. 14, 1799, contracted withCommonwealth of Pennsylvania for 500 Charleville pattern,(Model 1795 ) muskets . On April 16, 1801 , John F ondersm ith ,

listed as of Strasburg, Pa., contracted for additional 500muskets .F ON D E RSMITH KENTUCKY TYPE—Marking on the barrel of a

heavy percussion rifle with bullet starter and back- action lock .

F ON D E RSMITH, Ludwig and Valentine— Strasburg Twp . LancasterCc ., Pa. , 1771-79. Also F undersm ith .

F ON SHIIi

L, John— B altimore,Md . , Union Street in 1816, North Streetin 18 9.

F OOT, A.-Master Armorer Springfield Armory, 1818.

F OOT, N .—Marking inside lock of Springfield musket dated 1810.

F ORBES, Gilbert —New York, N. Y . , 1767-75 .

F ORBES, N athan— U. S . Inspector of Arms, 1799- 1801 .

F ORD— Unlocated . B arrel marking of a flintlock Kentucky riflemarked “

F . LE AMIN G, PHILA. WARRANTE D on lock .

F ORD , D a—Abbeyville,Medina Cc . , Ohio , 1862- 65 .

F ORD , J p —Virginia, flintlock Kentucky rifles .F ORD , P. J .

— Torrington, Conn . Percussion rifle .

F ORD , R. E . L .- Great SmokeyMountains, Tenn . F ullstocked , per

cussion, octagonal barrel “hog rifle” marked “Yellow JacketPoison to Crossmarks, R.E .L . F ord,

F OnfllflE Y, C .

— Cumberland,Md . , about 1800- 1830; flintlock Kentuckyr es .

FORDN EY, I .— Unlocated, Kentucky rifles .

F ORDNEY, Jacob— Lancaster, Pa . , gunsmith whose shOp had beenlocated at corner of Orange and Prince Streets . B orn 1808, diedat the age of 70. The fam ily was of F rench, Huguenot, descent,from the Swiss-F rench border area . The name originally wasF ortenieux , then F ortenee and finally became Fordney . Listed inLancaster D irectory in 1857 . Had contracted with the government Nov . 7, 1837, for 250rifles for Indians at $13 .00each .

F ORDfIlflE Y, JAMES— Unlocated. F lintlock and percussion Kentucky

n as

FORDNEY,Melchior— Lancaster, Pa . , early 19th century . TaughtHenry E . Leman 1828-183 1 . F ine silver-mounted, reliefcarved flintlock Kentucky rifles .

FORESTER— B ristol, R. I .Maker of a “mule ear” lock, muzzle

loading, percussion rifle .

F OREHAN D ARMS CO —WorcesterMass . , 1890- 1900. Renamed fromF orehand 8: Wadsworth .Makers of revolvers and sporting rifles .Sold out to Hopkins 8: AllenMfg . Cc . , of Norwich, Conn . SeeAllen 8: Wheelock and F orehand 8: Wadsworth .

F OREHAN D 8: WADSWORTH— Worcester,Mass . , 187 1-November ,1890. Sullivan F orehand and H . C . Wadsworth, sons- in- law of

Ethan Allen of the old firm of Ethan Allen 8: Cc . , and Allen 8:Wheelock before that. Revolvers and sporting rifles . See Allen 8:Wheelock .

Sullivan F orehand was born in Croyden, N. H . , Oct. 10, 183 1 .

He became connected with Allen 8: Wheelock in 1860, and wasadmitted into the firm in 1865 as a partner.Mr. F orehand died inWorcester, June 7, 1898.

AMERICAN GUNMAKERSHenry C . Wadsworth came to Worcester at the age of 21 ,

entered the employ of Ethan Allen, and married his daughter ,Laurette . Had served nine months during the Civil War in Co .

“C,

”5 l stMassachusetts Volunteers and was discharged as Ser

geant . With Forehand, was admitted to the firm as a partner in1865 . Upon retirement from business was appointed vice consulat Santos, B razil, where he died of yellow fever inMarch , 1892 .

FORKER, J .—Mercer, Pa . Percussion plains rifle .

F ORKER, William—Meadville, Pa . , late percussion period .

FORKER, W. H .— Ohio .Maker of a percussion sporting rifle .

FORREST, Casper— Lancaster, Pa . 1857 .

F ORRKE R, Samuel—Meadville , Crawford Co ., Pa . ; fi intlock rifles .

F ather of Wm . Forker .

FORTNEY, Peter— Chillicothe, Ross Cc . , Ohio, 1804 .

FORTUNE, Thomas L .—Mt. Pleasant, Kan . ; 1850- 60. Breech- loading

shotgun .

FOSDICK, S . J — Laporte, Laporte Cc . , Indiana . Half stock plains riflewith Hunter lock

,L . Warfi eld 8: Co . barrel, and J . F ehr, Naza

reth, Pa. , triggers . N on -professional maker?

FOSTER, George— Unlocated . Late period flin tlock and percussionKentucky rifles .

FOSTER, George P.— Taunton,Mass . , later Providence and B ristol,

R. I .Made percussion Plains and Kentucky rifles for westerntrade

,1850 1855 ; made Klein

’s Patent ( 1849) bolt- action need legun

,aided development of Volcanic rifle , and made Porter turre t

rifles . E mployed Horace Smith, . .B Wesson, and C . D . Schubarth (q . v . )

Failed in 1855 and went to Providence , there assembled and

sold Porter rifles ; Schubarth continued business for the assignees .

F oster later was associated with Burnside at B ristol, makingKlein rifles and Burnside carbines (patented Lackingcapital they moved to Providence, and made Burnside carbines1856 - 1857 . F oster manufactured Howard patent breech- loadingcarbines after 1865 .

FOSTER, John— York Cc . , Pa . Kentucky rifles .

FOSTER, Joseph— Pennsylvan ia , 1766- 76 .Musket maker to Committeeof Safety .

FOSTER,

“White”— Columbia , Ohio , 1848- 69 . Limited production ofn es .

FOTE, J — Unlocated . F lintlock Kentucky rifle .

F OTTRE LL , Patrick—Musket maker at the Pennsylvania State GunF actory, 1776 -78.

FOULKE— Phi ladelphia , Pa .Marking on the lock of a Kentucky typeflintlock pistol by J . Sees . “FOULKE PHILAD ELPHIA.

”May beAdam F oulke .

FOULKE, Adam— Also F oilke . Lehigh D istrict, Pa . , 1773 94 . In association with John Young, supplied the Council of Safety with130 rifles in April, 1776 . Located variously at E aston, Allentownand Philadelphia .May be the same as Faulk, Adam, maker of

Kentucky rifles about 1775 .

FOULKS, Wm — Pennsylvania ; Kentucky rifle maker and scholar .

FOWLER, J. S.—Unlocated . Plain , half -stock percussion rifle .


70 AMERI CAN GUNMAKERScussion revolvers marked “

B . F . JOSLYN , WORCE STER,MASS .

See Joslyn F ire Arms Co .

FRENCH, BLAKE 8: KIN SLEY— Thomas F rench , B lake andAdam Kinsley

,musket makers . Contractors of O ct. 20, 1808 , forModel 1808 muskets . D uration five years . Of these

were reported delivered by O ct. 7, 1812 .

FRENCH, THOMAS— Canton ,Mass. ,1778- 1825 .Musket and pistol

maker. In association with B lake and Adam Kinsley contracted for musketsModel 1808 on O ct. 20, 1808. See F rench,B lake 8: Kinsley . B orn 1778, died 1862.

F RE Sig,

J a —Altoona region, Pa . Curly maple, full stock, percussionr e .

FREUND , F rank W.— Jersey City , N . J . , about 1880; later Cheyenne ,

Wyo . , Denver and D urango , Colo . , and Casper, Wyo . Inventorof hammerless breechloading sporting rifle with dummy hammer ; remodeled Sharps rifles with patent breechlock .

F REUND , George C .— F lintlock rifle with lock on left side and wood

patch box .

F RIAR NEWLIN 8: CO .— Unlocated . F ull stock smoothbore Ken

tucky rifle .

F RICKE Y , Samuel— Charlotte St. , New York, N . Y . 1801 .M, Wm. H. 8: Son— B ellvue, Iowa, 1870- 1923 .

F RISH, A. D a —Unlocated . Rifle maker . (or F r ist? )FRONG, E .M. TAYLOR— Cincinnati, Ohio . B reechloading rifle

with barrel turning left to load .

F ROCK, J .—Pennsylvania . Fine, highly decorated Kentucky rifles .

FROST, Gideon— Committee of Safety musket maker ofMassachusetts, 1775 -76 . Employed eight hands in 1775 .

F RY, F rancis— Doniphan County , Kan , 1855 .

F RY, George— Hopewell Township, B edford Cc . , Pa. , 1840.

F RY, John— Washington F urnace, Westm oreland Cc . , Pa . Renderedbills in 1853 for repairing guns and for a “

smoth rifle atSame as John F ry of Ligonier?

F RY, John— Ligonier, Westmoreland Cc . , Pa . , gunsmith . Born in1820, east of Ligonier . Worked with his broth er Joseph inLigonier in rear of 301 E .Main Street . Later (about 1868-70)moved to Johnstown, Pa . , where he worked at gunsmithing forseveral years , started pulling teeth and making dental instruments and eventually became a dentist . Preferred to make fullstock rifles, 7-groove, bar action locks .Made his own locks,triggers and mountings .Marked his rifles “J . F RY

” in script ontop of barrel . D ied before the Johnstown flood of 1889 .

F RY, Joseph— Ligonier, Westmoreland Co Pa . B rother of John F ry .

Worked with his brother in rear of 301 E .Main St. , sharingequipment . Preferred to make half stocked rifles rifled with 8

grooves .Made his own locks and mountings . Bought Englishsmooth bored barrel blanks from J . H . Johnston in Pittsburgh,at $3 .00 each . Signed his barrels “JOS F RY” first in script, laterin block letters . E ventually purchased a farm on hills ide bordering Ligonier and moved his equipment there , into building hehad erected . B orn 1825 , died in the spring of 1891 .

F RY, Edward— Son of Joseph F ry born about 1370. B orn’

J uly 16 ,1869. Still living on his father’s farm . D oes some gun work usinghis f a th er’

s em i'

m ent.


F RY,M.— Probably Pennsylvan ia and believed related to John and

Joseph F ry . Early flintlock rifle with bayonet stud . Also markedinside a “

LE THE R 8: CO ,

” “CP

”Penna contract of 1798, musket

lock . Also marking onM. 1808 contract pistol, “M.F RY .

F RYE,Martin— Contractor with Tench Coxe, Purveyor of PublicSupplies for 54 horsemens pistols, 2nd quarter 1809. Probablyidentical withM.F RY .

FULCHER, G. G .— Unlocated . Kentucky rifle .

F ULE RTON , F. W.-St. Paul,Minn . 1920. .22 cal. Target pistol .

F UN D E RSMITH, Ludwig and Valentine— Strasburg Township, Lancaster Cc . , Pa . , 1771 -79. Also F ondersmith .

FUNK, {lamb—Muskigum Cc . ,

Ohio , prior to 1812. Armorer, Swordsmit

FUNK,M.— Cove, Pa . Over-under percussion rifle .

FURN EY, William—Mahoning Cc . , Ohio, 1815 . Repaired arms .

G

G . A.-Unidentified . Late flintlock period .

GABLE, H.— Unlocated . Early percussion Kentucky rifles . Probably

Henry Gable .

GABLE, Henry— Williamsport, Pa . Flintlock and early percussion

rifles . Later Henry Gable and Son .

GABLE, Henry and Son— Williamsport, Pa . ,19th Century . Percussion

Kentucky rifles .GABN E CHT— Unlocated . Kentucky rifles .GAFFORD, John— Cumberland Row, B altim ore,Md . ,

1816 .

GAGE, J. E .— Ontario

,Wayne Co. ,

N . Y . , and Concord, N. H . B ornFeb . 18, 1850, died 1924 . Learned gunsmithing under Wm . B illinghurst at Rochester ; made buggy rifles, etc . Located 1900- 1924 inConcord .

GALBRAlgTH,

JAMES 8: COP-Phila . , Pa . ,1792 . B ill for 24 pa irs of

pistoGALBRE ATH, J. HF - Lancaster Cc . , Pa 1840- 1860. Percuss ion Kentucky rifle .

GALENBECK, J .- Lebanon, Pa. Kentucky rifles .

GALL , G .— Unlocated . About 1780 Kentucky rifles .

GALL,John— Lancaster, Pa.

,1857 .

GALLAHER, JOHN, S. 8: CO‘

.— Gunmakers , 1861 .

GALLATIN,Albert— Fayette County. Contracted with the Common

wealth of Pennsylvania, Feb . 5 , 1799, for Charleville attern, (Model 1795 ) muskets . The Gallatin factory in Nicho sonTown ship was quite extensive for that time, employing from 50to 100men and making swords as well as muskets . With Gallatinwas associatedMelchior B aker .

GALYON— Sevier Cc . , Tenn .Made guns carried by the f ew Confederates from Sevier County,

“and every gun made by himbears his name .

GAND ER, Peter— Lancaster, Pa . , before and after 1782 .

GARCIA, A. D . E .-Gunsmith , State Arsenal, New Orleans , La . , 1853 .

GARDNER, C .— Lima, Allen Co . , Ohio , 1855 - 61 .

72 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSGARDNER, Charles L .

— Rochester, N . Y . Percussion rifles .

GARDN ER, G .—Geneva, N . Y . Flintlock Kentucky rifles of N ew

England-New York style .

GARDNER, G .— Lima, Ohio, 1855 -61 .

GARDNER, John— Columbus,Ohio . Active 1866-88. Died 1892 .

GARDNER, J. N .— Scranton , Pa . , percussion period .

GARDNER,M. H .— Indi ana . Reported maker of 17 pound , walnut

hallf

gstock, percussion bench rifle with Pfeiff er barrel and Leman

cc

GARDNER, W.- Geneva, N. Y .Maker of a full stock, Kentucky type ,

“mule ear, engraved lock rifle .

GARRET, Herman— Boston,Mass . , 1650.

GASPARD— Lancaster, Pa. , about 1775 . Kentucky rifles .

GAULT,M. 8: BB Q — Washington, D . C .Makers of percussion derringers .

GAUMER, Jacob— Saleto Township,Muskegum Cc . , Ohio , 1811- 1823 .

GAUN Y, Nicholas— Gunsmith . 174 So . Second, Phila . , Pa. ,1819 .

GAUYLE R, George— Unlocated . Early flintlock Kentucky rifle .

GAY, Calvin— Forged breech pins , Springfield Armory, 1818.

G . B —.Unidentified Percussion Kentucky rifle .

G . C . B .— Unidentified . Script marking of a circa 1820 Penna . type

Kentucky rifle .

G . D . 8: CO — Cincinnati, Ohio . Percussion rifle locks .GE ARSON , Joseph— Philadelphia , Pa . listed as gun lock filer at 85

D illwyn,in 1829 .

GE D DY, Jamey -Williamsburg, V a . ,Colonial period . D ied 1744 .

GEHRETT, J . F .— Huntingdon County

, Pa . ,late percussion period .

Kentucky rifles .GEHRETT, J. W.

— Unlocated . D ouble barreled, swivel-breech, curlymaple stock percussion rifle .

GEHRETT, Jacob— Orb isonia , Pa . ; Kentucky rifles . F amily later operated in West Virg inia .

GE HRfflTT, James— Huntington

, Pa . ,about 1810; flintlock Kentucky

ri es .GEIGER, V .

— Towanda , Pa . , late flintlock period .

GEMMEL, G. W.— Troy

,N . Y . ,

percussion period . Probably identicalwith G . Gemmill .

GEMMER, John P.— St. Louis ,Mo . , rifle maker . Purchased and oper

ated the Hawken gun shop from 1862 until 1915 , when the old

establishment closed its doors .Mr. Gemmer was born in thevillage of Lolschied , Grand D uchy of Nassau, Germany, June21 , 1838, and came to the United States with his father in 1855 .

They landed in New Orleans, and travelled up theMiss issippi,locatin g at B ooneville,Mo. , where they remained four years,during which time John Gemmer learned the gunsmith trade. In1860, after a year in the gun sho

pIof E manuel Kleinhenn, Gem

mer entered the employgof the awken shopp, which was then

under management of William Watt, in the absence of SamuelHawken . In 1862, after some service in the Ordnance D epartment as armorer with grade of corporal, at the St . Louis Arsenal,Gemmer bought out the Hawken establishment on Washington


Avenue, where for a time he continued to makeo

rifles of theHawken type

,stamped with the Hawken name . HIS later

.

armswere marked Gemmer. An umber of his rifles may be seen in theJeff ersonMemorial, Forest Park, S t. Louis, in custody of theMissouri Historical Society .

In 1870 the (Hawken Gemmer Sh0p moved from Washington Avenue, to 600 N . 3rd St. ; in 1876 was moved again to704 N . 3rd St. ; moved again in 1880 to 700 N . 3 rd, and in 1912

was found at 817 8th St. , where it remained untilMr . Gemmerclosed his business in 1915 . John P. Gemmer died in 1919, andis buried at the Bellefontaine Cemetery .

GEMMILL, George— Troy, N . Y . , percussion period .

GEORG, I .- Unlocated . F lintlock Kentucky rifle dated 1809 . Same

as George,Jacob? Letters I and J . were interchanged rather

freely at that period .

GEORG, Jacob— (Towanda ) Pa . Flintlock Kentucky rifles markedI . Georg, dated 1809, and J . Georg, dated 1826 .

GEORGE, J .— F lintlock Kentucky rifle dated 1809 . Probably identical

with Georg I . and Georg Jacob .

GEORGE, J. S.—Monterey, Pa . ,

1832 . D ated percussion rifle .

GEORGIA ARMORY—Mi lledgeville, Ga . Confederate shoulder armsplant located in the old Penitentiary B uildings, ofMilledgeville ,the former state capital, on grounds now occupied by the GeorgiaNormal and Industrial College . The armory was established byAct of D ec . 12 , 1861, with funds raised by sale of 8% bonds , andwas operated by Peter Jones, former employee at Harpers FerryArmory . The first rifle made was presented to the Governor inAugust, 1862, and production was from 150to 300rifles per monthuntil November, 1864, when the plant was burned by Sherman .

GERHART, Daniel— Reading, Berks Co . , Pa. , before and after 1873 .

Ex-employee of Nelson D elaney until about 1872 . Establishedown business in 1873 . Active to 1898 and later .

GERMAN, Christian— Washington andMohawk Streets,Buffalo ,

N. Y . 183 6- 38. Riflemaker .

GERRISH, John— Boston,Mass . , 1709 .

GE RTE IS, L . G .— 520 Poydias St. , New Orleans, La . 1912 . Curly

maple stock percussion rifles .

GERY 8: BROS— Philadelphia, Pa . , lock makers for flintlock arms .

GETTIG, H .— Williamsport, Pa. Kentucky flintlock rifles .

GETZ— Philadlephia, Pa . Associated with George W . Tryon , to whomhe was apprenticed and whose partner he became in 1811 .

GETZ, John— Lancaster B orough, Lancaster Cc . , Pa . , 1773 -82 .

GETZ, Peter— Lancaster, Pa . , 1799- 1805 . Had been inspector of smallarms for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvan ia on contract toAbraham Henry and John Graeff, for muskets , of April 1 1 ,1798. Later was Inspector of Arms , from 1800to 1806 on contractsof Jacob Lether and Conrad Welshance of York, and of JacobF ondersmith of Strasburg .

Peter Getz also acted as inspector of rifles made on government contracts about 1803 -07 with Tench Coxe, Purveyor ofPublic Supplies .

G . F .— Initials of George Flegel

,Master Armorer U .S. Arsenal, 1815 ;US . Inspector of Contract Arms , 1823 at plant of Asa Waters .

74 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSPreheh

ly the GF” inspector of arms at the Henry D eringer plant

in

G . F .— Unidentified . Percussion Kentucky rifles .

G. G .-Unidentified . Long, early Kentucky type flintlock smoothbore ,

Ashmore lock.

GHRISKE Y, Lewis— Philadelphia, Pa . , rifle maker, before and af ter1815 . Contractor of July 3 1, 1815 , for 100 rifles at to bedelivered within one year . Listed as gun and blacksmi th at 361No . F ront St. ,

Phi la . , Pa. , 1819.

GIBB INS, J os .— B rownsville, F ayette Cc . , Pa .Maker of a fine

,Ger

man silver mounted, half stock, Kentucky sty le, percussion rifleof exceptionally good workmanship and engraving, with

“G .

Goulcher lock . Probably the same as Joseph Gibbons .

GIBBONS, Joseph— See Gibbons, J os ., above .

GIBBONS . Thomas— St. Louis ,Mo. ,1859- 1865 ; listed in directories as

gun maker and locksmith .

“T. GIBBONS”stammd inside the

lock and on the trigger guard ( integral with trigger plate ) of anS . Hawken Plains rifle .

GIBBS, Abraham— Lancaster, Pa. , 1857 .

GIBBS G .— B ristol, Conn . , percussion period .

GIBBS, Henry— Lancaster, Pa . , 1824 ; listed in 1857 directory and atW . Vine St. in 1869-70: died 1880. Fine late flintlock Kentuckyrifles, one with German silver mountings by Tryon of Philadelphia and barrel by Werter ; also percussion rifles .

GIBBS, John— Lancaster, F airfield Cc . ,

Ohio,1820

’

s .

GIBBS, John— Honedale, Pa . , 1824.

GIBBS, TIF FANY 8: CO .— Sturbridge,Mass . , about 1820- 50.Makers

of under-hammer percussion pistols .

GIBSON, Stephen— Knoxville,Tenn . ,

1812- 1860. F lintlock and percussion Kentucky rifles .

GIB SON, Stephen— Tennessee mountain,

flintlock rifle maker of

Revolutionary War period . F ought at KingsMountain and livedto be 107 years old.

GIB SON, Wiley— Tennessee mountain, percussion rifle maker , mostlyof

“hog rifles . Last of three generations of mountain gunsmiths ,William, the father, and Stephen, the grandfather, above . In 1946 ,at the age of 80, though no longer active

,occasionally still

worked at the anvil .GIB SON, William— Son o f Stephen Gibson . Great SmokeyMountain ,

Tenn . , rifle maker .“Took about four months in making a rifle to

be sold at court week at county seat, to help pay taxes .” Half

stock, percussion, octagonal barrel“hog rifle marked in script .

GIDDINGS— Louisa County, V a . , about 1790.Musket maker .

GIFFORD, Joseph— 70Market St. , B altimore,Md . , 1819 .

GILBERT 8: BALES— Penn Yan, N . Y. Percussion period .

GILBERT, Daniel— North B rookfi eld ,Mass . , musket maker, born1729, died 1824

, at the age of 96 . D uring the Revolutionary Warcommanded a company which saw service at B ennington andHalfMoon, July 13 to Sept . 2 , 1777 . In about 1782, establisheda forge and iron works on F iveMile River, B rookfield . Gilbertwas a contractor under Act of July 5 , 1798, for Charlevillepattern, (Model 1795 ) muskets at per stand . O f these 875


are known to have been delivered by June 10, 1801 . On O ct. 13 ,1808, he contracted for muskets for delivery Within five

years and 875 were reported delivered by O ct. 7, 1812 .

GILBERT, E .— Rochester, N . Y.

GILBERT, S.— Rochester, N . Y.Maker of a full stock, mule ear, pill

lock,muzzle loading rifle, with side of barrel, at lock, equipped

with a small cup to hold a fulminate pill . German silver furniture .

GILBERT, W.— Rochester, N. Y . , 1837 .Mule-ear hammer, Kentucky

sty le pill-lock rifle .GILES, RICHARD S 8: CO .

-Boston,Mass . , flintlock period .

GILL, B . D P -Pennsylvania ; late flintlock and early ercussion Kentucky rifles. Heavy flintlock rifle stamped D . B . ill with crossedarrow and tomahawk, g iven by Kit Carson to a Tacs Indian in

1848.

GILL, John— N ewburne, North Carolina, 1829, revolver?GILL, T. D a—Lancaster Cc. , Pa. , about 1830-1840. Late flintlock and

early percussion Kentucky rifles .

GILL, Warren— Unlocated . Possibly Whitneyville, Conn . Undehammer percussion rifle marked “W.G .

GILLEalE,William— Jackson

,Ohio . Active before and after 1842 . Rifle

m er .

GILLE SPIE— New York . D ouble-barrel, percussion shotguns. Percussion derringers .

GILLESPIE ,Mathew— North Carolina, period of 1825 . Plain but beautifully made flintlock Kentucky rifle . Three generations weregunsmiths .

GILMER GUN FACTORY— See Alabama ArmsManufacturing Co.

GILMER,Martin— F ayette Co. , Ohio . B orn in Virginia 1827 ; movedto F ayette Cc . , with three brothers when a young man andestablished a blacksmith and gunsmith shop .Made half andfullstock rifles , mostly 10 to 12- lbs . with 3 6

” barrels ; one overunder rifle-shotgun . A good workman .Made his last rifle when70, retired 1898, died 1905 .

GILMER, William B .— See Alabama ArmsManufacturing Co .

GILMORE, Henry— Connelsville, F ayette Cc . , Pa. Percussion period .

Related to Howard Gilmore . Signed his arms with his initials“HG .

” in script .GILMORE, Howard— D ickerson Run, F ayette Co. , Penna.Maker of

hunting rifles of good workmanship , with curly maple stocksoval patch boxes . Barrels of own make stamped with his nameon t0p : mostly Leman locks . B orn about 1900 and “

still workssome at the trade .

”

GIN E RICH, Henry— Lancaster, Pa . , 1775 -77 .Musket maker to Comm ittee of Saf ety . Excused by the Executive Council D ec . 5 , 1777,from military duties for the making of arms for the State of

fiennsyl

lvania, in the employ and under direction of William

enry

GINGER, L .—Unlocated . F lintlock Kentucky rifle .

GIRSCH, Joseph— Philadelphia, Pa . Listed as gunsmith at rear of 137Green St. , in 1829 .

G. I a —Unidentified . Kentucky rifle .

76 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSG J ULCHE R, G .

— D efective die of G . Goulcher, lock maker . The “O”

is d eformed to resemble “J .

” Note there is no period after initial

3G

”of

“G GJ ULCHE R”

; no serif on stamped“J .

” See Goulcher,eorge .

GLASS, D aniel— Wyomissing Creek, Pa. Built two gun shops in1848, using the creek water power to bore and grind barrels . Soldhis shops to Gouglar and Haberling about 1858.

GLASS, John— Putnam,Muskigum Co . ,

Ohio . War of 1812 .

GLASS, Peter— Ohio . No details .GLASS,

8S§muel— Putnam,Muskigum Co . , Ohio .Made rifles in War

of 1 1

GLASSBRE N N E R, D .— Inlaid flintlock Kentucky rifle . Lock by Carter

Tomlinson .

GLASSBRE N N E R, G .— Pennsylvania . F lintlock Kentucky rifles , circa

1820; one marked No . 207.

GLASSBRE N N E R, H .— Unlocated .

GLASSICK 85 CO .—Memphis , Tenn . Percussion derringers . Later

Schneider Glassick .

GLATT, N .-Pennsylvania

,about 1850. Walnut halfstock, octagon

barrel, double set triggers percussion match rifle .

GLAYSMAN , D .— Unlocated . Rifle maker.

GLAZE— New Cumberland , Pa . Kentucky rifles .GLAZE, WILLIAMCO .

— Operators of the Palmetto Armory atColumbia, S . C .MadeModel 1842 percussion pistols in 1852, andmuskets and swords for the State of South Carolina , withmachinery purchased from the Waters Armory ofMillbury,Mass .D uring the Civil War the firm made cannon, mine rifle balls and18 pdr . shells for the Confederacy . Probabilities are that flintlock muskets were converted to percussion between 1861 and1865 , but it is not believed that new arms were manufactured . ThePalmetto Armory was burned by Sherman in 1865 . Glaze’

s associate in the firm wasMr . Boatwright . In 1870,Mr . Glaze, at onetime a j eweler, advertised his return to the j ewelry business .

GLAZIER, John— Belleville, Indiana . Flintlock Kentucky rifles .

GLUYAS, T .— Charlotte, N . C . Heavy, octagonal barrel early per

cussion rifle .

GOBRECHT, S.—Unlocated .Marking on barr el of a circa 1800, flint

lock Kentucky rifle .

GODF REY WELSH— Albany, N . Y .Made very fine shotguns . Onespecimen in existence today in a very heavy 4-gauge singlebarre}i g

un showing fine craftsmanship throughout . Percussionperio

GOETZ, Fred erick— Also Getz . Philadelphia , Pa . Listed as gunsmithin the City Directory at 225 N . Second in 1805 , 237 N. Second in1806-07, and on Sassafras Alley, 1809- 1 1 . In 1813 - 14- 17, he isshown at 163 N . Second and 32 Sassafras Alley . F red Goetz isalso listed as gun maker at the Pennsylvania Arsenal, Junipernear High Street, in the directories 1816 to 1820. Was associatedwith George W . Tryon in 1811, Tryon having served his appren

ticeship under Goetz, and then becoming his partner. See Tryon ,Gleo

ilW. Probabilities are that he is the Goetz of Goetz West

p aGOETZ TRYON— Philadelphia , Pa . ,

181 1 . F rederick Goetz and


78 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSGOODRICH, W. W.

— O f the firm Hyde Goodrich, 15 Chartres, NewOrleans , La .

GOODSELL, Albert B . s— Coudersport, Potter Co. , Pa. Advertised July

17th , 1847 ;“Terms: half cas balance in grain, staples, lumber,

furs or hides .

”

GOODWIN, G .— Unlocated. Late flintlock, doub1e-barreled shotguns .

GOODWIN, Jonathan— Lebanon,Conn . , musket maker to Committee

of Safety.Made 30muskets ; recorded AprilGOOD

f

‘

lWIN , J. P -Waterbury, Conn . Half stock, percussion match

n eGOOSLE Y, Ephraim— Yorktown, V a. , 1738.

GORDAN, T .— Or Gordan, J . Unidentified . About 1840-44 .

GORDON, Steven— Clinton, Iowa .

GORGAS, Josiah— Brig . General, Chief of Ordnance to the Confederate States . Born in D auphin Co . , Pa. , July Graduatedfrom U . S .Military Academy in Class of 1841 ; assigned toOrdnance D ept . Served inMexican War .Married a Southerngirl while stationed in Alabama . Resigned April 1861 to becomeChief

.

of Ordnance to the Confederacy. After the War becamesuperm tendent of Briarfield iron works in Alabama . In 1877was president of University of Alabama . D iedMay 15 , 1883 .

GORNING, Raymond PM.D .— D etroit

,Mich .Modern maker of percuss1on rifles ; designed improved underhammer lock .

GORRAGE , Thomas—Mt. Pleasant, Jeff erson Co. , Ohio .

GORSAGE , Thomas—Mt. Pleasant, Ohio .

GORSUCH, J.M.—Mt. Pleasant, Ohio . Silver inlaid half stock, percussion rifle . (Related to Thomas Gorsage?)

GOUCHER, Thomas— Also Gouger .Market Street, Philadelphia , Pa .Musket barrel maker to Committee of Safety in 1776 . Specia1ized in boring and grinding barrels . Imported muskets in 1780.

Had been associated with Wylie in cutlery busin ess in 1774 .

GOUGLAR HEBERLIG—Mohnton, Pa . , about three miles southwest from Reading, on Wyomissing Creek . Late flintlock period .

GOUGLE R, John—Made finished rifle barrels on Wyomissing Creek,between Gouglersville andMohn’

s Store, B erks Co. , Pa . Possiblythe “

Gouglar”

of Gouglar 8: Heberlig ofMohnton, Pa ‘7

GOULCHE R,George— Also often Golcher. New York, N . Y . Late

flint and percussion periods . Very prolific maker. A late Kentucky, flint

,rifle lock with reinforced hammer, roller frizzen

spring bearing andManton type waterproof pan marked“G .

CPOULCHE R” in a scroll. O riginal percussionIG . Goulcher lock

on a rifle with barrel marked in Gothic letters“J . F ORDNEY

LANCASTER, PA.

GOULCHE R,James— Also Golcher . Philadelphia, Pa . , died in 1805 .

A flintlock Kentucky rifle with maker’s name on lock and barrel ;

another with incised carving and 10 si lver inlays, marked“JAS.

GOLCHE R” on barrel.

GOULCIIE R,John— Easton , Pa. active before and after 1772 77 .

At one time employed in Philadelphia making gun barrels .

GOULCHE R, J oseph— Pennsylvania, 1841 . Same as Golcher, Joseph?GOULD— Clinton, Pa. Rifle maker .GOVE, A. T .

— 1871 . Small half stock percussion rifle, German silver


mounted, lock by N. D . E . Co. ,Memphis . Possibly same asAlbert Put

” Gove, Lincoln , Vt.GOVE, Carlos— Born April 19, 1817 in Wentworth, N. H . Enlisted at

16 in First U . S . Cavalry, serving through the Seminole Warsand in the West ; an Indian agent for many years . Apprenticed toHawken at St . Louis ; in business there 1847- 1854, then at CouncilB luff s , Iowa , until 1858 ; also located in Cheyenne, Wyo . , andOgden

,Utah . At Denver, Colo . ,

186 1 until retirement in the1880

’

s . Employed Geo . C . Schoy en after about 1862 . In partnership with John P . Lower as C . Gove Co. , 21 E dmond StD enver

,died in D enver, July , 1900.Made heavy match

and bench rifles,telescope sight, also double-barreled mule- ear

rifles . A noted match shooter.GOVE, C . CO .

— Carlos Gove, Council B luffs , Iowa , 1854- 58. 2 1

Edmond St. ,Denver, Colo . ,

1874-77 .

GRAFF, H. C .-Unlocated . Kentucky flintlock rifle , wrist checkered

in basket weave .

GRAEFF, John— Lancaster, Pa. , musket maker . Associated withAbraham Henry in a contract of April 1 1 , 1798, with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Charleville pattern , (Model

muskets . One of the petitioners to 7th Congress on Jan .

28, 1803 , for non-removal of import duties on arms .

GRAEFF, William— Lancaster, Pa . , 175 1 .

GRAEFF, William— Reading, Pa . ,1867-84 . Kentucky rifles .

GRAFF, Thomas—Musket maker associated with Nicholas White andChristopher B arnhizle in a contract under Act of July 5

,1798,

f or Charleville pattern, (Model 1795 ) muskets atper stand with 23 5 known delivered by June 10, 1801 .

GRAH, William Son— Toledo , Ohio , 1877-83 .

GRAHAM, J .— Pennsylvan ia ; Kentucky rifles .

GRAINGER, John— Toronto , Ontario , Canada . Percussion rifles .

GRAN D STADTT, J. (also Granstatt or Grandstatt)— Unlocated .

Skilled maker of highly decorated flintlock Kentucky rifles .

GRANT HAMMONDMANUFACTURING CORPORATION— NewHaven, Conn . , 1915 ,Manufacturers of an auto-pistol .

GRANT, John— St. Patrick’s Row, Baltimore ,Md . , 1810.

GRAN T, Samuel— Walpole , N . H .Musket maker 1799- 1801 . Associated with Amasa Allen and Joseph Bernard in a contractunder Act of July 5 , 1798, for Charleville pattern , (Model

muskets at per stand and of these were delivered by June 10, 1801 .

GRANT, W. L .-Makers of W . L . Grant 6 - shot rim-fire revo lver .

GRATIOTMF G . CO .— St. Louis ,Mo. , about 1860.Makers of a .44

caliber percussion revolver .

GRAVE , John— Lancaster Borough , Lancaster Co . , Pa . , 1773 .

GRAVES, J .— Bangor,Maine . Underhammer percussion rifle .

GRAY, G . B .—Mt. Vernon , Ohio , 1867- 70.

GRAY, Sam— Ornate , German silver mounted, full walnut stock,percussmn target rifle equipped with cap and patch boxes .

GRAY, W.— Unlocated .Reported maker of a small, maple half stock,

percussion ladies’ rifle, inlaid in Silver animal designs .

80 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSGRAYSON— Unidentified . Heavy 18th century flintlock Kentuckyrifle, so marked on lock and barrel .

GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS— Pittsburgh, Pa . , 1866- 1916 .Makersof 5 - shot, rim-fi re, cartridge revolvers and sporting guns . F oundedin 1866, by James H . Johnston at Penn and Wayne Streets , Pittsburgh . The plant burned down in 1868 and was reopened at 179Smithfield St. In 1874 the plant was moved into a 4 - story buildingat 285 Liberty Street. Though 25 workmen were employed , someof the finer stock was imported from Europe . The followingfrom “Manufacturers of Pennsylvania ,

“Great Western Gun Works , Pittsburg . This important ihdustry of western Penna . was founded by James H . Johnston , in1866, in a small building at the corner of Penn and WayneStreets, Pittsburg . The founder being a practical gunmaker andpossessing natural business qualifications , his venture proved asuccess from the start . Two years later, in 1868, his little establishment was destroyed by fire , and the proprietors lost ahnosteverything, having little or no insurance . However, with thatenergy born of a determination to make his way in the world ,he recommenced Operations at 179 Sm ithfield st . and soon re

covered from the shock . Here business so prospered with himthat he was compelled to seek more commodious quarters , andhe moved his manufactory to the 4- story building at 285 Libertystreet in 1874 . To give an idea of the rapid growth of the GreatWestern Gun Works, it may be stated that the first years business , in 1866 , amounted to only $2500 in value , in 1874, it reachedover The proprietor finds his Chief diffi culty in obtaining skilled labor, and for this reason is compelled to have someof his finer stock manufactured in E urope .

He employs on an average of 25 men , all Skilled workmen ,and obtained after careful selection . He attributes his successto his practical knowledge of gunmaking and strick attention tothe wants of the trade , especially in Sporting firearms , for whichclass of goods he has a constant demand in every State andTerritory of the Union . This establishment is devoted exclusivelyto the manufacture and sale of firearms , and the proprietorg ives his undivided attention to the busines s . He is the largestmanufacturer and dealer in his line in the state west of theAlleghanies .

”

GREEN— Red Clay, Ga .Making flintlock Kentucky rifles about 1800.

GREEN, Charles— Rochester, N . Y .,1876-78.

GREEN, Elisha— Great SmokeyMountains area . Heavy octagonalbarrelled “hog rifle , percussion period . Name found on barrelalong with the markings “

E UR JA KI .

GREEN, Jam es Capt— Connecticut musket maker to Committee ofSafety . Received from Titus Homer, one of the Arms Committee ,a draft on the Treasurer, with instructions to pay

“Green,” a

gunsmith employed in making guns for the Colony .

GREEN, Saul— Vassar,Mich . Partner of Thomas W. B arnes , late lgthcentury

,as B arnes Green . Over-under rifle-shotguns ; breech

loading side-by -side rifle- shotgun .

GREENE, J as . D .— In charge of production of the Greene under

hammer, oval bore, bolt action , percussion rifle made at Wor

oester,Mass . , ( in the old Waters shops ) with machinery boughtfrom Chas . W . Lancas ter of London , E ngland . The arm was


patented by Lt . Col. J. Durrell Greene, U . S . Army, Nov . 17,1857, patent N o . An advertisemen t published in B ostonin 1862, mentions the Greene rifles being then in the process ofmanufacture by theMillbury Co. , Worcester,Mass . , Jas . D .

Greene being in charge of the works . There were 900 Greenerifles purchased by the government during the Civil War, andsome were used in the Battle of Antietam , the peculiar cartridges , with the bullet rearmost, having been found on thebattlefield .

Two hundred Gre ene carbines , patented June 27, 1854, sidehammer

,equipped withMaynard primer purchased from J . D .

Greene by the government onMay 24, 1855, at each

Ordnance report of N ov . 5 , 1857, shows 170 Greene carbineswere issued for use to the army .

Probabilities are that Jas . D . Green , or J . D . Greene , thearms vendor

,and J . Durrell Greene, the inventor were related,

and not the same person . The government was not likely to

purchase arms from an army officer .

GREENE RIFLE WORKS— Worcester,Mass. ,1864 .Makers of Greene

carbine .

GREENLAND , E .M.— Unidentified . Percussion Kentucky rifles .

GREENTREE , Alexander— Pennsylvania arms maker in the employof Lewis Prahl , musket maker to Committee of Safety . On

June 12,1776 , Greentree was ordered discharged or furloughed

from the army in order to return to gun making under Prahl .GREENWOOD GRAY— Columbus , Ga . Confederate rifle and sword

factory established on City Lot No . 188, purchased Jan . 17 , 1862,by Eldridge S . Greenwood and William C . Gray , cotton merchants, and Abraham H . D ewitt, sword maker, who had chargeof the sword making operations of the firm . The rifle factory was

operated by John P .Murray, and the arms stamped “J . P .MURRAY”3 58Mississippi rifles (M. 1841 ) and 15 3 carbines were

furnished the S tate of Alabama between Oct . 1 . 1863 and Nov .

1 . 1864 . The rplant is believed to have been burned by G eneralWilson in 1865 , and a cotton mill later erected on the Site . was

known in 1888 as the“Steam CottonMill

,

” own ed by J . RhodesB rowne .

GREGORY, Richard— Boston,Mass . , 1727 .

GRE SHE IM— L ancaster, Pa . ,prior to 1783 . Kentucky rifles .

GRIE FF, William— Reading, Pa .

GRIFFITH, Joseph— Louisville , Ky . , in 1843 atMarket St. ,between

5th and 6th ; in 1848 at 294 Green St. ; 1848-49 on Walnut St be

tween Campbell and Wentzel . In 1854 on an arms buying trip toE ngland . Active also 1869- 70. E mployed James D ay .

GRIFFITHS , John— Cincinnati . Ohio , 1839 . to about 1865 . ContractedDec . 6 , 1842 , for rifles at each to the delivered at

per annum . The Contract was taken over by E . RemingtonSon due to Griffi ths’ inability to make d eliveries . Associated

with Henry L . Siebert in 1852- 54 . Rifles and shotguns .

GRIFFITHS SIEBERT— 729Main St . , Cincmnati,Ohio

,1852- 54 .

See John Grifliths .

GRIMI'I

ZS, Daniel— Sheridan ,L ebanon

,Co .

,Pa . Possibly made barrels

on y .

GRIMM, Fred erick— L ancaster,Pa .

,1857 .

82 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSGRING, Reuben—Mohnton, Wyomissing Creek, B erks Co. , Pa. Gun

barrel maker .

GRISWOLD, A. B .-New Orleans, La . Importer of arms for the con

federacy . The name appears on English made, Tranter percussion

revo vers .

GRISWOLD 85 GRIER— Giles H . Griswold and E . C . Grier, Griswoldville, Ga. , (nearMacon ) , manufacturers of Confederate, brass

game, .36 caliber revolvers patterned after Colt’sModel 185 1 ,avy .

The undertaking originated as a factory f or the manufactureof cotton gins founded at Clinton, (first called Albany) , bySamuel Griswold and D aniel Pratt, who came to Clinton fromConnecticut about 1807 . Pratt later moved to Alabama to foundPrattville . As the plant was not on the railroad, Griswold purchased acres at Station 18, on Central Railroad, erectedworks about a mile from it, called Griswoldville .

When the War started , Giles H . Griswold, successor toSamuel, obtained a loan from the Confederate Government toconvert the plant to arms making . On his death the businesswas carried on by Griswold’

s brother-ih -law, Col. E . C . Grier.In Confederate Ordnance records the plant is also called “Griswold Gunnison .

”

A total output of some revolvers are believed to havebeen furnished to the Confederacy at fifty dollars each, fromsummer of 1862 to Nov . 20, 1864 when the plant was destroyedby the loth Ohio Cavalry, during Sherman

’

s march to the sea.

Also destroyed were the soap factory , candle factory, shoeblacking factory and every house in Griswoldville exceptMr .

Griswold’

s ,Mr . Grier’

s and a few negro houses . The ruins of

the smokestack are still standing.

GROCE, H .— Pennsylvania . A fine over-under Kentucky rifle .

GROFF , H. W. (or H . S —Unlocated . Kentucky rifles.

GROF F , H. S.—Unlocated . Kentucky style half stock percussion rifle,

engraved silver inlays, name on brass barrel-inlay .

GROFF , J .—Lancaster, Pa. , early 1800

’

s . Kentucky rifles . Same asJohn Groff ?)

GROFF, John— Lancaster, Pa. , rifle maker . In association with JacobD ickert and Peter Gonter, contracted in 1792 for “rifle guns”

;being paid them on account .

GROOMS— West Union, Adams Co. , Ohio .

GROOT, Henry- Pittsfield ,Mass. , 1866-68. AlsoMinneapolis,Minn .,

1869-71 . Same? Percussion rifle .

GROSS ARMS CO .— Henry and Charles B . Gross, Tifl

‘in , Ohio ,1864-66 .Makers of the Gross patent rim-fi re 7-shot revolvers .

6 8088, H . C . B .-Henry and Charles Gross . See Gross Arms Co .

Active together 1852 to about 1864. Henry Gross had been associated with Gwyn Campbell, and was active in the armsmaking industry from about 1849 to 1880. Charles B . is listedalone from 1880 to 1886 .

GROVE, L .-Lancaster, Co. , Pa., 1815 -1840. F lintlock Kentucky rifle .

GROVE, S.-Unlocated . F lintlock Kentucky rifle circa 1815 .

GROVE , Samuel— York County , Pa . , 1779-83 , flintlock Kentucky rifles .GROVER LOVE LL— Boston,Mass . ,

1841-44. See John P. LovellArms Co,


GROVE S, Isaac—Chillicothe, Ohio, 1804-1818.

GRUBB, George— New York, N. Y. , percussion period .

GRUBB, J. C .—Maple full stock, octagon, smoothbore percussion Ken

tucky with oval brass patchbox and set triggers . See also Grubb ,J os . C . 8: Co .

GRUBB, J os C. Co.— 712Market St. , Philadelphia, Pa. , from before

1855 to 1886 .

GRUBB, Col. Peter— Lancaster, Pa . , gun barr el maker to LancasterCommittee of Saf ety . Operated a forge for the manufacture ofgun skelps for musket barrel.Marcus Nagle, Nicholas Scove,Thomas N abury , PeterMcMullen and John Jones ( stocktaker ) ,in his employ at the forge, were excused on Aug . 16, 1776 , bythe Lancaster Committee, to remain at work and not marchwith the militia .

GRUBB, Ta—Philadelphia, Pa . ,about 1820and later. Beautiful, silver

inlaid flintlock Kentucky rifle ; ornate , finely made pair of flint

lock Kentucky duelling pisto ls ; flintlock hols ter pistol .

GRUD CHOS EGGERS— New B edford,Mass. A fine percussiontarget rifle beautifully carved and engraved . Samuel E ggers,working alone in New B edford about 1840- 1865 , made a heavy100 caliber percussion whaling gun with wood f orestock, halfoctagon barrel and back-action lock .

G. S.-Unidentified . Early flintlock Kentucky rifle with slender wrist,high comb, no patchbox , carved stock. Another, script marking ,with patchbox and many inlays .

GUE ST, I F —Pennsylvania pistol maker . Had worked in the WarwickIron Works which cast cannon during the War of Revolution .

GUEST, John— In association with Peter Brong and Abraham Henry,had contracted with Tench Coxe, Purveyor of Public Supplies ,for pistols and rifles . John Guest is probably identical withI . Guest, letters J and I being interchanged rather freely at that

GUGER, P.—Muray, Pa . Percussion Kentucky rifles .

GUIGNARD— Columbia, S . C . See Radcliff e Guignard .

GUILLAM, B enjamin—Massachusetts, 1775 -76 .Musket maker to Comm ittee of Safety .

GUIN , James— Ohio . E arly .

GUIN , John— Ohio . Early .

GUION, T . F .— New Orleans, La . Percussion derringer.

GUMP, Jonathan— Upper Sandusky, Wyandotte Co. , Ohio , 1852-82.

GUMPE , A.— Lancaster, Pa. , 1869- 1870 and before . (Also Gompf,

Gumph?) Related to , probably contemporaneous with ChristopherGumpf-y

-used C . GUMPF die overstamped with initial A. B othmade flintlock Kentucky rifles in the late 19th century . A Germansil

t

ver

{no

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‘

Inted half stock percussion rifle , A. W . Spies backac ion oc

GUMPE , Christopher (or Gumph )— Lancaster, Pa. , before 1830-after

1333. Very long Kentucky rifles ; made a flintlock rifle as late as

GUMPF , J .— Unlocated . F lintlock Kentucky rifle

,circa 1800.

GUMPE , James— Lancaster, Pa. , died about 1887 . A rotating overunder fimtlock rifle

-Shotgun ; percussion Kentucky rifles . Three59-Inch rifling guides, straight cut or rifled one turn in 48 inches .

84 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSGUMPH, Christopher— O r Gumpp . Lancaster, Pa . ,

1798.Musketmaker . One of the petitioners to the 7th Congress on Jan . 28,1803 , for the non- removal of import duties on arms .

GURN, A.— Pennsylvania ; Kentucky rifles .

GUYER, J. Pa—Muncie, Pa . Over-under percussion Kentucky rifle

shotgun with back-action locks . Probably same as John Guyerand J . P . Guyler, late percussion Kentucky rifles .

GUYLER, J. P.— Unlocated . Late percussion Kentucky rifles .

G . W.— Unidentifi ed . Walnut half stock percussion rifle of indifferentworkmanship . Converted factory lock, mother-of -pearl star incheekpiece . Large letters G .W.

” on barrel . Reported first usedin 1877 inMoravia, Iowa .

G . W. C .— Script initials on barrel of half stock rifle by George W .

Craf t, q.v .Most of his work was unmarked .

G . W. Se - Unidentified . Script marking on barrel of circa 1820 No .

Penna . type Kentucky rifle with carved Roman nose stock .

GWINN, Alexander—Mccoysville, Juniata Co. , Pa .Maple fullstock,

octagon barrel, flintlock Kentucky rifle with double set- triggers .GWYN CAMPBELL— Hamilton

,Ohio . E dward Gwynn and Abner

C . Campbell . Established the Cosmopolitan Arms Co. , or theGwyn Campbell “Arsenal and Gun F actory” at Hamilton , inthe fall of 1860, for the manuf acture of the Cosmopoli tan bree chloading percussion carbine, patented O ct. 21 , 1862 . The arm was

also known as the Union , or the Grapevine . The firm employed120workmen during the Civil War , and furnished carbinesto the government, as well as quantities to military organizationsand to the State of Kentucky .

The Cosmopolitan carbine is sometimes also referred to asthe Gross , after Henry Gross who was associated with GwynCampbell in the development of the arm , and secured patentscovering minor improvements in the action .

H .— See D arling, B . B .M.

H pierced by arrow— lockplate marking on locks marked J . C .M.DAYTON ;

” also locks on two rifles by J . B . Hixson .May beHixson’s mark .

HAB E RSTRO , Joseph— 147Main St. , Buff alo , N . Y .,1832-44 . Rifle

maker, flintlock and percussion .

HACKNEY, William W.— D ayton , Ohio , 1859- 69 .

HADEN, James— Philadelphia, Pa . , 1769 .

HAE F F E R— Flintlock Kentucky rifle ; look by B rong . Probably byJohn or Jacob Haefi er .

HAE F F E R, Jacob— Lancaster, Pa. , musket maker . Contractor to theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania on April 17, 1801 , for 500Charleville pattern , (Model muskets .

HAE F F E R, John— Lancaster, Pa. John and Jacob ( see above ) Haefi er

were among the petitioners to the 7th Congress on Jan . 28, 1803 ,for non-removal of import duties on arms .

HAE F F E R, P. B . F lintlock Kentucky rifle , lock handmade ; raised carving and 16 silver inlays .


86 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSloading firelock (flintlock) patentedMar . 21, 1811 . B etween1811 and 1816, at Portland,Maine, Hall made a limited numberpfCsp

o

rtingarms and pistols embodying his system of breech

oa ing .

About 1812, Hall adopted his system to the heavier chargeof martial long arms, and for a time vainly attempted to havethem accepted by the services . F inally in January, 1817, aftersuccessful tests of 1813 and 1816 , Hall was g iven a contract for100 rifles at each, for service trials and tests . As aresult of favorable reports on his arms, the rifle was officiallyadopted, and after another period of two years spent at theHarpers F erry Armory perfecting the mechanism, J . H . Hallreceived a contract for breechloading rifles bearing his

name. In order to insure quantity production and proper con

struction , Hall entered government employ as assistant armorerat the Harpers F erry Armory to supervise the manufacture ofhis arms, at a salary of per month and a royalty of

per rifle . In connection with the production of these arms ,Hall followed in the footsteps of Simeon North, pistol maker,and designed and constructed a number of machines used in themanufacture of his rifles in order to insure interchangeabilityof parts and facility of manufacture . This was the first inst

lan

ie of practical standardization of parts in a government arms

p anThe necessary rifle making machin ery for quantity pro

duction was completed between 1819 and 1823 , and in the latteryear the Harpers F erry Armory went into production, com

pleting~the first thousand in 1824, at the cost of per

rifle, complete with bayonet, flask, bullet mold, wiper, springvise and screw driver, that amount also including packing anda fee of Hall patent right. The second thousand was madein 1827, the cost declining to but per stand .

In all, Hall rifles were made at the Harpers F erryArmory between 1823 and 1844, on which Hall in addition to hissalary and allowances, received in royalties on his machinery and “privilege of patent rights ,

” to July, 1841 . Thissum includes paid his son, after John H . Hall’s deathon F eb . 26, 1841 .

In addition to the Harpers F erry Armory made Hall rifles ,many thousands Hall system arms, especially carbines, weremade on government contracts by the Simeon North ArmoryatMiddletown, Conn .

HALL , P. E .-Ashtabula, Ohio. Percussion , false muzzle target rifles .

HALL, S.— N ew York, N. Y . , 1846 5 0.

HALL, Samuel— East Haddam , Conn.Musket maker to Committeeof Safety, Connecticut. Contracted to make 400 muskets withbayonets at 3 pounds, 5 shillings. He completed and delivered153 stands, completed 70more which he reported on hand,

“also45 barrels that are bored and 79 that are not, and fit to bore ,tc

t

igelther with bayonets, loops, breech pins, mountings and

s oc s.

HAMILTON, J oseph— North Carolina ; making flintlock Kentuckyrifles in 1821 .

HAMM, A. J .— 241 Edgewood Ave . , Pittsburgh, Pa .Modern flintlock

and percuss ion rifles,authentic period reproductions ; rebuilding,

restoration, and repaIr.


HAMMOND , B. L .— Rim -fire carbine, about 1866-67 .

HAMPTON, J. N .— Unidentified . Flintlock Kentucky rifle .

HAnn

K, Ethan— Cut off pisto l barrels to size, Springfield Armory,

HANDLIN, John— Pennsylvania musket maker to Committee of

Safety, 1776 . Handlin was one of the petitioners, representinggun makers, complaining in November, 1776, to the Committeeof Safety against the high cost of materials and labor enteringinto arms-making, and quoting advances in prices within one

year, from 1775 .

HAN KINS, Wm — Philade lphia, Pa., 5 -shot percussion revolver.HAN KS, Uriah—Mansfield , Conn . Gun- lock maker to Committee of

Safety. From June 10, 1776, made 87 double-bridled locks . InApril, 1777, made 15 gun-locks . Payment recorded June, 1777 .

HANNIS, James— U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms, 1841-44 . Inspected arms in the plant of Nathan Starr .

HAljl

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g

S, Joseph— Phila . , Pa. Listed as gunsmith at 193 St . John in

HAPGOOD— B oston,Mass . , 1872 .

HAPGOOD, H .— Percussion period .

HAPGOOD, Joab— Shrewsbury,Mass . B orn about 1800. Carefulworkman made all parts of his arms . Shop was located on O akStreet on top of a hill. His house, across from his shop, had beenbuilt in 1747 . Later lived onMain Street, Shrewsbury . At one

time had a sporting goods store in B oston . D ied in 1890 and isburied inMt. View Cemetery .

HAPPOLD , J. H .— See J.M. Happold .

HAPPOLD , J.M.— Charleston, S . C . E stablished in 1853 at the cornerofMeeting and Cumberland Streets .Maker of duelling pistols ,derringers , percussion rifles and shotguns . Business carried on byJ . H . Happold , son, who made breechloading arms in 1883 .

HAQ UARD— Portsmouth, Lawrence Co. , Ohio .

HARA, Nicholas— Troy, N. Y . , in 1840. Percussion Kentucky rifles .HARDEN, G. W.

—Moulton, Iowa, 1853 . Came from Ohio in 1848 to

build his shop atMoulton . The state at the time was a“hunter’s

paradise” and Harden specialized in plain stocked but well made,accurate hunting rifles, decorated only on special order . At timesdid not mark his barrels . D ied in 1880.

HARD ER— Williamsport, Pa. , late percussion period .

HARDER, C . E . CO .— Unlocated . Kentucky type flintlock pistols .

HARDER, G . W.— Ty rone, Pa . Percussion Kentucky rifles .

HARDER, H . 8: T. CUSHMAN—Makers of half stock, mule earlock, muzzle loading, percussion rifle .

HARDER, J . E F -Clearfi eld , Pa . 1886 4890.Maker of Harder breechloading rifles and shotguns.

HARDER, Jacob— Lock Haven, Pa . , active about 1846-60. Harderwas born about 1820, and in 1838 began serving a six years’

apprenticeship with Bartlett B rothers, in Binghamton, N . Y.

Upon completion, he worked for two years as a j ourneyman,then opened his own shop in Athens, Pa. Harder moved toLock Haven in 1860, where his plant, making muzzle loadingpercussion rifles employed eight gunsmiths . Harder also made

88 AMERICAN GUNMAKERScased duelling pisto ls for Southern trade , as well as multibarreled rifles .

HARDER, Wm . H .— Clearfield , Pa . , 3 -barrel guns .

HARDESTY, Charles— West Las Animas , Col . , 1875 .

HARDIN, Enoch— Birchwood,later Soddy (near Chattanooga ) , Tenn . ,

19th -20th century . Heavy percussion match rifles of fine accuracy .

HARDING— Unidentifi ed . Kentucky rifles .HARDY, C . E . CO .

—Marking on the look of a flintlock Kentuckytype pistol with barrel marked “H . B .

HARKE R, C . P. or G . P.— Unlocated . Kentucky rifles .

HARMON, Is .— Sulphur Springs

,Ohio

, 185 1 . Heavy bench rifle .

HARMON, L .— Unlocated Southern riflesm ith . A converted flintlock

Kentucky rifle with strap- iron trigger guard, no buttplate ; lock(perhaps converted before use ) by Longstree t 8: Cook, Phila .

Rifle came from Henry Co . , Ky .

HARPERS FERRY ARMORY— E stablished in 1796, by George Washing ton, who attracted by the ample water power facilities atHarpers F erry, V a . , located at the confluence of the Potomacand Shenandoah Rivers , selected that

“ locality for the site of

one of two Fed eral armories and arsenals authorized by Congressin the Act of April 2, 1794 .

Harpers Ferry was named for Robert Harper, who settledthere in 1747, and established a ferry across the Potomac . Thesite cons isted of 125 acres of land purchased from the Harperfamily . Though the construction of buildings and shops wasbegun in 1796, the first output of arms is recorded in 1801 , when293 muskets were made . D uring its existence the armory averaged over muskets and rifles annually, and aboutsmall arms were kept in storage reserve .

The armory gained considerable public attention in 1859,through its capture for a day by a rabid abolitionist , JohnBrown , who, with a party of nineteen others , unsuccessfully at

tempted to seize arms for the arming and revolt of Negroslaves . The abortive attempt cost John Brown his life by execu

tion .

At the time of Virginia’s seces sion,Harpers Ferry Armory

was garrisoned by Lt. Roger Jones, U . S . Army, and a detachment of 45 enlisted men . On the night of April 18, 1861 , confronted with the imminent capture of the armory by an assembling large body of Virginia militia, Lt . Jones set fi re to the

arsenal and the armory, destroying over stored smallarms, and as much public property as possible , and retreatedacross the Potomac . Some of the arms , equipment and machinery were salvaged by the Confederates and were used bythem later in the assembly and manufacture of Confederatearms. See Fayetteville Arsenal .

HARRIC, Jason L .-Or Harris . Unidentified . Late flintlock period

,

before 1825 .

HARRIN GTON— Sturbridge ,Mass . Percussion pistol .HARRIN GTON, Ah.

— Vassar,Mich . Partner of ThomasW . Barnes ,post-Civil War ; together made two percussion over-under rifleshotguns per week at $20 each .

HARRIN GTON, H . B .— Lebanon

,N. H .

HARRINGTON, Luke— Sutton,Mass . , 1832 .


HARRINGTON RICHARDSON— Revolver and shotgun manufac

turers . The business was established in 1871 , by Gilbert H .

Harrington and Frank Wesson at 18Man chester St. , Worcester,Mass . , in the shops where Wesson had made his rifles . Wessonsold out his interest in 1874, to Harrington, who taking

.

WIlham

A. Richardson into partnership , renamed the firm HarringtonRichardson . The plant was moved to Hermon Street in 1876 , andlater

,in 1894, to _

Park Avenue . In 1880 in addition to theirrevolver line

,the firm obtained license to manufacture shotguns

on the Anson D eeley system .

William A. Richardson was born Dec . 20, 1833 . Came to Worcester in 1863 and made gun tools for the Ballard arms . Hadworked for Frank Wesson in 1866 .

HARRIS, C . H. DARLING, W. K .— Otsego ,Mich . , mule- ear, over

under rifle .

HARRIS, Henry—Midd letown ,Paxton, Lancaster Co . , Pa . ,

1779 .

HARRIS , Isaac— Savage Town ,Md . , before and after 1772-76 .Musketand rifle maker to Committee of Safety .

HARRIS, Jason L .— See HerriC, Jason L .

HARRIS, Luke— Sutton ,Mass . ,1832 .

HARRIS, William— Seneca Co . , near F ort Sandoski, Ohio , prior to1812 . F irst white gunsmith to the Indians . Spoke fluent Seneca .

HARRIS, William— Baltimore,Md . ,1856 .

HARRIS, William— 208 Leidersdorif , San Francisco , Calif . , 1861 - 65 .

(with F .

HART— Frewsburg , N . Y. A heavy half stock percussion rifle .

HART, B . F .— New York, N. Y . ,

1855 - 65 .

HART, B . J . BRO .— New York

,N . Y . ,

1857 and after .Makers of5 -shot percussion revolvers and single- shot percussion pistols .

HARTFORD ARMS CO .— Hartford, Conn . .22 cal . sheath trigger

pocket revolvers .

HARTIG, J .— D ubuque , Iowa , 1868.

HARTMAN— Erie, Pa. Walnut half stock, percussion smooth rifle .

HARTMAN, P. J. HAHN— Erie, Pa . Percussion single-barrel Shot

gun , so marked on barrel.

HARVE L, G. W. BROS .— Unlocated . Percussion rifle with lock by

Henry Elwell .

HARVEY, Thomas H .— Born 1795 , died 1854 . Rotating tumbler gun

lockz— pat . 1849.

HARWOOD, Nathaniel H .— Brookfield ,Mass . , about 1825 -40.

HASD E LL , T. R.-7O E .Madison Ave . ,

Chicago,Ill . , 1881 -84 .

HASKELL, R .— Painesville, Ohio , maker of rifles with Remington

barrels . Born 1827, died June 24, 1882 .

HASLETT, James— Superintendent of RobertMccormick’s musketfactory . WhenMcCorm ick failed on a contract with the State ofVirginia for muskets about 1797, Haslett took over the contract and completed deliveries .

Haslett was born in Ireland and brought to the United StatesbyMccormick of Philadelphia . He established his own place inBaltimore in 1803 . Served as aMaj or in the War of 1812 , and was

in the Battle of North Point . Haslett was in business until 1824 ,and his duelling pistols are prized as works of art . He died inCalvert County in 1833 .

90 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSHASLETT, John— Also Hazlett. Baltimore,Md . , 1804- 1824. Listed in

the 1824 Baltimore D irectory at 28 Water St. Pistol maker.HATCH, C . P.

— Pennsylvania ; Kentucky rifles.

HATCH. W.— Burlington, V t. , early percussion period .

HATCH, Warren— Plattsburg, N. Y. , before and after 1850. Same asHatch, W?

HATCHER,P. P.

- Behnont Co. O . Percussion Kentucky rifles .

HATCHER, P.—Maker of a full maple stock, brass patch box,

3 6"

octagonal barrel, flintlock rifle .

HATTERSLEY, Henry— Cleveland, Ohio, 1850-71 . Gun manufactory .

HAVEN, N .—Puts Corners, Ulster Co N . Y 1800.

HAVER, George W.— 105 Hill Ave. , Carnegie, Pa .Modern rebuilt

flintlock and percussion Kentucky rifles . Learned under UriahF isher at Rices Landing, Greene Co. , Pa.

HAWES WAGGON E H harleston, S. C . Percussion derringers .HAWK, N icholas— Gilbert,Monroe Co. , Pa. About 1840-45 . Beautif ul

late Kentucky rifle.

HAWKEN , D . T .— Springfield , Ohio. Plain, long-barreled percussion

Kentucky rifles stamped with name and address ; one reportedbought second hand in 1852 .

HAWKEN, John— Hagerstown,Md ., gunsmith . F ather of Jacob andSamuel Hawken . Active about 1785-1808. The Hawken family ,

according to tradition, are believed to have been originally ofWelsh ancestry . They are said to have left B ritish Isles to escapesome form of taxation . There was also a legend that the familyhad participated in ship raiding and wrecking off the rockyWelsh coast and left the country under Crown pressure. F romRose Abbey, Wales, they emigrated to Holland, thence to America, eventually settling at Hagerstown,Md. By his wife, Julienne,of D utch ancestry, he had many children, including at least fiveboys, of whom Jacob and Samuel migrated West, the otherthra

cia

1

ren

c

i

iaining in Hagerstown to carry on their father’s gun

sm i tra e .

HAWKEN, Jacob and Samuel— F amed St. Louis,Mo., rifle makers .

Hawken brothers were born at Hagerstown,Md . , Jacob in 1786,Samuel on O ct. 26, 1792, of a gunsmith family of Welsh-DutchAncestry . In 1821, Jacob Hawken, the elder brother was listedat 214 N .Main St., in the St . Louis D irectory. In 1822, Samuelarrived from Xenia, Ohio , where he had operated a gun shop . Thebrothers Opened a new shop at 29 Washington Ave. , ( the resentlocation of E ads B ridge ) . Jacob Hawken d ied of cholera ay 9 ,1849, the shop being operated by Samuel until 1859, when SamuelHawken went to D enver, Colo. , with his son, also a gunsmith .

The operation of the sh0p was left with William Watt, an oldemploye of the firm .

The family records are meager. Little is known of JacobHawken except that he had married Catherine Allison of St.Louis, and that his arms were held in high esteem . His paperswere burned during the cholera epidemic and his body wasplaced in theMississippi River for burial, so no cemetery recordsare available . Samuel had been in the service in the War of1812, and was present at the Battle of B ladensburg . In 1861,Samuel Hawken and his son returned to St. Louis, and a yearlater sold the “

Hawken”sh0p to John P. Gemmer , a former em

ployee, who continued the manufacture of the Hawken rifles ,


under that name , for a number of years before changing thename . See Gemmer, John P . Samuel Hawken died in St . Louis ,Mo . ,May 8, 1884, and is buried in the B ellefontaine Cemetery .

HAWKEN, W.— St. Louis ,Mo., maker of a full stock percussion Ken

tucky rifle . William S . Hawken was the son of famed rifle makerSamuel Hawken . Was kn own to plainsmen trade as “Jake Hawken’s nephew .

”

HAWKINS, Henry— Schenectady, N . Y . , rifle maker 1769- 1775 . One

of four rifle makers induced by Sir William Johnson to come outand settle in New York State by grants o f buildings and tools .By 1775 rifle making had become an enterprising in dustry withmost of the settlers and Indians trading their smoothbores forrifles

,and New York was second only to Pennsylvania in their

manufacture .

HAWKINS, Hiram— Edinboro,E rie Co . ,

Pa . Percussion rifles andshotguns .

HAWKIN S, John— U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms , 1840. Inspectedarms in the plant of Nathan Starr .

HAYDEN, B emiah— Unlocated .Making Kentucky rifles in 1838.

HAYNES, Joshua— Waltham,Mass .HAYNES, William B .

—; Chillicothe, Ohio .

HAYWOOD, Wm .—Milwaukee, Wis . ,

“Importer, dealer and m anufac

turer of guns,pistols and maker of Improved Gain Twist Rifle ,

”

“Shotgun s made to Shoot Close . Located at 228 West WaterStreet 1847-49 and at 252 West Water 185 1 - 61 .

HAZARD BLAIR — Percussion pistols .H. B .

— Un identified .Marking on the barrel of a Kentucky type, flintlock pistol with lock marked “

C . E . Hardy Co .

*HB *— Unidentifi ed . Script monogram die- stamped on the barrel of

a percussion Kentucky rifle with engraved patchbox . Four dotsin the crossbar of the H .

H . D .— Unidentifi ed . Percussion Kentucky rifle .

HEAL, John— See Heal Rifle Co.

HEAL RIFLE COMPANY— 12- l8 Atwater St. , West, Detroit,Mich .Makers of boy ’s .22 rifles , lever action , loaded from underneath .

John G . Heal was listed as laborer in 1893 ; in 1901 was secretaryand treasurer of the D etroit Brass and Iron Novelty Co . In1904 the Heal Rifle Co . was at the same address . In 1905 -06 ,called the D etroit Rifle Cc . , same address . E vidently the enterprise had a limited life as in 1909 John G . Heal is listed aslaborer again . The building is now the shipping department ofVernor’s Ginger Ale .

HEATON, A.— Unlocated . Flintlock Kentucky rifle with full curly

maple stock .

HEATON,Morgan— Putnam ,Muskigum Co. ,Ohio . War of 1812 .

HEATONS, S . E .— Percussion rifle with Remington lock .

HEBERLIG— B arrehn aker on Wyomissing Creek near Reading, BerksCo . ,

Pa .Member of firm Gougler Heberlig,Mohnton, Pa.

B arrels of double percussioa fle by F . Altm ier , both marked“HE B E RLIG, RE AD ING,

PA.

HECK, K .— Unlocated .

HECKENBACH, John A.—Milwaukee

,Wis . Gun maker and designer

located at 473 Third Street 1877 - 78. Patent for a breechloading

92 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSfirearm

,Patent N o . was issued to John A. Hechenbach ofMayville, Wis ,

June 22 , 1869 .

HECKERT, Philip— York County , Pa . ,1799- 1822 . Flintlock Kentucky

rifles .HECKMAN,

John— Gun stocker . B ack of 18 Cherry, Phila . , Pa . ,1819 .

HEDLEY, John— Phila . , Pa . Listed as gun stock maker at 18 Cherry,in 1829 .

HEFNER, J .—Marion , Ohio . Plains type rifle numbered 254 .

HE F S, Thomas— West Penn Post Office , Penna . F ullstock flintlockKentucky match rifle with lock by J . Roop .

HEINZ, Charles— Atlanta , Ga . , Operator of a gun shop for the Confederacy

,at corner of Whitehall and Alabama Streets (now site

of Atlanta National B ank ) . E mployed 12 or 12 hands convertingflintlock muskets to percussion “for the Confederate Governmentand making muskets and rifles for them .

”

HEINZE, Richard— Baltimore,period of 1888, gunsmith .

HELENA LEAD AN D SHOT WORKS— Helena,Wisconsin . circa 1840

1870. Active manufacturers of lead for bullet making and of

prepared lead shot for hunting purposes . Lead in pigs weighing75 pounds and bags of shot weighing 25 pounds were hauled bywagon toMilwaukee for distribution in the lake area . Othershipments were made by way of theMississippi River to NewOrleans and thence to New York . After the establishment of railway ties with the E ast the lead shot was shipped there directly,or to Chicago , as lead to be used in the B latchford Shot Tower .

HE ISE RLLewis— Tiflin ,

Ohio,1857- 59. Shotguns and rifles .

HELLER, J .— Carlisle, Pa . Double percussion rifle .

HE LLIN GHAUS, F .— St. Louis,Mo.Maker of heavy percussion target

rifles with Remington barrels . Listed in St . Louis City Directory1841 through 1847 .

HELTON, Joab— Primitive work, crudely marked JOAB— HE LTONMAKE ”on top flat . Two crude, half stock, percussion rifles, one

with wrought iron furniture and Joseph Golcher lock ; the otherwithout furniture , cheap

“BLUE GRASS” lock not original .HEMENWAY, O .

— Unlocated . Half stock percuss ion rifle .

HEMIWORTH , Richard— Troy, N . Y . ,183 3 -34 . Kentucky rifles .

B ENCH— Pottsville, Pa .

HENCH, Peter— Lancaster, Pa . ,about 1740- 50. Kentucky rifles .

HENDERSON,L .

- Andover,N . Y . , precussion period .

HENDRICKS,M. S.— Aurora

,Ill. , 1869-75 .

HENKEL, Daniel—Mill Creek, Pa . Flintlock period .

HENKELS, Daniel— Philadelphia, Pa . , gunsmith and sword maker ,listed in the 1814 Directory at 264 St . John St . Active 18081817 . Henkels was of German birth and parentage and was

naturalized at Philadelphia in 1810. He is reputed by the Pennsylvania “

Gazeteer” to have been the first in Philadelphia to use

steam for manufacturing purpose s . Contracted Feb . 14, 1815 , formuskets at per stand to be delivered by Feb . 1 , 1816 .

E xamination of a Henkels musket lock-plate dated 1814, shows atypicalModel 1808 look , with a tit- like rear end, and a flat

,

bevelled edge hammer , in spite of the late date of the contract.Henkels was connected with the Nippes family of gun


94 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSgunsmith of Lititz, Pt. He established himself as a rifle maker atChristian Spring in 1778, and at Nazareth, Northampton Co . , in1780. There he trained his sons, John Joseph and William HenryIII in the gun makin g trade . About 1792, in association with twoothers

,he bought a large tract of land at Jacobsburg ( in the

vicinity ) where he had a gun barrel mill since 1780. It is believedthat the proof- testing of barrels was done at Jacobsburg , as theMoravian Fathers obj ected to the firing of guns in the village .

The Jacobsburg property was further improved in 1798, by aboring mill ( later turned into a grist mill ) and about 1808, by aforge and iron works . The Jacobsburg Shops were in charge of

sonMatthew S . Henry ; sons William III and John Joseph, Operating the Boulton and Philadelphia plants, respectively .

N

On D ec . 13 , 1797, William Henry II contracted with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvani a for Charleville pattern , (Model

muskets . He also had government contractsz— under Actof July 5

,1798, f or 500Charleville pattern , (Model muskets

at per stand, of which 23 5 are known to have been delivered by June 10, 1801 . Later, on June 30, 1808, with his son,John Joseph as associate, he obtained a contract for muskets

,Model 1808, of 5 years ’ duration . O f this contract were

delivered by O ct . 7, 1812, and presumably the entire contract wasfulfilled in time .

O n Dec . 9, 1807, William Henry had been offered a contractfor 150 pair of pistols by Tench Coxe

, Purveyor of Public Supplies , but de clined the contract.

William Henry II moved to Philadelphia in 1818, to be withhis son , John Joseph, and di ed there in 1821 .

HENRY .

\

J . J .— J ohn Joseph Henry, ( the second of that name , whose

initials were often written I . the third son of William HenryII

,was born at Nazareth, Northampton Co. , Pa . , on June 17,

1786 . After learning the gun making trade under his father, inabout 1808, he moved to Philadelphia, where he established afactory at the northwest corner of 3 rd and Noble Streets , employing 40 to 50hands . On Jun e 30, 1808, in association with hisfather , William Henry II, he contracted with the government for

muskets ,Model 1808, duration 5 years . O f these there arerecorded to have been delivered by June 10

, 1801 , andpresumably the entire contract was fulfilled . On F eb . 9, 1815 ,he (alone ) contracted for muskets at per stand, tobe completed by Nov. 1 , 1816 . Other than martial arms

,the

principal outlet of his works was the North American F ur Company— John Jacob Astor— and most of the output was shippedthrough agents in St . Louis to the Pacifi c Northwest .In addition to the Philadelphi a plant

,offices and salesrooms

where the greater part of the fi rm’

s busin ess was transacted,John Joseph Henry was part owner of the Boulton plant established by his brother, William Henry III . In 1822 . John Josephbought out his brother’s interest and moved to Boulton

,where

he later took into partnership his son James , the lock platesthereupon being marked “J . J . HENRY SON . In addition tolong arms at the B oulton plant, John Joseph madeModel 1826type martial pistols, marked

“J . J. HE NRY BOULTON .

” JohnJoseph Henry died in 183 6 , and the works passed to his son ,James . The ruins of the old plant

, on Bushkill Creek, nearBelfast, are still standing .

D uring the War of 1812, John Joseph Henry was active in


production and repair of public arms for.

the.

Committee of D ef ense of Philadelphia . Associated with him In his work was arelative . Joseph Henry, a Philadelphia gunsmith .

HENRY, William III— Younger son of William Henry.

11 . Born atNazareth, Pa . , Aug . 16, 1796 . Learned the gun making trade In

his father’s shops and while working a year or two for his elderbrother

,John Joseph

,in Philadelphia . The Nazareth plant being

inadequate to take care of the still unfulfilled portIOn of thelarge contract of 1808 f or muskets contracted for by hisfather and brother

,as well as the additional demands caused by

the War of 1812 , William 111 was sent to Boulton three milesnortheast of Nazareth

,to build a dam, shops and workmen

’

shouses on land owned by the Henry’s on Bushkill Creek, andso established the Boulton Gun Works . In 1822 , William HenryIII sold out his interest in Boulton to his brother, John Joseph .

The ruins of the old Boulton works on Bushkill Creek, inthe vicinity of Belfast, are still standing.

HENRY, James— Son of John Joseph Henry of Philadelphia andB oulton . B orn in Philadelphia in 1809 . After a partnership withhis father at the Boulton works , during which some of the armsproduced by the firm were marked “J . J . Henry Son , JamesHenry succeeded to the business on hi s father

’s death in 183 6 .

In turn , about 1860, he took his son Granville into partnership,the arms being marked “J . Henry Son .

” In the interim be

tween 183 6 and 1860or so , the arms produced by James Henrywere marked “J . Henry .

” James Henry died in 1894 .

HENRY, Granville— Of Boston and Phi ladelphia . Son of James Henrywhom he su cceeded in the fi rm . Born in 183 5 , became his father

’spartner in about 1860, and was active until 1880. Granville Henrydied in 1912 .

HENRY, John— Lancaster, Pa . ,before and after 175 9- 73 . B rother of

William Henry I . Had a gun ShOp just east of his brother’s store

on the southeast corner of Penn Square .

HENRY, Charles— Boulton , Pa . , living in 1921 . Last of the Henryfamily of riflesm iths .

HENRY, Joseph— Philadelphia arms before and after 1811- 1814 .

Joseph Henry pistols are known marked J . Henry Phi la .

Joseph Henry was associated with John Joseph Henry of N . 3rd8: Noble Sts . , Philadelphia, a relative , in the production andrepair of public arms for the Committee of Defence of Philadelphia in the War of 1812 .

Joseph Henry contracted Nov . 9, 1807 , with Tench Coxe ,Purveyor of Public Sup lies , for 150pair of pistols at the

pair, and 300 rifles at each . OnMarch 23 , 1808, JosephHenry contracted for an additional 600 pair of pisto ls and 600rifles on the same terms .

HENRY,Moses— Present Ross Co. ,Ohio

,1769 .

HENRY REPEATING ARMS CO .— New Haven

,Conn . Formed July

7 , 1865 , for the manufacture of Henry patent arms . Became Winchester Repeating Arms Co . ,May 30, 1866 .

HENRY, B . Tyler— Superintendent in charge of production of theVolcanic Repeating Arms Co . ,

in 185 5 - 57 . Had previously workedfor Smith Wesson in the development of their magazine armlater known as the Volcanic . In 1860was in charge of productionof the Henry (his own ) patent rifles for the New Haven Arms

96 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSCo . ,

controlled by Oliver F . Winchester . The Henry RepeatingArms Company form ed July 7 , 1865 , became the WinchesterRepeating Arms Co . ,May 30

,1866 .

The War Department purchased Henry rifles duringthe Civil War . In addition or so were purchased by the

states to arm state troops . See Smith Wesson and New HavenArms Co .

B . Tyler Henry was born in Claremont, N . H . ,March 22 ,1821 . He attended school at Claremont until about 16 years of

age , when he began serving an apprenticeship in the gunsmithtrade, working for a number of years for local gunsmiths . Laterworked for Robbins 8: Lawrence at Windsor

, V t. , where he became familiar with the mechan ism of the Jennings rifle , which h e

later helped to improve into the mechanism of the Volcanic .

Tyler Henry left the Winchester firm about 1867 , and became associated with the Henry Spring C o . ,

of 20 Howard St. ,

New Haven , listed in the City Directory in 1870-71 . He died athis residence, 73 Audubon St. ,

New Haven,Conn . ,

June 8,1898.

HENSHAW, Joshua—Musket maker . Contractor under Act of July5,1798, for Charleville pattern (Model 1795 ) muskets at

per stand . Thirteen hundred dollars is recorded paid on accountin 1800 and in 1801 .

HE N SZ E Y— SeeMoore , Henszey Co . , percussion bar lock .

HE P, Philip, J r .—Unlocated . F lintlo ck Kentucky rifle with gooseneck

hammer , inlay in place of patchbox .

HEPBURN, Lewis L .— Colton

,N . Y . Inventor of the Hepburn back

action locks .Maker of an over-under, muzzle loading, percussionsporting rifle .

HE RF URTH , August—Madison , Wis . 1866- 1878, Webster Street near

King .Made very fine percussion schuetzen rifles and some mediocre hunting rifles and Shotgun s .

HERGET, J .— l l4 Pacific St. , San F rancisco , Calif . , 1858- 65 .

HERMAN, Peter— Lancaster, Ohio , before and after 1868- 71 .

HERR— Canton,Stark Co . , Ohio . Early .

HERRING, Richard— In association with John Devane established aPublic Gun Factory , authorized by Act of April 24, 1776 , in theWilmington District

,North Carolin a . After production of some

one hundred long arms the factory was destroyed by Torysympathizers .

HERTIG, F .— Philadelphia

,Pa .Marking on a barrel of what appears

to have been a fullstock percussion rifle .

HERTZOG, And rew— York County,Pa . ,

1777-80. Payments recordedfor repair Of public arms .

HESS, J .

— Unidentified . Copper-mounted , flintlock Kentucky rifle .

HESS , Philip, J r .— Operator Of a water power rifle factory erected

by him at the foot of B lueMountains in 1832,on the west

branch of the road from Saegerstown to Lehighton , about onehalf mile west of B alliet

’

s Furnace, later known as the oldLehigh Furnace .

HESS , Samuel—Me trick Township , Lancaster Co . , Pa . ,1771 .

HESS, Solomon and Jonas — Gunsmiths who had worked in the PhilipHess rifle factory

,and continued in the vicinity after the factory

was d ismantled .

H E TRICH J O HN“

85 ( 70 .— N ew a rk O h io b e f or e an d a f te r 1 86 6 - 70


98 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSOf Lebanon , N. H . ; also barrel (marked LOWMOOR of buttstocked rifle by George P. Foster, Bristol, R . I .

HIXSON, J . B .— Probably Ohio . Script marking on fancy engraved

percussion Kentucky rifle, lock marking H pierced by arrow .

Similar locks known on another Hixson rifle and one by J . C .M.H. K .

—Marking inside Springfield musket lock of musket dated 1799 .

HOADLEY, Lemuel— Gun- lock maker to Committee of Safety, Connecticut.

HOAK E , J .— Lancaster , Pa . Received payment for 68 gunlocks Aug .

25,1778. Heavy flintlock Kentucky rifle with bone inlays ; als o

made shotguns .

HOARD’S ARMORY— Operated at Watertown,N . Y . , by C . B . Hoard,

Civil War contractor f orModel 1861 Springfield Rifle musketsmarked “Watertown” and dated:D ec. 24, 186 1 at each . delivered .

D ec. 1 , 1863 at each . delivered .

In addition to the muskets , the armory made percussion revolvers after Austin T . F reeman patent of D ec . 9 , 1862,Pat. No . of which there is no record of governmentpurchase .

HOARD, C . B .— See Hoard’s Armory .

HOBBS , John— Putnam ,Muskigum Co . ,

Ohio .

HOBBS, P.—Monterey

,Mass .

HOCKLEY, Jam es— Chester County, Pa . ,1769- 71 .

HODGE , J . T .—New York

,N . Y . Civil War contractor of D ec . 26 ,

1861 , for Model 1861 Springfield rifle muskets ateach of which were delivered .

HODGKINS SONS— 507Mulberry St. ,Macon , Georgia , 1862 . D . C .

Hodgkins and his three sons , N .M. , Walter C . and T . G . ,Oper

ators of a Confederate pistol and rifled carbine factory in a Shopback of their store . Sold out to theMacon Armory in the earlypart of the Civil War .

“In 1862 they manufactured for the State of Georg iaover worth of munitions of war and altered overof the old flint and steel muskets into good percussion locks .

They are now manufacturing for the Confederate Governmentrifled carbines . They forge the barrels by hand , which is verytedious and laborious work . We saw the various parts of thegun s in process of manufacturing— tubes

,locks

,ramrods

,wipers

,

pr

l

l

ates, mountings , etc . , all made by tools manufactured in thes op .

”

HODGSON THOMPSON— B altimore,Md . B rass barrel, flintlock

holster pistol .

HOFFMAN CAMPBELL— St. Louis ,Mo . Fine walnut half stockedpercussion rifle with back action lock and engraved Germansilver mountings . Gold and silver bands at breech, name stampedon barrel . See Christian Hoffman .

HOFFMAN,Christian— St. Louis ,MO . 1842- 185 5

, j ourneyman gunsmith . With Tristram Campbell as “Hoffman and “Hoffman Campbell .”

HOFFMAN CO .— St. Louis ,Mo. ,

1842- 185 5 . See Christian Hoffman .

HOFFMAN,Christian— Gunsmith . 14 Charlotte, Phila . , Pa . ,

1819 .


HOFFMAN, J .— Lancaster, Pa . ,

also Saltillo Civil War period .

Over-under percussion rifle- shotgun,two hammers and ramrods .

HOFFMAN, J .V .— Attica

,Ind . Heavy percussion rifles . Used lo cks

made by Tyler,Davidson Co . , and by Joseph Goulcher . Hoff

man may have sold assembled arms . O ne of his rifles with aTyler

,Davidson Co . lock, bore the name

“Postley, Nelson 8:

Co .

” on the bottom of the barrel .HOFFMAN, Louis— Louis Ferdinand Alexander Hoffman , Vicksburg,Miss . , gunsmith was born in Berlin , Prussia in 1823 . After serving

from age of 14, apprenticeship at the B orsigMachinery Shop,came to New York in 1852 and after a, short stay in St. Louissettled in Vicksburg in the spring of 185 3 , working the shop andfoundry of Z immerman Reading on Levee St. He Opened agun shop, was very successful and built the “Hoffman Block”

on

Clay St. ,above Washington

,now occupied by O ’

N eill-McN amara

Hardware Co . ,former employees and now carried on by their

descendents .Louis Hoffman was in Vicksburg during the siege and later,

at request of Liet. Burdick became master armourer for theUnion forces . He made derringer pistols after the Henry D eringertype as well as percuss ion rifles . D ied in 1814 .

HOGAN, J. B .— North Adams ,Mass . , percussion period .

HOLBURN, Casper L .— Unidentifi ed .

HOLDEN, C . B .-Cyrus B . Holden, Worcester,Mass . , about 1864- 68

and later .Maker of rim- fire cartridge rifles . Had been foremanin Frank Wesson’s shop .

HOLLAND, W. A.- Boston ,Mass .Maker of Holland, saw handle

,

percussion pistols .HOLLENBECK, F . A.

— Syracuse,N . Y . Invented 3 -barrel breech

loading Shotgun, 1911 . Learned gunsmithing under R. R .Moore .

HOLLINGSWORTH, Henry— E lkton,Md . ,

1773 -80.Musket barrelsand bayonets during the War of the Revolution .

HOLLIE STE R, Isaac Son— L ichtfield Co . , Conn . , musket barrelmanufacturer of early 1800

’

s . Supplied E li Whitney,Nathan

Starr,Lemuel Pomeroy and Springfield Armory .

HOLLOMON, William— Warrenton, N . C . Percussion half stock rifle .

HOLLY SPRING IRON WORKS— See Jones,McE lwaine Co .

HOLMES, Char les— Colton, N . Y . Percussion rifles .HOLMES, Georg e H .

— D efiance, Ohio , 1867- 70.

HOLMES, R.— Oswego , N . Y . Heavy barrel, half stock percussion rifle .

HOLT, P.M.— Ashtabula, Ohio . German silver and brass mountedpercussion half stock rifle .

HOLT, Rudolph D .— Pikeville , Tenn .

,19th -20th century. Percussion

hunting and match rifles .

HOLTRY, Joseph— Wyomissing Creek, Pa . In 1850 operated a gunshop , which had been built by some unknown gunsmith, andused the creek water power for the operation of the gun barrelboring and grinding machinery . The Holtry shop shut downabout 1875 .

HOLZMAN, E .— Percussion match rifle .

HOLTZ WORTH , W . A.— Flintlock Kentucky rifle .

HOME WHE E LE Rf —Stevensburg, Culpepper Co . ,Va .Musket

100 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSmakers, 1799- 1802 . Proposed to manufacture muskets forthe State of Virginia, Sept . 24, 1799, at per stand . Wheeleris believed to have been later associated withMorrison in aU . S . contract of 1808. See WheelerMorrison .

HOME, S.— Kentucky flintlock rifle . Probably of Home Wheeler .

HOMER , B .-Unlocated . 1775 - 1806 .Musket maker during the Revolu

tionary War. Also flintlock fowling pieces and cadet rifles .HONAKER, J os . or James—Pennsylvania . Kentucky turkey rifle .HOOD FIRE ARMS CO .

— Norwich, Conn .Makers of F reeman W .

Hood 5 - shot,rim-fire cartridge revolver patented F eb . 23 , 1875 ,

No . See Norwich LockMf g . Co .

HOOD F ON CAN N ON — See G . H . Hood.

HOOD, Geo . H .— Columbus, Ohio, 1847-52 . Associated withM. B .

F oncannon in 1848-49 as Hood 8: F oncannon .

HOOKER, Thomas— Rutland, V t . , musket maker 1798- 1801 . In association with Darius Chipman , Royal Crafts and John Smith, contracted under Act of July 5

,1798 for Charleville pattern

(Model 1795 ) muskets at per stand . O f these 575 weredelivered before June 10, 1801.

HOOPER, J .—Marking inside look of Spring-fi eld musket dated 1804 .

HOPKINS ALLEN— Norwich , Conn 1868- 1915 .Makers of riflesand revolvers under the Hopkins Allen patents andMerwinand Hulbert hand arms. Absorbed during the World War I by theMarlin-Rockwell Corporation .

HOPKINS, R.— Unidentifi ed . Percussion sporting rifle .

HORN, COnrad— Hazleton, Pa. ,1820- 155 . B rother of William Horn .

HORN, Stephen— Lancaster and E aston , Pa. , about 1770- 80.

HORN, John— Cumberland mountain gunsmith . F lintlock Kentuckymatch rifle with Kirkman Ellis lock .

HORN, Wil'

liam— Hazleton, Pa . , before and after 1836 . B rother ofConrad Horn .

HORNBERGER, Cyrus—Wyomissing Creek, B erks Co. , Pa.Madefinished rifle barrels .

HORR, Austin— Cape Vincent,N. Y . Percussion rifles .

HORTON, William— 30Moore St. , N ew York, N. Y . 1801-02 .

HOUGHTON, Richard W.— Norway,Me . , percussion period .

HOWARD BROS .— Whitneyville and New Haven, Conn . , 1866- 69 .

Hammerless,rim-fire cartridge sporting rifle and Shotguns made

under S . Howard patent Of O ct. 28, 1862 , No . and C .

Howard patents of Sept . 26 , and O ct. 10, 1865 , N os. andrespectively, and ofMay 15

,1866 .

Though marked “Howard B ros . Whitneyville , Conn . thearms were most likely made for them by Whitney Arms Co . ,

whose marking appears on similar models with stamping “Manf d .

for Howard B ros .

HOWARD, Henry— Chattanooga, Tenn ; 19th-20th century maker ofmuzzle- loading rifles .

HOWE, B .—Cleveland, Ohio .Made rifles similar to those of John Vin

cent,Washington Co . , Ohio , to whom he had been apprenticed .

HOWE , E .— Percussion target rifle .

HOWE, Harry— Lansing, N . Y . , percussion period to 1880.


102 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSHULL, Isaac— U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms, (boarding pikes and

ship’s cutlasses ) in 1808 at plant of Nathan Starr.HUMASON, S . H. BRO .

— Rochester,Minn . ,1868- 70.

RUMBERGER, Peter I .— Active in Pennsy lvania from about 1774

to 179 1 when he moved to Perry County, Ohio .

HUMB E RGE R, Peter II— Son of Peter 1 . B orn in Pennsylvania Dec .

1,1775 .Moved to Ohio with his father in 1791 . Learned the

trade under his father and set up own establishment in PerryCounty . Active until his death April 19, 1852 .

HUMB E RGE R, Peter III— Son of Peter II . B orn in Perry County ,Ohio , O ct. 8

, 1826 . Learned the gun making trade under hisfather . Active until his death, F eb . 1 1, 1899 .

HUMB E RGE R, Adam— Son of Peter Humberger II . Born in PerryCounty, Ohio , Dec . 21 , 1806 . Served in. his father’s Shops and laterestablished himself at Somerset, Ohio . D ied inMay ,

1865 .

HUMB E RGE R, Henry— Son of Peter I . B orn Aug . 29, 1811 , in PerryCounty, Ohio . After following the gold rush to California , re

turned east and established himself in Wh itley County, Ind .

HUMBLE ,Michael— Louisville, Ky . , 1782 .Maker of Kentucky rifles .

Located near present 12th andMain Streets .

HUME— Unidentified . Flintlock Plains rifle .

HUMMELL, F .— Lebanon

, Pa. , peercussion period .

HUMPHREY, D an—Maker of a curly maple, half stock, back actionG . Goulcher lock, .32 caliber percussion rifle .

HUMPHREYS , Hosea— Pawtucket, R . I .Musket maker . Associatedwith Stephen Jenks in a contract under Act of July 5 , 1798, for

Charleville pattern (Model 1795 ) muskets at perstand . There were delivered by June 10, 1801 .

HUNR, Edwin— Unlocated . Flintlock Kentucky rifles .

HUNT, David S.— Cincinnati, Ohio , before and after 1860.

HUNT, Jonathan— Richland Co . , Ohio , gunsmith . 1806- 1812 . Tradedwith D elaware Indians .

HUNTER— Lockmaker, percuss ion period . A commercial, side- action ,percussion lock stamped “HUNTER” and thr ee impressions of afloral die . Stirrup on tumbler . Lock on S . J . Fosdick, Laporte ,Ind . , half stock plains rifle .

HUNTER ARMS CO .— F ulton , N . Y .Modern .Makers of L . C . Smith

Fulton Shotguns .

HUNTER, David— B erkley County, Va . In association with PeterLight contracted Sept . 28, 1776, to supply the State of Virginiawith 200muskets at £6 per stand .

HUli‘

TE R’S IRON WORKS— See Hunter, Jam es and Rappahannock

orge .

HUNTER, James— Staff ord County, Va .Musket and saber contractorto Virginia during the War of Revolution , owner and operatorof Hunter Iron Works also known as Rappahannock Forge . Frommention of diflficulty of obtaining sufli cient workmen and abilityto turn out cavalry sabers in three or four months , inaddition to gun contracts , believed to have operated a fairlylarge establishment . See Rappahannock Forge .

HUNTINGTON, Gurdon— Walpole,N. H .Musket maker. In associa

tion with John Livinston,Josiah Bellow and David Stone con


tracted under the Act of July 5 , 1798, for Charlevillepattern (Model 1795 ) muskets, at per stand, of which 608were delivered by June 10, 1801 .

HUNTINGTON, Hezekiah— Windham , .Conn .Musket maker to Com

mz

ittee C

df S7a7

fety,Connecticut .Made 340 stands of arms between

1 75 an 1 8.

HUNTINGTON, Simon— Repaired public arms for Connecticut . Account rendered in July, 1775 .

HUNTINGTON, V .— Allenville, Pa . , Kentucky rifles .

HUNTOON, Harlee J .— Ludlow, Vt. In late l880

’

s formed partnershipwith Norman B rockway and continued making Brockway riflesfor about 20years . Heavy, super-accurate percussion and pelletprimer match rifles .

HURD, Jacob— Boston,Mass . ,1816-25 .

HUSE, R . P.—Manchester

,N . H . Percussion pistol .

HUSS, Florent— Gunsmith, Phillip corner Levee, fourth district, NewOrleans , La 1853 .

HUSTON, G Gunsmith,177 Circus , New Orleans , La . ,

1853 .

HUTCHISON, E .— Unlocated . Percussion pistol .

HUTCHINSON, R. J .— Williamsport, Pa . Kentucky rifles .

HUTZ, Benjam in— Lancas ter , Pa . Petitioner to 7th Congress on Jan .

23 , 1803 , for non -removal of import duties on arms . In 1823

built a factory in Heidelburg Twp . , Lehigh Co . , Pa .

HUYSLOP, R.— Also Hyslop . New York, N . Y . , 1850.

H V D — Unidentifi ed . Stamping inside lock of early flintlock Kentucky rifle .

H. V. F .— Unidentified .Marking inside the lock-plate of a Kentucky

type flintlock pistol .

HYAMS, F .-Charleston, S . C . ,

1867 .

HYDE GOODRICH— N ew Orleans , La . Located at 15 Chartres in1853 .Makers of Confederate shoulder arms and importers of

arms for the Confed eracy . Their name marked on British madeTranter percussion revolvers .

HYDE SHATTUCK— Hatfi eld ,Mass . , from about 1876 to April 1 ,1880, when it became C . S . Shattuck .Makers of “American”

single shot, tip-up shotgun .

I . A. A.M.— Unidentified . Kentucky rifle .

I . A. D .— Rothen Berg . Engraved on barr el of very early Kentucky

(or German ) rifle of EdwardMarshall, who participated in thehistoric “Indian Walk Pennsylvania land purchase Of 173 7 .

I .— A.M.— Unidentified. Percussion Kentucky rifle .

ICKES, Jacob— Vicinity of Weyant, B edford, Co . , Pa . , 1876 .

I. E .—Unidentified . Initials stamped inside the look of a plain, colonial

flintlock musket, marked“HE NRY” on lock and barrel. Possibly

John Eberly,gunsmith under William Henry 1

, Lancaster, Pa . ,

1729- 1786 . In the late 18th and early 19th Centuries letters J andI were interchanged rather freely in writing.

104 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSI . G .

— Possibly J . G . Full stock, flintlock Kentucky rifle with converted lock marked “W . T . HOWELL CO .

”

I. G . H .— Unidentified~

,period of 1810. F lintlock Kentucky rifles . Prob

ably same as J . G . H . ,percussion Kentucky rifles .

I. H .— Initials of Isaac Hull, U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms ,

éboarding pikes and ship

’

s cutlasses ) in 1808, at plant of Nathantarr.

I . L .— Unidentifi ed . Full stocked, percussion Kentucky rifle .

IN GALL , Brown— Portland, Andover, B lue Hill, and Bucksport,Me .

Percussion rifles .IN HO F F , Benedict— Heidelberg Township , B erks Co . , Pa . , 1781 - 82 .

I . P.— Unidentifi ed .Middle flintlock period Kentucky rifles of fineworkmanship .

IRVINE, Callender— Commissary General,Military Stores , 1812 - 15 .

Negotiated arms contracts . This function taken over by OrdnanceDept . from 1816 .

IRVIN G, W.— 20Clifl St. , New York, N . Y . , 1862- 63 and after .Maker

of Reid patent 6 and 7- shot rim fire cartridge revolvers . After1863 made 6 - shot percussion revolvers because of infringementon Rollin White patents controlled by Smith Wesson .

ISAAC, Georg e—Main Street, Buffalo , N . Y . , 1832 .

ISCH, Christian— Lancaster County, Pa . , muske t maker to Comm ittee of Safety . Agreed to confine himself to the production Ofmuskets and bayonets towards the fulfillment of the countyquota , from Nov . 20, 1775 , untilMarch 1 , 1776 .

ITHACA GUN CO .— Ithaca, N . Y . ,

1873 to present .

IVER JOHNSON ARMS CYCLE WORKS— Worcester,Mass .

,1871

1891 , Fitchburg ,Mass . , from 1891 . Revolver and shotgun manuacturers .

J. A.— J ohn Amos , Bedford B orough, B edford Co . , Pa .

JACKEL, Christian F .-Goodell nearMain, Buff alo , N . Y . ,

1852 .

JACKSON, Cyrus— Unlocated , period of 1800.Master craftsman of

Kentucky flintlock rifles .

’

JACKSON, David— Cincinnati, Ohio , 183 1 .

JACKfSON , H . W.

— Unlocated, 19th century . Percussion Kentuckyri es .

JACKSON, L . JOHN WALKE R and L . JACKSON,reported

markings on a fancy curly maple full stock, percussion Kentucky rifle .

JACKSON, S.— Pahnyra, N . Y . On look of a mule -ear hammer heavy

sniper’s rifle.

JACOB, J os — Phi ladelphia , Pa . , 1820- 1850. Cased, percussion duellingpistols .

JACOBS, Cornelius— F riend Street, Columbus , Ohio , 1842-43 . Per

cussion rifles and pistols .

JACOBY, Peter— Uniontown , F ayette Co . , Pa . Percussion. period .

JACOT, W.— Unlocated .Maker of a Kentucky type, muzzleloading,

percussion target rifle with full maple stock .


106 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSJENKS, Stephen— North Providence and Pawtucket

, R. I . , musketmaker active from about 1770 to 1814, and after . Stephen Jenkswas associated with Hosea Humphreys in a contract under Actof July 5

,1798

, for Charleville pattern (Model 1795 )muskets at $13 .40 per stand of which were delivered byJun e 10, 1801 . On O ct. 25 , 1808, Stephen Jenks in partnershipwith his son, (Stephen Jenks Son ) contracted for 4 ,000Model1808 muskets at $10.75 per stand, duration five years

,of which

were delivered by O ct. 7, 1812, and a total of onlybyMarch In addition to the above contract

,Jenks

,in

association with one Sweet , (Sweet , Jenks 8: Sons ) undertook ou Nov. 13 , 1810, to supply the government withmuskets within a period of five years . O f this contract 250standswere delivered by O ct. 7 , 1812 . See also Jewett, Jenks 8: Sons .

Stephen Jenks’ sons , Arnold, David, George , Nathan (whod ied young) , Linden, Alvin and J erathmael had been engagedwith him in the manufacture of arms .

JENKS, STEPHEN 8: SON— See Jenks , Stephen .

JENKS, William— Columbia , S . C . Inventor and manufacturer of theJenks breechloading flintlock carbine

,patentedMay 25 , 1838,

N o . 747, and made at Chicopee Falls ,Mass . Later, Jenks sidehammer percussion r ifles and navy carbines were made by N . P.

fimgs at Springfi eld,Mass . , and by Remingtons at Herkimer,

JENNINGS, J .— E lmira, N . Y . Late flintlock and early percussion

rifles and Kentucky” type pistols .

JENNINGS, Lewis— Windsor, Vt . Inventor of a tubular magazine ,lever operated rifle (forerunner of the Henry and the Winchester ) and a hollow base , charge carrying bullet, patent ofDec . 25 , 1849, No . 6973 . The Jennings rifle in turn was the developm ent of an arm patented by Walter Hunt, Aug . 21 , 1849 , N o .

6663 . Jennings single shot arms were distributed by C . P . D ixon ,agent, in New York . The maker is unknown , but possibly was

Jennings . Robbins 8: Lawrence made Jennings repeatingrifles in 185 1 .

JENNINGS, Richard— 1 B roadway,Cleveland

,Ohio

,1869- 73 . Half

stock percussion rifle .

JENSON, J . or I .— New E ngland . Fine straight- cut Kentucky rifle .

JETTER, Jacob— 118 Genesee St. ,Buff alo , N . Y . ,

1862 .

JEWETT,JENKS 8: SONS— Reported in 1818 by Colonel Decius

Wadsworth of the Ordnance O fii ce to have been given a contract for 3 ,000muskets at per stand, of which 250 weredelivered to the State of Rhode Island .

It is believed that this firm is identical with Sweet, JenksSons

,Of Rhode Island, who contracted on Nov. 13 , 1810, for 3

muskets of which only 250were d elivered by O ct. 7, 1812 .

J . F. B .-Unidentified . Kentucky rifle .

J. G . B .— Unidentifi ed . Half- stock Kentucky rifle with long ramrod

tube .

J . G . H .— Unidentifi ed . Percussion Kentucky rifles.

J. G . U .— Late flintlock period Kentucky rifles of fine workmanship .

J. H .— Initials of John Hawkins , U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms ,1840

,at plant of Nathan Starr .


J. H .— Initials of James Hannis, U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms,1841 and 1843 -44

, at the plant of Nathan Starr .

J. H .— Joseph Henry

, Philadelphia, Pa . ,1807- 1814, before and after .

F li

fit- lock Kentucky pistol

,lock marked J . Henry, barrel marked

JJ. H . H .

— Unidentified . Late percussion Kentucky rifles .

JICHA, John— 63 1 Washington St. , San Francisco, Calif. 1887.

JIH— Unidentifi ed . Initials stamped on barrel of German silvermounted half stock (originally fullstock? ) percussion Kentuckyrifle with back action lock byMoore, Henszey 8: Co.

J. J. or I. I. (possibly S . S. )— Heavy percussion Kentucky rifle withH . Elwell lock, J . B . Reynolds barrel.

J. J .— Unidentified . (Joseph Jacob?)Maple full-stock, octagonalbarrel, percussion Kentucky rifle .

J. J. S.— See Suter, John. J .

J. K .— Unidentifi ed .Marking on an over-under, flintlock Kentuckyrifle . This marking is also found on percussion Kentucky rifle .

J. L .-J oe Long ; marking on percussion Kentucky rifles .

J. L .— Unidentifi ed . ( J oe Long? ) Roman nose butt, flintlock Kentuckyrifle .

J.M.— Initials of JustinMurphy, U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms,1818- 183 1 . Inspected arms in plan ts of R . 8: J . D . Johnson, SimeonNorth ,

Lemuel Pomeroy, Nathan Starr and Asa Waters .

J.M.— JobMarshall, Fairmont Twp . , Luzerne Co .,Pa . Flintlock Ken

tucky rifle marked “J .M.J.MAE-Unidentified .Markings on a full stock, percussion Kentucky

m e .

J . N .— Initials of John Newbury, U . S . Inspector Of Contract Arms ,1818- 1825 . Inspected arms in the plants of R . 8: J . D . Johnson ,

Lemuel Pomeroy, Simeon North, Nathan Starr and Eli Whitney .

J. N .— Initials of John Nicholson , U . S . Inspector of Arms 1800-07 .

J. N.M.— John NicholasMedasie, B edford Co . , Pa .Maker of a fullcurly maple stock percussion rifle .

J. N. S.— Initials of J . N . Solace, U . S . Inspector of Arms within

years 183 1 - 1850.

JOHNMEUNIER GUN CO .—Milwaukee, Wis . SeeMeun-ier

,John .

JOHNS, Isaak— Armorer . Was paid $640New E mission Currency (atrate of four to one , equal to $160, in spec ie ) for cleaning andrepairing 80muskets , Phila . ,

June 13 , 1781 .

JOHNSON AUTOMATICS INC .— 84 State Street Boston 9,Mass .Modern .Manufacturers of Johnson LightMachine Gun and Semi

automatic rifle , the inventions of CaptainMelvinM. Johnson .

At present doing custom gun work .

JOHNSON, BYE 8: CO .— 50 Central St. , Worcester,Mass . ,

1873 - 75 .

JOHNSON, Evan— Reported barrel marking of an early percussionsquirrel rifle .

JOHNSON, Fred— Illinois percussion rifles .

JOHNSON, G . 8: BRO Gunder and Johannes Johnson . 238 Th irdSt. , St. Paul,Minn . ,

1856 - 70.

J OHllgSlg

N , Henry— Genesee Street,near Washington , Buff alo , N. Y . ,

108 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSJOHNSON, I . N .

—Middletown,Conn . ContractedMarch 8, 195 1 , forModel 1842 percussion pistols at each . Ira N . Johnson

had been one of the partners of H . Aston 8: Co. ofMiddletown,Conn . When he obtained the contract Johnson severed his connection with the Aston Co .

JOHNSON, Iver— Worcester,Mass . ,1871 -91 . Fitchburg,Mass . , 1891

to date .Makers of cartridge revolvers and shotguns .

JOHNSON, J im—Mt. Union , Pa .

JOHNSON, J . H .— Pittsburgh, Pa .Maker of a half stock, percussion

squirrel rifle.JOHNSON, J. H .

— Waynesboro , Pa . , riflemaker .Misreading for Johnston, J . H . , Waynesboro , Pa .

? Father of J . H . Johnston of Pittsburgh, Pa .

?

JOHNSON, J . S.— Also Johnston .Mcconnelsville, Huntington Co . ,

Pa .Maker of a curly maple, full stock, percussion Kentuckyrifle .

J OHNSON, John— B orn in Straussburg, Germany, in 1768. Settledin Bucks Co . ,

Pa . ,then moved to Listie , Somerset Co . , Pa .Made

flintlock muskets and hunting rifles of plain type ; full curlymaple or walnut stock without butt plate . Some of his rifleswere engraved with his name on barrel .

JOHNSON, R .— See R. J . D . John son, below .

JOHNSON, R . 8: J. D .-Robert and John D . Johnson,Middletown ,

Conn . , rifle and pistol makers . Contracted Nov . 23 , 1814, forfull stock rifles at to be made after a modifiedM. l803rifle pattern , as designed byMarine T . Wickham , U . S . Inspectorof Arms . Few delivered beforeM. I817 was produced . Dec . 10,1823 , contracted for riflesModel 1817, to be deliveredat the rate of 600 per year from July 1

, 1824 . In July, 1829,contract for 600 “old pattern rifles (Mode l 1817 ) was changedto 600 muskets (Model

On June 27, 183 6 , Robert Johnson (alone ) contracted forflintlock pistols

,Model 183 6

,at each

,duration June 1

,

183 7 .March 14 , 1840, R . Johnson was awarded an additional contract for of theseModel 183 6 pistols at each to bedelivered over a period of five years , at the rate of peryear . The firm was active from 1822 to 1854 . The John son plantwas located on Lower - Pameacha Creek,Middleto-wn ,

Conn .

JOHNSON, S.— Connecticut, 1843 .

JOHNSON, Seth— O ld Rutland,Mass . ,active 1773 -77 . Gunsmith to

Committee of Safety .

JOHNSON 8: SMITH—Middletown,Conn . , 1866- 68.

JOHNSON, Wm .— Worcester,Mass . F ullstock brass mounted per

cussion Kentucky rifle .

JOHNSON, William— Worcester,Mass . , 1787 .

JOHNSON, William— Unlocated .Marking on barrel of a percussionperiod, Penna . made Kentucky rifle .

JOHNSTON, James H Owner and operator of the Great WesternGun Works at Pittsburgh, Pa . Son of John H . Johnston . Born183 6 ; died about 1916 . Learned the gunsmith trade under J .

Senseny of Chambersburg , Pa .

JOHNSTON, John H .— Waynesboro

, Pa . B orn 1811 ; died 1889 .

JOHNSTON, J. S.— See Johnson, J . S .


1 10 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSJ ORD

ifAN , Jarmin— Chilicothe,Ohio

,about 1830. Half stock flintlock

r e .

JORDAN, Louis D .— New York, N . Y . and later New Haven , Conn .

Skilled gunmaker with World F air 1893 prizes . Had been WorksSuperintendent forMaximMunitions Corp . ,

and Westinghousearms plant at Springfield

,Mass . making rifles and machine gunsin World War I .

JORDAN, L . S.— Adams

,Mass .

JOS*AN —Markin g on a very early flintlock Kentucky rifle . Abbreviation for Joseph Angstatt, Penna . rifle maker.

JOSLYN, B . F .— See Joslyn Firearms Co . below

JOSLYN FIREARMS CC .— Stonington

,Conn . Operated by B enj amin

F . Joslyn of Worcester,Mass . , in the manufacture of army percussion revolvers un de r the Jos lyn patent ofMay 4

,1858, No .

and Joslyn breechloading percussion carbines,patented

Aug . 28, 1855 . Joslyn revolvers and carbines were also made byW . C . Freeman at Worcester ,Mass . ,

at the Tower Junction Shop .

Joslyn carbines were also made by A. H . Waters and Co . atMillbury,Mass .

The government purchased Joslyn percussion revolversduring the Civil War for army and navy use , and a total of

Joslyn carbines were obtained by the War D epartmentfrom June

,1861

, to Feb . 25 , 1865 .

JOST— Whi te Plains Township,Pa . ,

1775 - 76 .Musket maker to Comm ittee of Safety .

J OUSTAN , Henry— Gunsmith,Levee

,bet. Sixth and Seventh, New

Orleans, La . , 185 3 .

JOY, A. S.—Maker of a full stock

,curly maple

,percussion Kentucky

rifle with H . E lwell lock .

J. P.— Initials of Jacob Perkins, U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms ,in 1821 , in the plant of Asa Waters .

J . P.—South- central Pennsylvania , period of 1790. Possibly same as .

J . Puling . Three flintlock Kentucky rifles known .

J. R .— Unidentifi ed . Percussion Kentucky rifles . Jacob Silvis?

J. S.— Unidentifi ed . Kentucky rifles .

J . S.— Initials of Jacob Shough U . S . Inspector ofMuskets 1809- 1 1 .

J . S.— Initials of James Stubblefleld , Superintendent of Harpers FerryArmory 1809- 1817 . Inspected arms made at the Armory .

J . S.— Initials of James Stilhnan , U . S . Inspector of Arm s within years183 1- 1850.

J . S . T .— Unidentifi ed . Curly maple , full stock, brass trim , percussion

Kentucky rifle engraved in script on octagonal barrel .

J. T . T .— Initials of Capt . John T . Thompson, O rd . D ept. Inspector

1903 .

JUDD, C . W.—Marking of a swivel-breech double rifle . Walnut half

stock,brass time, oval patch box, set triggers .

JUDD, G .— NearMeadville , Pa . , early 1870

’

s . Percussion target rifle .

JUDSON, Henry— Avery, Iowa, 1875 - 1900. Veteran of Civil War .

Came fromMoravia, Iowa, and made gun s for at least twentyyears at Smoky Hollow

,Iowa

,and at Hickory Grove .Maker of

fine,engraved percussion target rifles inlaid with gold, silver and

ivory,and equipped with fals e muzzle and telescopic sights . Also

AMERICAN GUNMAKERS 1 1 1

made to order fine percussion hunting rifles, plain and fancy,and later, single shot cartr idge rifles . His personal .58 cenhertarget rifle, of great accuracy, weighed 58 pounds .

J UF ORGUL , Pierre— Gunsmith, 24 St. Ann , New Orleans , La . ,1853 .

J UGHARD T, C .—Main Street, Fostoria , Ohio , 1865 -69.

J ULCHE R, G . G .—Marking on the lock of a Kentucky rifle .

JUNE 8: REED— B oston,Mass .Makers of percussion sporting rifles .

JUSTICE, Philip S.— Philadelphia, Pa . Civil War contractor for 400

muzzleloading,brass furniture, percussion muskets of the E nfield

type .

JUZAN, Louis— Gunsmith to P . Bouron, New Orleans , La . , gunmaker.J . W.

— Initials of Joseph Weatherhead, U . S . Inspector of ContractArms

,1821 -25 . Inspected arms in the plants of R . 8: J . D . John

son , Simeon North, Lemuel Pomeroy, Nathan Starr and AsaWaters .

J. W . Percussion Kentucky rifle with artificially stripedstoc

J. W. G .— Unidentified . Late percussion Kentucky rifle .

J. W. R .— Unidentified . Flintlock Kentucky rifle with 2 patch boxes ;

one on each side of the stock .

K— Over a leaping animal (buck or rabbit) , x proofmark

on a late percussion Kentucky rifle barrel bored out smooth to. 69 caliber, with Jas . Golcher , Philadelphia, back action lock .

KAIL, Wm .—Maker of half stock, curly maple, percussion rifle with

oval patch box and brass furniture .

KAMF , Henry— Collomsville , Pa .

KANE, P.— Unlocated .Maple halfstock, .36 caliber octagon barrel

percussion plains rifle .

KAN STE IN E R, William— Hannibal,Mo. Born in Germany in 1829 .

E migrated to U . S . to become apprentice with Henry W . B reick,

in S t . Louis, in 1847 .

KANTS, F. (or Kan tz)— Unlocated . Fine flintlock Kentucky rifle withornate patchbox , lock and hardware finely engraved .

KANTZ, E .— Unlocated Skilled maker of Kentucky rifles . Same as

F . Kants or Kantz?

KASCHE LIN E , Peter— Northampton County, Pa . ,1775 .Musket maker

to Committee of Safety .

KASSAN, WilliamM.— Columbus , Ohio , 183 5 .

KAUP, E li— Unidentifi ed . Percussion Kentucky rifles .KAUP, Levi— Union County, Pa. See Caup, Levi .

KAUTZ KY, J oe— F ort D odge,Iowa

, 1897- 1939 . Learned the tradeworking with his father in Austria . Later practiced in Viennain an establishment making high grade

,hand made guns . After

coming to U. S .

“made several complete guns .”

HEADING, C . H. V .— 418 Washington St. , San Francisco , Calif. , 1861 .

KE ARLIN G , Samuel— Amity Township, Berks Co . , Pa . , 1779 .

KEEFER, J. C .— E arly percussion Kentucky rifles .

KEELEY,Matthias— Pennsylvania musket maker . ContractedMarch

1 12 AMERICAN GUNMAKERS2,1776, with the Province of Pennsylvania for 100 fi relocks .

Thirty- one were delivered and ordered proved by firing ,March2,1776 . Forty- two more were delivered Nov . 8, 1776 , and a lot

of 36 on Feb . 27, 1777 .

KEELEY, Sebastian— Pennsylvania,1775 . E ngaged to make 100 fire

locks according to pattern for the Province of Pennsylvania to bedelivered at Six per week until he

“compleats 100.

KEEN, WALKER 8: CO .— D anville

,Va . Confederate arms manu

factory . Advertised for 20-30 gunsmiths June 26 , 1862 . B elievedto have made the Read carbine , made under Confederate patentNo . 154 ofMarch 20

,1863 . Probabilities are that Keen Walker

8: Co . , were the backers , with Read in charge of shop operations .

KEENER, Jacob— B altimore,Md . ,

1802 .

KEENER, John and Peter— North Green St. ,O ld Town , (now E xeter

St. ) Baltimore,Md . ,1796 - 99 . Name changed to Keener 8: Sons

in the 1802 D irectory . Firm active to 183 1 .

KEENER, Samuel— Baltimore,Md . , Revolutionary War period .

KEENER 8: SONS— See John 8: Peter Keener .

K E E P

7OR

7

TS, George P.— Keeper of Public Arms

,B altimore,Md . ,

1 6 9 .

KEERAN, L .—Maker O f a walnut half stock, German silver trim ,

percussion sporting rifle .

KEFFER, Jacob— Lancaster, Pa . , 1802 - 1820. Flintlock Kentucky rifle .

KEIM, John— Reading, Pa . , gunSm ith . Carried on the gunsmith business established by Worley on Wyomissing Creek, Pa . , in 1811 .

Had been Worley’s superintendent . The Shops subsequently came

in possession of Nicho las Yokum Son, who had. furnished the

iron for the Keim shops , and in turn, later were sold to FranklinK . Schnader, who improved the buildings and erected a dam .

The Schnader plant was still in operation in 1890, und er themanagement of Nathaniel Schnader, son of Franklin K .

K E IF F LE R— (South- central Pa 9 )Maker of a walnut stock, Kentuckytype percussion rifle .

KEITH— Philadelphia , Pa . Breech- loading Kentucky rifle .

KEITH, H .— Unlocated . Kentucky rifles . Possibly same as Keith of

Philadelphia .

KELKER 8: BROS— Harrisburg, Pa . , gun - lock makers .

KELLAR—Maryville , Tenn . F ullstock percussion Kentucky rifle .

KELLER— Houstontown , Pa .

KELLER, C .— E vansville , Ind . Percussion half stock rifle .

KELLER, I .— Cumberland Valley, Pa . ,

Kentucky rifles .

KELLER, I . or J .-Carlisle, Cumberland Co . ,

Pa . Fine 15 - lb . flintlock

Kentucky match rifle , period of 1820; early percussion Kentuckyrifles ; later rifle with back- action lock .

KELLER, J . W.— Casey, Ill . Reported maker of plain , fullstock per

cuss ion Kentucky rifle .

KELLER,Z .

— Carlisle,Pa . , rifle maker .

KELLOGG BROS — N ew Haven , Conn . ,1850- 90.

KELLY, Samuel— Pennsylvania ; Kentucky rifles .

KELTON— Unidentified .

KEMMERER, D avid— Carbon County, Pa.


14 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSKERLING,

John— Employed in 1810 as musket barrel maker byJoseph Henry and Abraham Nippes

KERN,Daniel— Pennsylvania ; making flintlock Kentucky rifles in

1776 .

KERN, Frederick R .— Lancaster, Pa . ,

1857 .

KERN, Reinhard— Lancaster, Pa . , 1857 .

KERR,Michael— Philadelphia, Pa . ,1790.

KESSLER, John— Weston,Mo. ,

about 1840- 60.

K E TLAN D , John and Thomas— Philadelphia, Pa . Contractors onNov . 15

, 1797, with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for“ten thousand stands of arms of the fashi on or pattern ofthe French CharlevilleMusquet to be stamped or markednear the breech with letters C . P the weight of the musquetand bayonet thus compleated not to exceed eleven pounds.

’

This contract whi ch the K etlands expected to fill with Britisharms

,was not fulfilled as the B ritish government would not

permit the export of arms . The Ketlands are known to have madelooks for Kentucky rifles, and usually stamped their name insidethe lock-plate .

The Ketlands, residents of Philadelphia, were connected withthe firm of Thomas Ketland , well known arms makers of Londonand B irmingham,

E ngland, 1750- 1829 . It is believed that the

Philadelphia branch retailed imported gun parts , especially flintrifle and musket locks

,European locks being less. costly and on

the whole well made . The Ketlands also stocked muskets assembled from imported parts , using walnut and curly maplestocks . A colonial flint musket is known , full stocked in curlymaple with barrel marked “LOND ON” and London Gunmakersproof,

’

and lock plate,marked “

K E TLAN D 8: CO . Anothersimilar musket is known , walnut stocked, with like type ofEnglish, engraved brass furniture .

It is possible that the Philadelphia branch secured and usedon non- contract or commercial muskets. a shipment of imported , gooseneck hammer, Ketland locks marked “UNITE DSTATE S ,

” which had arrived at Philadelphia on or about 15 thJuly 1800, on order of U . S . Government and are believed to havebeen rej ected . Such a short musket, similar in general appearance and engraved furniture to the above arms , is known ,

equipped with a lock marked externally “K E TLAN D 8: CO .

”

and “UNITED STATES ,” and stamped inside for Thomas

Ketland .

It is not known, and doubtful, if any Ketland locks weremade in Philadelphi a . Imports, as mentioned above

,were satis

factory from the procurement and manufacturing standpoints ,and were less costly due to lower labor costs abroad . E videnceof Ketland locks originally marked

, (not overstamped ) ,“Phila

delphi a,”or made to original percussion system is lacking .

KEY, R.— Central Pennsylvania .

KHAN, W. T . C .— Philadelphia

, Pa. , 1840.

KIBLAR, Jacob—Marking on an early percussion rifle typical of thesouthern Kentucky moun tain type

,with iron hardware

,no butt

plate and grease-hole in lieu of a patch box .

KILE , Nathan— Raccoon Creek, Jackson Co. ,Ohio

,1817- 1824 .

KILES, N .— Unlocated . Half stock, brass patchbox ,

late flintlock rifle .

(Same as Kile ,


KILLIAN, Georg e— Lancaster, Pa . ,1857 .

KILLOGG , A. A.- New Haven, Conn . ,

1874-76 .

KILPATRICK, D .— Philadelphia, Pa. Silver-mounted, short, percus

sion Buffalo rifle .

KIMMERER, David— Carbon Co. , Pa.

KINCAID, J. or I .—Maker of a plain , southern style , flintlock Ken

tucky rifle, (converted with lug in original gooseneck hammer ) ,

with a W . T . Howell 8: Co . lock.

KIN DER,Samuel— Philadelphia, Pa . ,

gun- lock maker to Committeeof Safety. With James Walsh in D ecember, 1776 , petitioned to

Committee of Safety for redress (on contracted arms ) due to

high cost of tools , material and labor . Earlier, in November,1776, Kinder was one of the petitioners representing Philadel

phia gun makers, complaining to the Committee of Safety again stthe high and rising cost of materials entering into gun makingand quoting advances in prices within one year .

KING— New London,Huron Co. , Ohio .

KING, Fred erick— Lancaster, Pa . , 1857 .

KING, P. P.— Celina

,Ohio

,1845 -85 .

KINGSLAND, R. 8: CO .—Makers of flintlock Kentucky rifle locks .

KINGSLEY, Henry B .-Breechloading pistol . Worked for Colt in 1865 .

KINSEY— Newark,N . J . Over under, swivel-breech, percussion

double rifle with one barrel smooth bored . Walnut stock withpatch box and cheek piece .

KINSLEY, Adam— B ridgewater,Mass .Musket maker, in associationwith James Perkins contracted under Act of July 5

,1798, for

Charleville pattern (Model 1795 ) muskets at perstand . There were delivered by June 10, 1801 .

On O ct. 20, -1808, Adam Kinsley in association with F renchand Blake, (French, Blake 8: Kinsley ) contracted forModel 1808 muskets, duration 5 years . O f these weredelivered by O ct. 7, 1812 .

KINTNER, John Simon— Harrison County,Ind .Maker of rifles and

shotguns late flintlock period . Born at Lancaster, Pa . , about1800, of D utch parents .

KIRCHBERG, WilliamM.— Phi ladelphia, Pa . , 1840.Muzzle - loading,double -barrel, needle -fire, hammerless shotguns .

KIRCHMAN, E .— Danville

, Pa . ,1835 .

KIRK— Unidentified , 1863 .

KIRKMAN BROS— Nashville,Tenn . ,

183 5 - 1857 . (Connected withKirkman 8: Ellis?)

KIRKMAN 8: ELLIS— Nashville , Tenn . Flintlock holster pistol similarto English Dragoon ; flint rifle locks ; percussion rifle .

KIRKMAN, John— Ashville , Pa.Marking on a look of a flin tlockKentucky rifle by “

P. A.

KIRKWOOD, David— B oston ,Mass . ,1883 -88.

KIRSCHBAUM, E .— Dan.ville , Pa . ,

1830.

KISER, A.— Unlocated . Highly ornamented flintlock Kentucky rifles .

KITCHEN, Wheeler— Luzerne County, Pa .

KITTINGER, J .— Percussion rifles .

KITTINGER, L .— Unlocated . Halfstock, half-octagon barrel percus

1 16 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSsion rifle : L . KITTINGE R” engraved behind rear sight, onbarrel .

KITTRIDGE , B .—Main Street, Cincinnati, Ohio ; active 1845 -73 . Listed

as Eaton 8: Kittridge in 185 1 , and as B . Kittridge from 1859 to1873 . Rifles and accessories .

KITTRIDGE 8: CO .— See B . Kittridge .

KLASE, Abner— Ringtown, Pa . ,in 1840; Quaker gunsmith . Long

barreled by Kentucky rifles, stocked by his wife .

KLATTE N HO F F , John— Colorado Springs, Col. , 1878-80.

KLEIN, G eorg e— New York, N . Y . ,1800. Engraved flintlock on ornate

Kentucky rifle .

KLEIN, Philip H .— Ave. C at 9th St. , New York, N . Y . , 1847- 1908.

Percussion and needle -fire rifles .KLEIN 8: CARR— 819Market St. ,

San Francisco , Calif. 1887 . Kleinbelieved to have made high grade air guns .

KLEINE, George— Philadelphia, Pa . ,1808.

KLE IN HE N N , Emanuel— St. Louis ,Mo . ,before and after 1860.

KLEIST, Daniel— B ethlehem Township,E aston Co. , Pa . , before and

after 1785 -86 .Made arms for theMoravian Store, Bethlehem .

Died in 1792 .

KLEPZIG 8: CO .— 212 Washington St. , San F rancisco , Calif . , 1858- 60;

76 3 Washington, 1861 - 65 .

KLIEME KE N , H .— Trinidad

, Col. , 1875 .

KLINE, C .— Pennsylvania pistol maker, flintlock period .

KLING— Central Pennsylvania ; percuss ion Kentucky rifles .KNAPP— Pennsylvan ia , period of 1820. F ine flintlock Kentucky rifles .KNIGHT, C . J .

— Unlocated . Silver inlaid percussion Kentucky riflewith openwork patchbox .

KNIGHT, S . A.— Unidentified . F lintlock rifle .

KNOBLE, B .— Takoma

,Wash . Experimental automatic pistols . One

of cal. .45 tested by Army B oard in 1907 .

KNOXVILLE ARSENAL— Knoxville,Tenn . A Confederate plant en

gaged prior to 1863 in the modification and rifling of m iscellaneous arms to .58 caliber, for the use of troops .

KNUPP, C .Monroe— Bakersville,Somerset Co . , Pa . , gunsmith, about

1910.

KN UglP, E li— Bakersville , Somerset Co . , Pa . , maker of percussion

r es .KOCH, H .

— Pennsylvania , about 1810.Maple fullstock flintlock Kentucky rifle .

KOCH, John— Rock Island, Ill . , 185 1- 1919 . B orn in Switzerland July17, 1829 . Finished arms apprenticeship in 1850 and emigrated toU . S . in 185 1, to settle at Rock Island .Made rifles and repaired .

Still worked some at the bench at age of 91 .

KOCHLER, P.— Lewis~burg, Pa . Superposed barrel percussion Ken

tucky rifles .KOEHLER, Gus — See Hans F . Koehler .KOEHLER, Hans Fred erick— 20 York St. , Newport, Ky . Born in

Duchy o f Saxony, Germ any, 1833 , where he learned the trade .

E migrated to U . S . in 1860. After working for B . Kittridge andfor B andle Gun Co. , in Cincinnati, Ohio , established his ownbusirgss , whi ch, after his death in 1880was carried on by his

son us .


1 18 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSmonths , toMontgomery, Alabama, where he settled and workeduntil his death O ct. 9, 1884 .

He gained a fine reputation for honesty and fine and handsome arms, including a special three-barrel breech- loade r madefor David Crawford, State Treasurer .

During the Civil War he served as captain at theMontgomeryArsenal with duty of making and repairing Confederate andcaptured arms in his shop . B etween 1 October 1863 and 1

November 1864 Christian Kreutner furn ished 3 6Mississippi rifles(M. 1841 ) to the State of Alabama. Probabilities are more werefurnished , but no records available .

KRICHBAUM, E .— Danville, Pa . , 1830.

KRICK, Isaac— Wyomissing Creek, B erks Co . , Pa.Made finished riflebarrels .

KRIDER, John— Upper Salf ord Township , Philadelphia Co. , Pa ., 1769.

KRIDER, John H .— Second and Walnut Streets , Philadelphia, Pa. ,

in 1826 . Active a bout 1820-70.Made brass mounted long armssimilar to theModel 1841 rifles, and percussion derringers .

KRINKLE— Philadelphia, Pa. , 1810- 14 .Musket maker . (Same asKunkle?)

KRUEGER, H .— 10 South 2nd St. ,Minneapolis,Minn . ,

1877-80.

KRUMM—Mt. Union, Pa Kentucky rifles.

KRYTE R, Charles A 115Market St. , Wheeling, W . V a . , 1874-76 .

KUGLER, A.— Kingston, N. Y . Early air rifle .

KUIil

gT

§0Wm .

— W.Main St. ,Mt. Joy B orough,Lancaster, Pa. , 1869

KUHNS, D .— Ou barrel of converted flintlock Kentucky rifle . Possibly

same as Daniel Kuntz .

KUNKLE— Phi ladelphia , Pa . , musket maker, 1810- 14 . Off ered to supply the Committee of D efense of Philadelphia with muskets

,

Aug . 30, 1814, at each .

KUN TS, A.— Straight- cut flintlock Kentucky rifle with barrel by J.

Worly . Probably same as A. Koontz .

KUN TZ, D aniel— Philadelphia, Pa . ; Kentucky rifles . See D . Kuhns .

KUNZ, J .— Also I . Kunz ; also Kuntz . Philadelphia

, Pa. Flintlockrifles and pistols .

KUNZ, Jacob— Philadelphiaf Pa . Also I . Kunz and Kuntz . L isted asgunsmith on Germantown Road above Green, in 1819 -29 . Flintlock rifles and pistols .

KUNZ, P.— Pennsylvania . Revolutionary War period .

KUSSMAUL, William J .— B altimore

,Md . , 1860.

K W 8: A— Stamping inside a flint Kentucky rifle lock marked externally

“KE TLAN D 8: CO . Probably Ketland

,Walker 8: Adams ,

hsted In B irmingham,E ngland in 1818. Though not American

gunmakers , listed as marking likely to be found on Americanmade rifles .

KYN OCH GUN FACTORY— Aston Makers of a bolt actionmusket marked “

Kynoch’

s patent .


L . A. B .— Unidentified . Flintlock Kentucky rifle of good workmanship .

LACAVE, C .- Canton

,Ohio, 1880-83 .

LADD— 529 Kearney, San F rancisco , Calif. Gunsmith, 1887 .

LAE THE R, Jacob— Also Leather, Leathers , Lether or Letter . YorkPa . ,

musket maker associated with Kunrat Welhance in a contract of April 1 1 , 1798, with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvaniafor Charleville pattern muskets. July 1 1 , 1801, proposed tofurnish the State of Virginia with stands of arms at £5 -0- 6 ,Pennsylvania currency per stand . Sept . 14th modified his bid to“same price as others who have off ered

” by Peter B rong,Abraham Henry and Henry ,

D efuff ) . See also Lether 8: Co .

LAGOARGE , Bernard— 205 Washington St., San F rancisco , Calif . ,

185 6- 60; 730Washington , 1861 - 65 .

”Makes and repairs all kinds Ofarms . Had shooting gallery. Advertised in French also .

LAGUN BRA— Pennsylvania . Unidentified .

LAMB, A. 8: CO .— Jamestown, Guilford Co. , N . C . , about 1875 .Makers of percussion rifles .

LAMB, A. 8: W.— Jamestown, Guilford County, N . C . Late flintlock

period fullstock rifle without patchbox .

LAMB 8: ARMFIELD— Jamestown, Guilford Co. , N . C .Makers of

Kentucky rifles sold in western part of North Carolina , inTennessee and Kentucky . Joseph S . Armfield of the firm was

born in 1823 and d ied in 1884. He was a strong and outspokenUnion sympathizer and suff ered considerable hardships duringthe Civil War. The Lamb Armory during the war was Operatedby John J . Armfield , son of Joseph S . The armory discontinuedproduction about six months before the end Of the Civil War,and John J . Armfi eld was conscripted . He was taken prisoner twodays before Lee’s surrender and died in the Union prison atPoint Lookout, a few days after Lincoln

’s assassination .

LAMB , H. C . 8: CO .— Two miles north of Jamestown

,near Greens

boro , N . C .Makers of ConfederateModel 1841 type rifles,made

without a patchbox . Contract of 1861 for rifles for Stateof North Caro lina . Small output.

LAMB 8: SON— Southern makers of Kentucky rifles .

LAMB, William— Deep River, N . C . About 1860.

LAMBE , Anderson— Bull Run Creek, N . C . ; also Deep River nearJamestown, Guilf ord Co. , N . C . , Civil War period and earlier . SeeA. Lambe 8: Co. , Clark 8: Lambe . Percussion rifles .

LAMBERT, George— Phila . , Pa . Listed at 10Green,in 1829 .

LAMEY,M.— Unlocated . Early percussion Kentucky rifles .LAMSON,

.

E ° G. 8: CO .— Windsor, V t. , about 1864-67 .Manufacturers

of CIV II War arms, including Ball 8: Lamson carbines , of

which were purchased by the government, and of Palmer breechloading, cartridge carbines , patented Dec . 22 , 1863 , No .

of which were bought by the War D epartment June 15 ,1865 , too late to be used in the Civil War . See Robbins 8:Lawrence .

LAMSON, GOODNOW 8: YALE— Windsor, V t. ,1855 to about 1864 .

Civil War contractors for Springfi eldModel 1861 rifle muskets ;July .

1 1, 1861 , for at each, and O ct. 7, 186 1 , for an

additional at the same price. B oth contracts completed byJuly 30, 1863 . The lock-plates of these arms are marked

120 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSThe company were the successors of Robb ins 8: Lawrence of

Windsor, V t. , and were in turn succeeded by E . G . Lamson 8: Co .

See Robbins 8: Lawrence .

LAMSON, J .— B ennington

, V t. , Civil War period .

LAMSON, Thomas— Benn ington , Vt . Heavy percussion match rifle .

LANCASTER ARMS COMPANY— Lancaster, Pa .Made a singletrigger for double barreled shotguns . About 1910- 11 .

LANCASTER RIFLE WORKS— Lancaster, Pa .

LAN D E N SCHLAGE R, H .—Muncie, Ind .

LANDER, C .— Unlocated . Lock marking of flintlock Kentucky rifle .

LANE 8: READ— Boston,Mass . , 1826- 3 6 .Made muskets forMassa

chusetts , to equip the State mili tia .

LANE, William— Lancaster County , Pa. , before and af ter 1777-83 .

Gun stocker , sub - contractor to the Pennsylvania State GunFactory at French Creek . Contracted with Peter D e Haven,superintendent in July, 1777, to stock 30muskets . Petitioned toSupreme E xecutive Council

,June 25

,1780, for payment for 14

stocked muskets requis itioned from him by an armed detail,

for which he had to make good to Peter D e Haven .

LANG, J .—Unlocated .

LANGDON, W. C .— Boston ,Mass . , 1857- 63 .

LANGDON, W . G .— Boston ,Mass .Maker of snipper ( sniper ) rifles

during the Civil War .LANGSDORF, O .

— Stamped in the stock of a fancy Schuetzen walnutstocked percussion rifle with dolphin hammer and silverplated

brass mountings .

LAQ E UQ UIST, Carl—Macon , Ga . , designer, patentee and maker ofa Self -Capping Gun” carrying from Ten to F ifty charges ,

”

patented by the Confederate States January 2nd , 1862 . Trialfired April and enthusiastically reported on myMaconTelegraph on April 30, as to speed, penetration and facile operation . B l

dt

’the specimen demonstrated apparently was the only

one ma e .

LARGE ,William— R . D . 1

, Ironton , Ohio .Modern ; muzzle- loadingrifles and gunsmithing .

LARSON, W. H .— Harrisburg , Pa. Late flintlock period .

LASH, J .—Marrsville ,

Ohio , 1817 . Flint lock rifle .

LATIL ,L . A.

— B aton Rouge , La . Percussion period .

LATHROP,Samuel B .

— Arms stocker, Springfield Armory, 1818.

LAUCK, S.— Probably Pennsylvania . Kentucky rifle used by Con

federate soldier during Civil War . Another with tapered octagonbarrel

,name in Script, long patchbox with secret release in the

hinge, and pre - converted flintlock .

LAUFMAN , P. H .— Pittsburgh , Pa . F ullstock percussion rifle.

LAUTZ, BECKET 8:MINET— 15Morton Pl. , Boston ,Mass . , 1868.

LAWING, AMBROS .— Unlocated . Peculiar late flintlock Kentucky

rifle with cartwheel-design inlays and incised carving ; crudemountings

,odd patchbox marked

“PATENT SECURED”

; factorylock .

LAWLESS, P. I .— Unlocated . Percussion Plains rifle , walnut full

stock,date 1859 carved in butt .


122 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSLECHLER— Philadelphia, Pa . Percussion, Kentucky type duelling

pistols . (Same as Lechi ler above? )LECHLER*— Barrel marking of a flintlock Kentucky rifle of about

1815 . One of the L echlers above?LECHLER, Harry— Superintendent

,Springfield Armory

,Sept . 1 , 1813

to January 15,1815 .

L E CI

I

gI

gJR, H . J r .

- Phila . , Pa . Listed as gunsmith at 13 3 F ront, in

LE CI

I

gI

Q

E R, Jacob— Phila .,Pa . Listed as gunsmith at Lilley Alley, in

LEDUC, Theodore— Gunsmith, 38 Conde, New Orleans, La . ,1853 .

LEE ARMS CO .— B ridgeport

,Conn . ,

1879 to about 1880.Makers ‘

of

the Lee navy m agazm e rifle , J . P . Lee patent of Nov . 4 , 1879 .

The firm was connected with the Sharps Rifle Co . , who were toproduce the Lee magazine rifle for the Lee Arms Company .

However, Sharps suspended business in 1880, and the arms weremade by Remington under license , in Ilion, N . Y .

LEE ARMS CO .— Wilkes -Barre, Pa .Makers of Red Jacket

” rim-fire

revolvers .

LEE FIREARMS CO .—Milwaukee , Wis. ,

1864- 65 . Operated by JamesParis L ee, inventor and manufacturer of the Lee rim-fire carbinepatented July 22

,1862 , No . One thousand Lee Carbines

were ordered by the War D epartment, April 18, 1865 . The armswere rej ected due to a diff erence of .02 caliber between theSpecifications and the chambering .

In 1874Mr . Lee moved fromMilwaukee to Springfield ,Mass ., to superintend the manufacture of the Lee single shotmilitary rifles , 143 of which were made. Subsequently J . P .

Lee is found at Hartford, Conn . , superintending the manufactureof his later model arms . Various types of L ee arms were testedby the government in the trials of 1872 , 1878, 1891 and 1895 .

Lee straight pull” magazine rifle (made by Winchester ) beingadopted by the navy in the latter year .Mr . Lee was born in Scotland on Aug . 9, 183 1 , and afterreceiving his education in Canada, migrated to the United States .

He died in Connecticut in 1904 .

LEE , G .— Unlocated . Late percussion Kentucky rifles .

LEE , Roswell— Lt . Colonel Ordnance . Superintendent SpringfieldArmory June 1 , 1815 to August 25 , 183 3 , the year of his death .

LEECH 8: RIGDON— Thomas S . Leech and Charles H . Rigdon ,makers of Confederate , Colt- type revolvers at Greensboro , Ga . ,

and later at Augusta , Ga .

Thomas S . Leech , operator of theMemphis Novelty Works ,was a manufacturer of military cutlery , swords , bayonets , spurs ,etc . ,

at 3 5 F ront Row,Memphis, Tenn . , about September 186 1May 1862 . His association with Rigdon began about the early

part of 1862, when Charles H . Rigdon , a practical machinistfrom Cincinnati and St . Louis , j oined Leech in partnership . InMay ,

1862, the firm moved to Columbus ,Miss . , the location of

the B riarsfi eld Arsenal . November 29, 1862, General Pembertonrecommended the removal of the arsenal equipment and ordnancestores

,which were moved to Selma , Ala . It appears that Leech

8: Rigdon also left Columbus about Jan . 1 , 1863 , and re - established at Greensboro , Ga . In D ecember

,1863

,the partnership


was dissolved, and Rigdon went to Augusta , Ga. , where he became associated with Smith 8: Ansley in the manufacture of

revolvers . See Rigdon, Ainslee 8: Co .

Thomas S . Leech was listed in theMemphis City D irectories1855 60 as clerk and cotton broker, and from 1866 to 1869 ascotton broker in the firm Leech Carver . In 1874 he emigratedto Liverpoo l, E ngland, where he lived until his death .

LE F B E TT,J . H .

— Unlocated . Full maple stock percussion rifle withlook by Joseph Golcher .

LEFEVER ARMS CO .— Ithaca , N . Y .Modern .

LEFEVER, D an— See Nichols 8: Lefever, Syracuse, N . Y .

LEFEVER, D .M. - 78 E Water St. , Syracuse, N . Y . ,1880-82 .

LEFEVE R,Samuel— Strasburg Township , Lancaster Co. , Pa . , 1770-01 .

LEFEVRE 8: BULLIS— Canandaigua , N . Y . , percussion period . Heavymatch rifles .

LEFEVRE, Phi lip— Also Lefever. Rifle maker of Beaver Valley,Lancaster Co. , Pa . , 173 1- 66 . Was connected with the Ferreefamily of gun makers , through the marriage of his father,Isaac Lefevre with Katherine Ferree . Isaac Lefevre had cometo America in 1708 with the Ferree family . See Jacob Ferree .

Philip Lefevre was born at Esopus , N . Y . ,March

Lg

i

lgzrated with his family to Pequea Valley, Lancaster Co . ,

1

LEGG, T. C .— Columbia, S . C . Percuss ion duelling pistols with E ng

lish barrels .LE GLE Rf —Nashville , Tenn . Three generations made rifles .LEHMAN, Georg e F .

— Union County, Ohio , 1850- 54 .

LEHMAN, Samuel— Armorer . Was paid $130New E m ission Curr ency(at rate of exchange 2% for one, equal to $52 , specie ) for stocking and repairing 12 muskets and cleaning and repairing 10, atPhila . ,

1781 .

LEHNERT, Julius— Louisville, Ky . Percussion Kentucky rifle lock .

LEITNER, Adam— York County, Pa . , 1779- 1808. Contracted onMay3 1, 1808, with Tench Coxe , Purveyor of Public Supplies, for 100pair of pistols at the pair .

LEITNER, Ignatius— York Co . , Pa . ,1784- 1786 . Flintlock Kentucky

rifles ; worked on public arms . Also Lightener.

LELAND— Unidentifi ed . Flintlock Kentucky rifle .

LELAN D, L .Ma—Augusta ,Me . Percussion rifles .

LeMA'I

‘A. D r.- l88 D auphine

,New Orleans

,La . 1853 .

LEMAN, Heinrich— Unidentifi ed . Kentucky rifles, about 1840.

LEMAN , H. E .-Also Lehmann, Lancaster, Pa .

, about 1790- 1825 .

LEMAN , Henry E .-Also Leaman . E . Walnut 8: N . D uke Sts . ,

Lancaster, Pa. Son of H . E . Leman . Born at Lancaster,March 8, 1812 .

Learned the gun making trade underMelchoir Fordney fromabout 1828 to 183 1 , from 183 1 to 1834 was with Geo . W . Tryon ,rifle maker of Philadelphia . Henry E . Leman established his ownrifle making plant in Lancaster in 1834, manufacturing largelyfor the Indian trade . Obtained his first government contract on

N ov. 7 , 1837 , for 500 rifles for Indians at each . On Feb . 8,1842, Henry Leman undertook to make 500 Northwest guns forthe Indian D epartment at $7 .00 each, duration toMay

124 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSLeman also did considerable work altering arms from flint topercussion . Also later during the Civil War made sharpshootertelescope rifles . Henry E . Leman died in 1887 .

LEMAN,Heinrich— Kentucky rifles , circa 1740. Probably same as Le

man , H . F .

LEMAN,H . F .

— Lancaster,Pa . , about 1750. Kentucky rifles .

LEMAN, Peter— Also Lehm ann .Mount Joy Township, LancasterCounty

,Pa . ,

about 1740- 1782 .

LENDER, E d .— 1859 . No . details .

LENNARD— Unidentifi ed . 1772 . Kentucky rifles .LENZ

,Michael— Forest Street, B altimore,Md . ,1802 . Listed at 3 6

Light St.,in the 1804 Directory .

L E N Z HAUR 8: OTTO— St. Louis ,MO . at 4 No . 3rd in 1864 .

LEONARD, A.— Saxons River, Vt. Sharpshooter

’s percussion telescope sight rifle, lock by Warren 8: Steele, Albany ; fine , heavytarget rifles .

LEONARD, A. 8: SON— Saxons River, V t. , about 1840-1860. Anotherson had a shop in Keene , N . H . Heavy match rifles ; over-underpercussion rifle-Shotgun , German silver mounted .

LEONARD,E liphalet— E aston,Mass . , musket maker for Committee

of Safety, 1776 . Reputed to be one of the first steel makers in theColonies

,E liphalet Leonard was one of the very few Revolu

tionary War arms makers with suffi cient courage and convictionof ultimate victory, to mark his arms with his name and location .

A description of one of his muskets, made after the B ritish ,pinned-barrel model, records the marking of

“E . Leonard in

E astonLEONARD,

George— Charlestown,Mass . Ring-trigger, pepperbox

pistols .

LEONARD, Georg e R .— Keene, N . H . , 1859

- 69 . Gun-barrel maker .LEONARD , Geo. O .

— Keene , N . H . Heavy barrel, percussion, sniper’s

rifle with telescope sight.

LEONARD, Jona than— Also called Quaker . Son of E liphalet Leonard . In association with Kinsley founded a gun forge at Stoughton

,Mass . , in 1778. A part of Stoughton later became Canton ,

where Jonathan’s son Charles , made arms on contract of 1808.

LEONARD, Charles— Canton,Mass . Son of Jonathan Leonard . Inassociation with R . Leonard, a relative , contracted formuskets on O ct. 29, 1808. Charles Leonard was a captain of Cant01

2

1

6

m ilitia company from 1815 to 1823 . Left Canton destitute in18

LEONARD , R. 8: C .— Canton,Mass . , musket makers . Contractors O ct.

29,1808, for Model 1808 muskets , duration 5 years . O f theseare recorded delivered by O ct. 7, 1812 .

LE SCHE R— Philadelphia , Pa . ,1730.

LE SSIE R, P.— See Suter, C . 8: Co .

LESTER, L .M. 8: H . H .— 252 Broadway, New York, 1875 .Makers of

Lester safety locking pistol.

LE THE R, Jacob— York, Pa . , musket contractor to State of Pennsy lvania . See Lether 8: Co. , and Laethers , Jacob . In addi tion tomuskets made rifles and according to family tradi tion pistolsalso, but probably not military type . Family records note that


126 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSLIGHT, Peter— B erkley County, Va . In association with D avid Hunter

contracted with the State of Virg inia , Sept . 28, 1776, f or 200muskets, at £6 per stand .

LIGHTENER, Ignatius— York County, Pa. , 1784-86 . Worked on publicarms .

LILLIE, P. T .— See Lilly, P. T .

LILLY, P. T .— Or Lillie,“Pat.

” Carmichaels, Greene Co . , Pa . , l85o’

s .

Southern sym pathizer ; left just after outbreak of Civil War ,never returned .

LINDBURG, C .— Unlocated . Percussion over-under rifle and shotgun .

LIN DE, A.-Memphis, Tenn . Had workerd for Schneider 8: Glassick

before and probably during the Civil War. Later made imitationD

fringia

gmpis tols .Moved to Little Rock, Ark . , and died there

a out

LINDE, J .-Unlocated . Percussion pistol.

LINDNER, Edward— Percussion carbine patentee and maker. PatentMarch 29, 1859, No . Lindner carbines (old model ) werealso made by the AmoskeagMf g . Co. , atManchester, N . H . Thegov

lernment purchased 501 Lindner carbines in 1863 , at

eac

LIN DSAY, C . W.— Unidentified . Percussion, 2 -shot, 2-hammer, single

barrel rifle.LIND SAY, J. P.MAN ’F ’

G CO .—208 Orange St. , New Haven , Conn . ,

1864- 67, and 20Howard Street, 1867-69 .Makers of John P. Lindsay patent two-shot single barrel pistols, and two- shot, singlebarrel rifle muskets, patented O ct. 9, 1864 . One thousand of thesemuskets, which were manufactured in New Haven , were purchased by the War Department, Aug . 16, 1864 , on contract of

Dec . 17, 1863 , at each . These arms were probably made forLindsay on contract by CyrusManville , whose plant was at 208Orange Street, the site of the old Volcanic factory .

LINDSAY, John Parker— Connected with the Lindsay F irearms Co .

See above . Lindsay was a former employee of the Springfi eldArmory . Legend has it that Lindsay des igned his 2-shot, singlebarrel arm to surprise Indians, who had wiped out a commandin which Lindsay’

s brother was a soldier. The Indians drew thefire of troops equipped with the usual Single shot muskets , andthen charged in overwhehn ing numbers , before the muzzleloaders could be reloaded .

LIND SEY, William— Porsmouth, Scioto Co . ,Ohio

,1829 .

LINS, A. Frederick— Phi ladelphia, Pa.Maker of percussion derringers .

LIPE L , C .— Listed as maker of flintlock Kentucky rifles . B elieved to

be a misreading for script name of C . Sipel or Siple . See Siple, C .

LIPLE Y— Unidentified . Somerset Co. , Pa. Silver inlaid rifle .

LISTON , Perry— B orn inMaryland or Pennsylvania in 1798. In 1800his family moved to Scioto Co . , Ohio , on B rush Creek, two mileseast of Otway .Made rifles 1822- 1882, but apparently did notmark them . D ied in 1882 .

LITTLE, Charlie— Ashtabula , Ohio . Percussion shotguns .

LITTLE, D a —B ellefonte , Pa. , 19th Century .

LITTLE, J .— B ellefonte , Pa .Member of firm J . 8: D . Little . Namestamped and copper inlaid under barrel of heavy percussion


Kentucky rifle with openwork patchbox and silver inlays . Tryonback-action lock .

LITTLE, J. 8: D .— B ellefonte, Pa . , mid- 19th century . Gun and gun

barrel makers .Made percussion rifle barrels for J . D .McKahan ;McKahan 8: Noble, and others .

LITTLE, R.— 1 12 Washington St. , San F rancisco , Calif. , 1859- 60. (With

Bogart B ros (Same as Liddle ,LIVERMORE, E . K .

— New York, N . Y . , percuss ion period .

LIVINGSTON—Marathon , N . Y . Percussion rifles of fine workmanship .

LIVINGSTON, F .—Marathon, N . Y.Maker of percussion rifles of fine

workmanship,and of over-und er, walnut half stock, percussion ,

rifle- shotgun with double side-by - side locks and long nipple forfiring the lower barrel .

LIVINGSTON, John— Walpole, N . H .Musket maker . In associationwith Gurdon Huntington, Jos iah B ellow and David Stone, contracted under Act of July 5

, 1798, for Charleville pattern(Model 1795 ) muskets at per stand . O f these 608 weredelivered by June 10, 1801 .

LIVINGSTON, J. W.-Syracuse , N . Y . Combination rifle- shotgun .

LLE WLLIN ,Math ew— Pennsylvan ia musket maker associated withJacob Dickert in a contract with the Commonwealth of Penn sy l

vania of April 17, 1801 , for Charleville pattern muskets .

LLOYD, William— Snyder County, Pa . N o details .

L. N. D .— Script initials of Lewis N. D onham .

LOCKE, H .— Pennsylvania ; Kentucky rifles .

LOCKE , Jam es— Born 1790 in New Hampshire or Vermont ; movedto Wellsborough (now Wellsboro ) , Pa . , before and soonmade rifles ; died ca . 1870.Made uniqueMiguelet-type percussionlocks . A walnut halfstock with part-octagon barrel marked “J .

Locke” in script ; lock, marked“J . L .

” in script, has externalmainstring and parts mounted in a boxlike brass casting . Also afancy inlaid Kentucky rifle with identical but unmarked lock,marked “James Locke Wellsborough

” in script on barrel .LODER— Lancaster , Pa . , about 1770. Kentucky rifles .LODGE BROS — Columbia Co. ,

Pa . , period of 1810; flin tlock Kentuckyrifles . See Jonathan Lodge .

LODGE , Jonathan— Columbia Co . ,Pa . ; came there with his parents in

1768; there in 1810. Flintlock Kentucky rifles .LOGAN, G . S.

— Unlocated . Artificially striped , maple fullstock percussion Kentucky rifle .

LOGAN 8: KENNEDY— Pittsburgh , Pa.Makers of late andpercussion rifle locks .

LOHNER, C .— Phi ladelphia, Pa. Percussion derringer .

LOMBARD , H. C . 8: CO .-Market Street, Springfield,Mass . 1860- 1861

and later.Makers of rim-fire cartridge pistol .LONDON PISTOL COP-Newark, N . J . Th e forerunner of theMan

hattan Firearms Co. , about 1859-60.Makers of percuss ion re

volvers patented D ec. 27, 1859 by Joseph Gruler and AugustusRebetey of Norwich, Conn . , patent No . and assigned toManhattan Firearms Co . of Newark

,N. J .

LONG, George— Unlocated . Penna . made, percussion Kentucky rifles .LONG, J F -Yeagerstown , Pa . , 1865 -1886 . Percussion rifles .LONG, James— Beaver Springs, Snyder Co . , Pa. Kentucky rifles .

128 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSLONG},1John— Pennsylvania, active about 1790. F lintlock Kentucky

r es .

LONG, John E .-D etroit gunsmith .Member of firm of F isher 8: Long .

LONG, J os .—Mendon, Westmoreland Co . , Pa . Percuss ion period .

LONG, Joseph J . L .

”Middle Creek, Snyder Co. , Pa . Flintlock andearly percussion, inlaid Kentucky rifles .

LONG, Wm . J .— Jonathan Creek, near Thornville , Perry County ,

Ohio . Lived 29 Augus t 1858- 19March 1948. Had been apprenticedto Peter Humbarger III .

LON

GflSTRE TH 8: COOK— Philadelphia, Pa. Inlaid flintlock Kentucky

r e .

LOOMIS, E .— Hubbardsville , N. Y . Percussion sporting rifles .

LOOMIS, Earl— Colchester (now East Hamilton) , N . Y . Learned gunsmithing in New E ngland, flintlock period ; living in 1870

’

s . Gunmith son Alonzo , born 1824, died in l9oo

’

s . Late flintlock andpercussion rifles, most German silver moun ted .

LOOMIS, F .— Unlocated . D ouble barrel, breechloading hammer shot

LOOMIS, J. D . 8: CC .— 1850. Kentucky rifle with look by B . Samples .

LOOS, F .— Albany, N . Y . Short, half - stock percussion rifle with lock

marked “WARRE N 8: STE E LE , ALBANY.

”

LORD, J a— Lancaster Co . , Pa . , 1830- 185 5 .Master workman ; flintlockand percussion Kentucky rifles.

LORN E Y,M.— B oalsburg, Pa. Kentucky rifles .

LOSEY. B .— Shop located near Ithaca, N . Y .Made fine Shotgun and

rifle barrels . Percussion period .

LOSEY. B.-Syracuse, N . Y . Percussion over-under rifles .LOTZ, Peter— Lancaster, Pa . 1857.

LOUDENSLAGER, H .— Unlocated . Kentucky rifles .

LOUDENSLAGER, Simon—Mexico,Juniata Co . ,

Pa . Percussion rifles,mostly stocked in plain maple with stained stripes or curls .

LOVEL, Jam es— Gunsmith . Green above Third, Phila . , Pa . ,1819 .

LOVE LL ARMS CO .— Also J . P. Lovell Arms Co . ,

B ostonMass . Succeeded by Iver Johnson in 1868.

LOVELL, John P.— Boston ,Mass . ; born 1820, died 1897 . Fine per

Eussion target pistol ; breechloading shotguns . See Lovell Arms0.

LOW, William— O vid, Seneca Co . , N . Y . Contracted April 18, 1818,with the State of New York to furnish 300 rifles and 250swordsfor the frontier militia .

LOWE , William V .—Massachusetts , about 1875 -95 . Active at F i tch

burg, Winchester and Woburn .

LOWE , William V .— O f Warner 8: Lowe , Syracuse , N . Y . ,

1880. B orn1820, died 1897 .

LOWELL ARMS CO .— Lowell,Mass . ,

about 1864-68.Makers of 7-shotrim-fi re revolvers . The firm

’

s name had been Rollin White ArmsCo . , assumed without permission ofMr . White . On Rollin White

’s

protest

cagainst the use of his name, it was changed to the Lowell

rm s o .

LOWE R, J ohn*

P.—Philadelphia

, Pa . , and D enver, Colo . Born 1833 ; apprenticed at Philadelphia to Joseph C . Grubb ; independent after


130 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSville, S . C . , 1863 -64. The plant was Operated by George W.Morse .

SeeMorse .MACON ARMORY—Macon, Ga . Confederate arms manufactoryestablished by Col. James Burton, C . S. , former Commandant ofthe Richm ond Armory, who was relieved at RichmondMay 27 ,1862, and the next day left with his family for Atlanta, Ga . ,

where Spiller 8: Burr were already located . The riflestock makingmachin ery in the Richmond Armory was also sent along . D ue tohigh cost of real estate in Atlanta , Col. Burton was off ered andaccepted a free site inMacon , Ga. , where he located about June28th , using the oldMacon 8: Western Railroad shops temporarily .

B rick buildings were started, and machinery purchased in England, Col . Burton making a trip there for that purposeMay 6 toO ct. 14, 1863 . At the end of the Civil War, the buildings werefinished up to the roof, and one building that housed the PistolF actory, which had formerly been Spiller 8: Burr

’

s, had beencompleted .

Although the machinery of Jones,McE lwaine 8: Co . ,had

arrived atMacon, Ga . , there seems to be no record of any gunsmade there, outside of pistols . The stocking machinery fromRichmond was set up in the railroad shops and stocks evidentlymade . The stocking machinery was later sent to Columbia

,S . C .

Part of theMacon Armory was in existence until a few yearsago , at E hn and Jackson Streets being occupied by a carpetcleaning establishment .MAD E SIE , John— SeeMatthesiee, J . N .MAIZE , Henry— Uniontown , (N ow Ashland ) , Ohio , 1828-30.MALBERT CARLISS 8: CO .

— Probably New York, N . Y . D ouble ao

tion po‘

cket revolvers patented in 1883 .MALCOLM, John— Pennsylvania musket maker to the Committee ofSafety

,1776 .MALCOLM, Wm .

— Syracuse , N . Y .Maker of a precussion target riflewith lock marked “A. SPIE S .

” Also detachable stock target pistolmarked Wm .Malcolm ,

W . A. Sweet . Syracuse .

”MALITZ, Charles— Gunsmith,Melicerte, betweenMagazine and Constance, New Orleans , La . , 1853 .MALONE,M.— Gunsmith . New Orleans, 1861.MALTBY, Jasper Adalmont — Galena , Illinois gunmaker with shopand home at 184 ( in 1854 ) and later 186 ( 1858- 59 )Main Street .B orn in Astabula Co. , Ohio , Nov 3 , 1826 . Served as a private inMexican War '

and was wounded at Chapultepec . After dischargeestablished himself as gunsmith in Galena , making and selling“rifles, sporting and target, pistols, revolvers

”and doing general

gunsmithing . Well made rifle known marked on barrel “J . A.MALTBY, GALE NA No . He served in Civil War withIllinois troops . Appointed Lt . ColonelMarch 5 , 1863 ; B rig . General of Volunteers Aug . 4 , 1863 ;Mustered out Jan . 15 , 1866 . D iedMarch 20, 1868.MALTBY, CORLISS 8: CO . New York, N . Y . F ive shot double-action

po

gket revolvers , patents of 1878 and 1885 , marked

“Metropolitan0 Ice .

”MALTBY, HENLY 8: CO .— New York, N . Y.Makers of rim-fire and

center- fire cartridge revolvers under patents of John T . Smoth ,

fiocl

zv

gl

é fonnw of J an . 24, 1888, No . and Oct. 28, 1889,

o .

AMERICAN GUNMAKERS 13 1MAN GE, H .— Unlocated .MAN HATTAN FIREARMS CO P -AlsoManhattan F irearmsMf g . Co. ,

Newark, N . J . , and New York, N . Y . , 1864-69.Makers of percussion ,

pepperbox pistols and later of percussion and rim-fire

cartridge revolvers . About 1870 reorganized as American Standard Tool Co.MANN ,M. D f —Main Street, Buffalo , N . Y 1817- 19 .MANNIN G, Richard— Ipswich,Mass . , 1749 .MANNY, Postman— B lairsville, Ga . Percussion rifles .MANVILLE, Cyrus— 208 Orange St. , New Haven, Conn . , 1866-67 .

Firearms maker. Probably made the Lindsay two- shot musketsfor the J . P. LindsayMfg . Co. whose address was identical withthat ofManville .Manville was also surety for Lindsay in hisgovernment contract. The site of the old Volcanic factory was208 Orange Street .MARBLE ARMS 8:MF G . CO .

— Gladstone ,Mich . Organized by W .

L .Marble in 1908.Makers of the Game Getter Gun and producersof gun sights .MARBLE, Simeon— Sunderland, Vt . Flintlock and percussion rifles .MARCUM, J. E .

— New York, N . Y . Halstock percussion target rifle .MARK. F. H .-B ellows F alls, Vt. Percussion arms .MARKER, D aniel— Pennsylvania ,

“D *MARKER” is stamped on a

full stock, curly maple , brass trim, percussion Kentucky riflewith 43 inch octagonal barrel and lock by “

R. NORRIS .Madehighly decorated flintlock Kentucky rifles .Marker’s son was alsoa gunsmith .MARKER, George— Gettysburg, D rake Co. , Ohi o , 1844 .MARgE R, James— (Son of D anielMarker?) Percussion Kentucky

r e .MARKHAM, T .— Unlocated . Percussion rifle .MARLIN F IREARMS CO a —New Haven , Conn . ,

1881 to d ate . Opcrated by JohnMahlonMarlin , maker of Ballard patent rifles .and rim-fire

“OK .

”and

“Victor” pistols ,“XL” derringers and

“XXX Standard” revolvers manufactured under the numerousJohnM.Marlin patents .

In 1915 theMarlin family sold out toMarlin-RockwellCorpn . , arms makers during the World War I . The Company wasturned back in 1920 and operated by receivers until 1926 , whenit was sold again and reorganized , resuming the name ofMarlinF irearms Company. Its recent products include magazine andlever action rifles and over-under shotguns .MARLIN , J.M.— JohnMahlonMarlin, New Haven, Conn . , 1870-81 .

Inventor and arms maker . Incorporated in 1881 . SeeMarlin Firearms Co .MARLIN, ROCKWELL 8: CO .

-SeeMarlin F irearms Co .MARS, Andrew—Middle West. Percussion Kentucky rifles .MARSH, J a—B inghamton, N . Y . , 1850-70.MARSHALL, J ob— Fairmount Township, Luzerne Co . , Pa.MARSHALL,M.— A plain, southern percussion Kentucky rifle withbarrel crudely marked “M.MARSHALL” in large letters .MARSHALL COUNTYMANUFACTURING CO P -Holly Springs ,Miss . The corporate name of Jones ,McE lwaine 8: Co. ,

Confederate arms manufacturers . See Jones ,McE lwaine 8: Co .

132 AMERI CAN GUNMAKERSMARSHALLMANUF ACTURIN G CO f —See Jones ,McE lwaine 8: Co .MARSTON, D avid— Gunsm ith . 179 N o. F ourth, Phila . , Pa . , 1819.MARgéI

Q

ON , John— Phila . , Pa. Listed as gunsmith at 179 N . 4th, in1MARSTON 8: KN OX— New York, N . Y. , 1864. Single-shot percussionpistols of same construction as the Sprague 8:Marston arms .MARSTON, W. P.

— Toronto, Ontario , Canada . Percussion rifles .MARSTON, W. W. ARMORY— SeeMarston, W. W.MARSTON, W. W.— William W .Marston , 22nd St. , and Second Ave . ,

New York, N. Y . , before and after 1866 . Patentee and maker of

theMarston single-shot, sliding breeck-block pistols , patentedJun e 18, 1850, No . pepperboxes, percussion revolvers and3 -shot superposed barrel, rim-fir e cartridge pistols . Plant alsocalled “

Phoenix Armory .MARi

’

I

éIN , George—Matinsville, is . O dd , breechloading, cartridge

r e.MARTIN, Hacker— Current maker of Kentucky type , flintlock andpercussion rifles and pistols . Born 1895 . Lives about ten milesfrom John son City, Tenn . Operates a water-wheel grist mill andhas hi s gun ShOp on the second floor of the mill . Great-grandfather, grandfather and father were all gun smiths . Is a descend~ant of the B ean family of gunsmiths and water-wheel mill operators , whose mill s tood at the mouth of B oones Creek ; and towhom is credited the birth of the first white child south of theAlleghenies . HackerMartin still uses the B ean anvil.MARTIN, HACKER 8: SON— SeeMartin ,

Hacker.MARTIN, John— Charles County ,Maryland . Was paid pounds oftobacco in 1682, for

“scowering Cleansing and fixing of Arms .

”MARTIN ,M.— Unlocated . F ine silver- inlaid flintlock Kentucky rifle .MARTIN, Robert— 20 F rederick St. , B altimore,Md . , 1808, and after .MARTIN 8: SMITH— 98Market St. , Philadelphia, Pa.Marking on aKentucky type percussion pistol.MARTIN, T .

— Unlocated .MARTIN , William— B orn 1810 in Kentucky . A cabinet maker andgunsmith, he moved to Jackson Co . , one mile east of Leesville ,Lawrence Co. , Indiana , in 1840. In 1852 moved two miles east tonear Weddleville ; died 1902, aged 92 .Made any ty pe of gun indemand ; specialized in match rifles with 14 grooves and lands.

B ought barrel blanks from Cincinnati and St. Louis ; stockedmostly with hard maple root. A heavy, curly maple half stockedPlains rifle marked “W .Martin” in script.MARTIN, W. L .

— N ew Haven , Conn . , 1873 -77 .MARYLAN D STATE GUN LOCK FACTORY— F rederi ck ,Md . 177778. Operated by Chares Beatty , James John son and John Hanson ,

Commiss ioners .Manager of the factory was Samuel B oone , whoJune 17, 1777, was ordered to deliver to Nicholas White 1 10-gunlocks.MASLIN,M.M.— Unlocated .Maker of a flint Kentucky rifle lockwith reinforced hammer, waterproof pan and ro ller frizzenspring bearing ; marked

“M.M.MASLIN WARRANTED .

”MASON— Ashtabula, Ohio , in 1812 . F lintlock Ken tucky rifles .MASON, J — Unlocated.Marking on Kentucky rifle . (Same asMasonof Ashtabula, Ohio?)


134 AMERICAN GUNMAKE RSMcF arland , ex -employee of the Springfield Armory being thesuperintendent in charge of production .

STER, Christopher— E mployed as musket barrel maker by HughShannon in 1810.MATHESON, Welcome— Rhode Island . Pre-Revolutionary period .MATHIS , B .

—Maker of an early flintlock fowling piece .MATSON, Thomas— B oston,Mass . , 1658-82 .MATTHE SIE E , John Nicholas— Union Township , B edford County ,

Pa. , 1876 . J . N.MATTHE SIE E ” marking on barrel of reliefcarved , fancy inlaid pe rcussion rifle . Also used American derivations “Medasie , J . Nicholas” and “Madesie, John .

”MATTOO N, C . B P -Unlocated . Heavy percussion target rifle .MAUGER, H .— Unlocated, about 1780. Fine flintlock Kentucky rifles

with carved curly maple fullstocks .MAUS, Jacob— Pennsylvania . Son of PhilipMaus ; Kentucky rifles .MAUS, Philip— Central Penn sylvan ia , making Kentucky rifles in 1798.

F ather of gunsmith JacobMaus ; family settled in B erks Co .

before 1776 . F ine flintlock target rifle .MAUSE , F. E .—Mausdale ,Montour Co . , Pa .MAXWE LL, A. L Jr. 8: CO .

-Knoxv ille , Tenn . , iron mongery andfoundry at B road and Southern R .R. , which during the CivilWar undertook the manufacture ofMississippi (Model 1841 ) riflesfor the Confed eracy . The arms manufacturing department, employing about one hundred hands , was in charge of ThomasRiggins and was active until about October 21 , 1863 , when itwas seized by the F ederals , held two months and then destroyedto prevent recapture by Confederates .

The plant originally was established in 1853 , asMaxwell,B riggs 8: Co. , by Anthony L .Maxwell, a New York engineer,as a machine shop for the manufacture of iron bridge materiel .In 1855 it became KnoxvilleMf g . Co . , making engines andboilers until the advent of Civil War, when it became an armsplant. ColonelMaxwell, though a native of O ld Saratoga , NewYork, was commissioned in the Confederate Army .MAYDAT, V .

— Pacific near Front St . , San Francisco , Calif . , 1855 .MAYER, George —Lancaster, Pa . , about 1810-20.MAYE SCH— Unidentifi ed ,Kentucky rifles , about 1775 .MAYNARD, Edward— Washington, D . C . , and Chicopee F alls ,Mass .

D ental surgeon . Inventor and patentee of theMaynard breechloading system

,patentedMay 27

,185 1 , No . and Dec . 6 ,

1859, No . Also invented theMaynard primer . On D ec. 25 ,1857, D r.Maynard furnished the government 400Maynard carbines at each , delivery from Chicopee F alls ; presumablymade by theMaynard Arms Company . TheMaynard primersystem was adopted and incorporated in theMode l 185 5 riflemusket, in addition to a large quantity installed in altered(flintlock ) muskets . A total of was paid D r .Maynardfor the government rights to his tape primer system .MAYNARD GUN CC .

— Chicopee F alls ,Mass . EarlyMaynard carb ines . SeeMaynard, E dward.MAYNARD , John— 3 B eaver St. ,

Albany, N . Y In 1823 . Evidentlyan employee of the master gunsmith Henry Turner . At 672Market St. , in 1825 ; not listed in 1826 directory .MAYlggg

G, John— Phila . , Pa. Listed as gunsmith at 13 3 D illwyn , in

AMERICAN GUNMAKERS 13 5MAYWE G , John 8: Wm .- Phila . ,

Pa . Listed as gunsmiths at Dillwynnear Green in 1829.ME — Letters directed to be stamped on musket barrels , near locks

o

of

arms made for theMassachusetts Committee of Saf ety by spec1fi

cations issued byMassachusetts Ho‘

use of Representatives November 3 , 1775 , which also reads:

Resolved, That for every eff ective and substantial F ireArm which shall be manufactured in this Colony, with a barrelof three feet and nine inches in length that will carry an ounceball, a good bayonet with a blade not less than eighteen inchesin length

,a steel ramrod with a spring to retain same, two loops

for gun strings, and the makers name stamped or engraved on

the lock and resemble in construction, and, as nearly as

may be, equal in good-ness with King’ s new arms , there shall be

allowed the sum of three Pounds .”McALLISTE R, COIL— Pittsburgh, Pa . The only gunsmith listed in theDirectory in 1815 “

Gun and white smith , sw corner of Redoub tAlley and 3rd .McAUSLAN D , Alexander D .

— Born 1835 . First listed in 1866 OmahaCity

,Nebraska

,directory as gunsmith, machinist, and sporting

goods dealer,corner Douglas and 14th . 1870 directory listsMcAusland B ros — A. D . ,

John, and William ( clerk) , 242 D ouglascorner 14th— dealers in firearms , guns , pistols , ammunition , andagents for Hazard Powder Co . A. D .McAusland last listed therein 1874-75 .

A. D .McAusland moved from D eadwood City, S . D . (whereJohn is listed as a merchant, 1878-79 ) toMiles City ,Mont. , onChristmas 1878. The 1882Miles City di rectory lists the “CREE DMORE ARMORY, A. D .McAusland prop .

, gun s and ammunition .

”Main St. , between 6th and 7th . Early in the 1900’s the shopwas moved to l 6th andMain ;McAusland sold out and returnedto Omaha where he died Nov . 26, 1919, aged 84 . He specializedin fitting Remington barrels to Sharps actions for the buff alohunters ; one brother was a Remington representative . A 40-90—370

pggoep

-patch Sharps rifle is known , marked“A. D .McAuslandMcCARTN E Y, Robert—B oston,Mass . , 1805 - 15 .McCARTN E Y, William G .

— 300 Liberty St. , Pittsburgh, Pa . , in 1850;First Ave . in 1870- 71 . Curly maple fullstocked Ken tucky

r es .M’CLALLEN, H .-AlsoMcClalen . Auburn , N . Y .Maker of under

hammer percussion sporting rifles of fine workmanship .McCLALLE N , J.MF -Auburn, N . Y . Percuss ion sporting rifle . (Related to H .M.Mcclallen?)McCLE LLAN , Hugh— 16 Beaver St. , Albany, N. Y . , 1819 ; 8 B eaverSt. in 1820; not in 1821 directory . (Same as HughM’C lelland ofPhiladelphia,M’CLELLAND, Hugh— Phila . , Pa. Listed as gun stock maker at Juliannear Green, in 1829 .McCLE LLAND , Wmf —Nappanee, Ind . A fine percussion rifle somarked in script on the barrel.McCLE LLAN D , Wm .

— Uniontown, Pa .

,1820- 1850. Gunsmith.MccOMAS, Alexander— 5 1 South Calvert St. , B altimore,Md . E stab

hshed in 1843 . B orn in Hartford County in 1821 . For 50 yearsone of the best known gunsmiths of Baltimore .

136 AMERICAN GUNMAKE RSMcCOMAS, Nicholas—4 4 Pratt St B altimore,Md. , in 1853 listedas dealer and manufacturer. In 1860 at 44 West Pratt St.McCON KLIN , G. 8: H .

— Unlocated . Halstock, brass mounted percussion rifle .McCON NAN T, J — Unlocated .MCCORMICK, Robert— Philadelphia musket maker and contractorunder Act of July 5 , 1798, for 3 ,000 Charleville pattern (Model1795 ) muskets at $13 .40 per s tand. recorded paid on

account in 1799. B elieved to have failed on this contract.On Nov. 5 , 1799,Mccormick contracted with the State of

Virginia for Charleville pattern muskets at rstand . After delivering a few hundred standsMccormick fai edin busin ess in July, 1801, and was imprisoned for debt, ahda part of his uncompleted contract was taken over by his shopsuperintendent, James Haslett. Prior to his failure in July, onMay McComick in association with Richard Johnson,contracted with the State of Pennsylvania for Charlevillepattern muskets .

TheMccormick muskets were made at GlobeMi ll, whichstood on the west side of Germantown Road and St . JohnStreet

, Philadelphia . Originally GlobeMill was called Gov

ernor’

sMi ll and was erected for William Penn in 1700. Itwas used in turn as a grist mill, mustard and chocolatespinning mill and in about 1796 was known as the GlobeMi ll .It was leased byMr .Mccormick, an Irish immigrant, about1798 99 . After the completion of Haslett’s contract of 600musketsof the uncompletedMccormick award, it is believed that themill was leased to one Hewson, and was used for block calicoprinting.McCORY— Canton, Stark Co. , Ohio . Came from Penna .McCOSH, S — F ull stock, percussion Kentucky rifles marked S .MCCOSH in script on barrels . Possibly same as , more probablyfather of SamMccosh, below.McCOSH, Sam— Gastonville, Union Township, Washing ton Co., Pa. ,

1860 1880 at least. Half stock rifles stamped on barrels “S.MccosH”

; sometimes stamped also on purchased lock. Someknown stamped “S .MCCOSH PITTSBURGH .

”Mccosh was an

extensive maker .McCOY, Alexander— D ock Ward, Phi ladelphia, Pa. , 1779 .MCCOY 8: BAKER—Princeton,'

Ky . Percussion combination rifleshotgun .

Kester— Upper Paxton Township, Lancas ter Co. , Pa. , 1770McCIUZLIL

OJJGH, George— D romore Township, Lancaster Co. , Pa. ,McCULLOUGH, N . G .

—Muncie, Ind . Percussion rifle .MccULLOUGH, W.— B rookville , Pa. Over-under rifle with locks

marked “J .M. COOPE R WARRANTED PITTSBURGH.

”McD E RMIT, A. Pa—Unlocated. Heavy barrel curly maple half stockKentucky rifle .McDAN IE LS—Mifl‘lin Co. , Pa . Kentucky rifles .McE LHAN E Y— Unlocated . Riflesmith , died 20years after Civil War.McE LROY, T.

—3 8 Third St. , San F rancisco, Calif. , 1861 .McE LWAIN , R. G .-Huntingdon, Pa. , Over-under percussion rifle.


38 AMERICAN GUNMAKERShad been made under supervision of Capt . Burton, never materialized beyond the experimental stage . See C . W . Alex ander .McN ICHOLS, Joseph— Goshen Township , B elmont Co. Ohio, 18281854 .McPHAIL ’

S ARMORY— See Columbia Armory .McRAE , Alexander— Richmond, Va . Contracted with United Stateson July for 10,000 muskets at per stand, tobe delivered over a period of five years at per annum .McRae failed on his contract and with the consent of thegovernment

,onMarch 21 , 1821 , John Rogers and B rooke

E vans of Pennsylvania , took over theMcRae contract, andby D ec. 3 1 , 1823 , delivered stands .McRae is also memtioned asM’Rea in some reports Also marking on fullstock Kentucky rifle with name on barrel and “VIRGINIA 1811

” on lock .MEACHAM, C . D ., ARMS 00.— St. Louis ,Mo . , about 1880. D ouble

barrel hammerless shotguns .MEACHAM, I. 8: H .— Albany, N . Y .Makers of pinned-barrel, flint

lock muskets for the State of New York .MEACHAM8: POND— Albany,N . Y . Flintlock pistols .MEAKIN, B en— Cherry Hill

,New Paltz , N . Y . German silver

mounted, double barrel percussion shotgun . Had worked for JohnP.Moore . B orn 183 5 : died 1907 .MEALS, John— Unlocated . Late flintlock and early percussion Kentucky rifles and swivel-breech, double-barrel Kentucky rifles .ME DASIA, J . Nicholas— Union Township , Bedford Co. , Pa. ,

1876 .

SeeMatthesiee, J . N .MEDBERRY, Joseph— Rochester, N . Y . Percussion rifles .MEDBURY,Thomas— New B erlin , Chenango Co . , N . Y . ,

after 1800.Moved to E rieville , N . Y . , in 1818, and still active there in 1828,

assisted by his son , Issac . Flintlock rifles and fowling pieces .ME D E E R, Bruce— Brownsville , Fayette Co . ,Pa . Post Civil War .

Taught gun making to Uriah Fisher, Leather workers by trade ,made percussion rifles as a hobby .MEEKIN, Georg e— Pike Co . ,

Pa. Kentucky rifles . His old ShOp wasstanding in 1927 .MEFFORD (orMifford?)—Maysville , Ky . , period of 1803 . F lintlockKentucky rifles . Father of T .Mitf ord?MEIER—Wooster, Wayne Co . , Ohio . 1880, 1902 .MEIER, Adolphus— St. Louis,Mo. , 1845 - 50. Heavy barrel percussiontarget pisto l .MEIGS— Unidentified . 1870.ME IEGE R

I’ Henry— Ashland, Pa . Kentucky rifles

,especially double

arre s .MEISSNER, Cha rles— Zanesville, Ohio , 1859 .Maker of halfstock,pill

lock, percussion Kentucky rifle of fine workmanship . See13

0.MeiSsner 8: Son .MEISSNER, C . 8: SON— 12 South 6th St. , Zanesville , Ohio , 1880-1902 .MELCHIOR,M. —.Pennsylvania Kentucky rifles .MELCHIOR, Nathani el—Mercer at Grant Streets , B altimore,Md . ,

about 183040.Maker of handsome sporting rifles .MEMPHIS ARMORY—Memphis , Tenn . Confederate shoulder arms


plant. Remodelling and conversion of sporting arms to militaryuse . Some arms marked with name .MEMPHIS ARMS 00.

— Incorporated Jan . 1861, and onMay 6th

amended to include others, total number of 20 subscribers .Marcus J. Wright, Confederate Historian , and Wm . R. Hunt,who was in charge of theMemphis Armory were among thetwenty . It is not believed that any guns were made by them .MENCH, J .

— (O r S . ) Unlocated . Revolutionary period flintlock riflewith name in crude script on lock ; octagon barrel, reliefcarved butt, long brass patchbox with secret release under brassside strip .MENDENHALL, A. R.

— Unlocated. 1840-50.MENDENHALL, JONES 8: GARDNER— Cyrus P.Mendenhall, Col.E . P. Jones and Grafton Gardner, Operators of the Deep RiverArmory. ( formerly Oakdale CottonMills ) , at O ld Jamestown ,Guilford Co. , N. C .Mendenhall, Jones 8: Gardner were Confederate contractors to the State of North Caro lina for

agid

éln

wlll type, sabre-bayonet rifles marked“M. J . 8: G . and

The partnership was dissolved D ec. 5 , 1864, and the machinery of the D eep River Armory was sold at auction D ec . 15 , 1864 .

The shops of the D eep River Armory were established atO ld Jamestown, about six miles southwest of Greensboro , withOakdale CottonMills machinery removed from Petersburg, V a . ,

in 1862, and were operated by slave labor largely trained inindustrial work by George C .Mendenhall, father of Cyrus P .ME RCQII

LE Y, Jacob— New Hanover Township, Philadelphia Co Pa . ,

1MEng

ITH, Benjamin— Baltimore and Paca Streets, B altimore,Md . ,

1MERIDEN FIREARMS 00.—Meriden , Conn .Makers of 5 -shot ham

merless, auto-ej ecting revolvers (F ryburg type ) and ofMillerbreech-block system for alteration of muzzleloading arms .MERIDENMF G . 00.

—Meriden , Conn . Civil War arms .Makers ofTriplett 8: Scott repeating, breech loading carbines, Louis Triplett's patent of D ec. 6 , 1864, No . Also ofMiller conversionof rifles to breechloading system .MERMAN, D .

— Sprin~gMills , Pa. Set triggers Kentucky rifle withlarge brass patchbox and Silver inlays .MERRILL FIREARMS COP- B altimore ,Md . , 1864- 67 . Operated byJames H .Merrill.Manufacturers of carbines, rifle and sportingarms using theMerrill system of breechloading by a lever typebreech-block .Merrill was associated with Latrobe and Thomasin 185 5 to about 1864, when theMerrill Firearms Company wasformed . In addition to 170Merrill, Latrobe 8: Thomas carbinespurchased by the government July 26, 1855 , at each

, 100each ofMerrill carbines , muskets and rifles were bought in 1859 .

During the Civil War, Merrill carbines and 583 rifles werepurchased by the government . In addition many thousands ofmuzzle loading riflesModel 1841, and rifled muskets werechanged to theMerrill system . The firm ceased operations in1869. While muzzle loading arms are known to have been alteredto theMerrill system in B altimore it is believed that theMerrillrifles and carbines were made for the firm by Remingtons .

140 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSMERRILL, James H .— B altimore ,Md . , about 1852- 64 . Inven tor, pat

entee and maker ofMerrill breechloading system carbines .

Associated with Latrobe and Th omas, 185 5 - 64 . SeeMerrill F irearms Co.MERRILL, LATROBE 8: THOMAS— B altimore,Md .Makers of

breechloading carbines on the earlyMerrill system . The government purchased 170Merrill, Latrobe and Thomas carbines July26, 185 5 , at each . SeeMerr ill Firearms Co. , above .ME RRIMACK ARMS 8:MF G . CO .

— Newburyport,Mass . , 1867- 69.Makers of military and sporting rifles and carbines under Ballardpatents . Taken over by B rownMf g . Co .ME RRIMAN, Silas— Repaired public arms for the State of Connecticut, April, 1777 .MERRITT, Allen— East Randolph,Mass . , about 1855 .MERRITT, John— B oston ,Mass . , about 1789-98 and af ter .MERWIN 8: BRAY FIREARMS 00.

— O rMerwin 8: B ray,New York ,

N . Y . Though this firm’

s name appears on revolvers , they arenot known to have manufactured arms , but have acted as salesagents or promoters of a number of arms companies .MERWIN HULBERT 8: 00.

— New York, N . Y . Revolver patentees1874- 77 . Army ty pe revolvers un der their patents and bearingthe firm

’

s name were manufactured for them by Hopkins 8:Allen .MESSER, W. W.

— B oston,Mass . Percussion period .ME SSZ

E RSQVIITH , Jacob— L an caster Borough, Lancaster Co . , Pa . ,

1 79-8MESSERSMITH , John— Lancaster, Pa . , gun - lock maker,1776 . Came

fromMaryland .MESSERSMITH, Samuel— B altimore ,Md . Contracted withMarylandCouncil for musketlocks at each in 1776 . In July of the

same year was given a contract to repair public arms for thestate .MESSMER, Casper—Manitowoc, Wis , 1843 and later .METLER, John E .

— E aston, Pa . D ied 1879 .METROPOLITAN ARMS 00.— 97 Pearl St. , New York, N . Y . ,

1859

to about 1880.Makers of percussion revolvers similar to theColtModel 185 1 , ColtModel 1862, and of rim-fire car tridgerevolvers .ME TZ E GE R, J. orMetzger, J .

— Penna .Maker of Kentucky riflesabout 1778.METZGER,

Jacob— Fr ederick Town ,Md .Musket maker, associatedwith Nicholas White , Thomas Crabb and Christopher Barnhizzlein a contract under the Act of July 5 , 1798, for Charlevi llepattern (Model 1795 ) muskets at per stand . O f these 23 5were delivered by June 10, 1801 .METZGER,

Jacob T .-Lancaster, Pa . , 1857 to about 1870.METZGER,

John— Fredericksburg,Md. 1790.MEUNIER,John—Milwaukee , Wis ,

1855 - 1919. West Water Street.Maker of very fine percussion schuetzen rifles . Listed as JohnMeunier Gun Co. after 1893 . After the general adoption of breechloading target rifle,Meunier built schuetzens on B allard,Martini and Patt-Martini actions . AfterMeunier’s death in 1919, his


142 AMERICAN GUNMAKE RSRecords indicate that on July 23 , 1801 ,Mi les purchased theMccormick “instruments for gun making ,

” and on Aug . 9th ,

1801, agreed to take over a part of the defaultedMccormickcontract “

to complete the work undertaken byMccormick”for

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . The barrels of some of

the earlyMiles muskets are proof marked with a liberty cap”

instead of the usual eagle head .MaryMiles , widow of JohnMiles, gunsmith is listed at 86Callowhill, Phila . , Pa. in 1819 .MILES, John , J r .

-Bordentown , N . J . Son of JohnMiles , Sr . B ornin London

,E ngland, in 1777 . Came to United States about 1790

and lived with his father in Philadelphia , until about 1805 , inwhich year he is listed at 43 Chestnut Street, while his fatheris shown at 30 S . 3rd Street . Upon his father’s death in 1808,

JohnMi les moved to B ordentown , N. J where on July 30, 1808,he obtained a U . S . contract for muskets at per

Stfigd , of whi ch were recorded delivered before O ct. 7,

O f the arms delivered byMiles under the 1808 contract,many parts were obtained from sub - contractors in Philadelphiaand vicinity, as was quite common in those days . Among thelatter was John Kerlin who furnishedMiles with 400 musketbarrels . WhenMiles defaulted on the balance of his 1808 contract, it was completed byMiles’ surety, or guaran tor ; the sameJohn Kerlin , who on F eb . 12, 1811 , entered into a new contractwith the government for the unfinished balance of theMilesmuskets . In all probability the marking was not changed .

About 1826, when Congress authorized a refund for im

provem ents and modifications made in contract muskets ,Model1808, involving deviation from pattern, the estate of John Kerlinreceived the refund .

There is no record available of pistol contracts awarded toMiles , father or son . However, judging the existing specimensofMiles pistols , made in resemblance of the North Navy pistolsof 1808, probabilities are that JohnMiles , J r . , had a pistol contract, and also made martial pistols for sale to states

’ militia ,individual oflicers or to privateers.

JohnMiles ( J r . ) died in 1852, and is buried in the churchyard at B ordentown .MILES , Thomas— Pennsylvania rifle maker to Committee of Safety ,1782-97 . Payments recorded in August and September, 1776 ,for rifi ing of arms and furnishing rifles . Th omasMiles was oneof the petitioners representing Pennsylvan ia arms makers to theCommittee of Safety of Philadelphia, in November, 1776 , complaining against the high cost of material and labor enteringinto gun making, and quoting the advances in prices in one year,since 1775 .MILITARY LABORATORY— 34 D ock Street, Philadelphia , Pa . Advertised in the Aurora “Advertiser,

” Jan . 1 , 1800, as the place“where owners and commanders of armed vessels may be supplied withMuskets 8: Pistols .”MILLARD , Seth Pa —Lockport, N. Y. Percussion rifles .MILLB E N Z — 1825 . Unidentifi ed .MILLER— Resided six miles north of Ithaca , N . Y . Percussion period .Maker of 4 and 8-gauge shotguns for market hunting on CayugaLak e .

AMERICAN GUNMAKERS 143MILLER— Washington,Mo. Percussion rifles .MILLER, Abner— Easton, Pa . Flintlock rifles circa 1810-20; overunder percussion rifle .MILLER, B .

— Pennsylvan ia . Ken tucky rifles .MILLER, C .— Honeoye

,N . Y. , about 1850. Over-under, mule ear rifles .MILLER, C . A.

— New Haven, Conn .Magazine sporting rifle .MILLER, Daniel— Unlocated. Curly maple fullstock, octagonal barrel Kentucky rifle converted from flintlock to percussion . D eeplycurved butt ; engraved patchbox .MILLER, David— 209Market St. , Springfield, Ohio , 1870—78.MILLER, Elmer E .

—Millersburg, Pa . D ied August 1952, aged 70. Gunsmith and inventor of a single trigger for double-barreled shotguns

,and theMiller set trigger.MILLER, a klin— Wyomissing Creek, B erks Co . , Pa . , near Reading .

Built two shops, one 30 feet by 60, with three water wheels, onWyomissing Creek betweenMohn’s Store and Gouglersville, in1821, using

‘

the creek water power to bore and grind gun barrels .Made barrels a year. By 1854 had three factories on Wyomissing and several in other parts of the state . Also conducted ahardware store at the corner of 4th and Penn Streets , in Reading,Pa . Later was forced to dispose of his gun Shops as a result ofunfortunate investm ents and they were tran sformed into othercommercial plants .MILLER, G . C — New Haven, Conn . Heavy, Civil War period peronssion sharpshooter’s rifle .MILLER, H . ,

— Unlocated Early percussion Kentucky rifles .MILLER, J .— Curly maple, full stock, brass mounted, flintlock Ken

tucky rifle ( converted to percussion ) .Made without patchbox .MILLER, J .— Rochester, N. Y. Percussion period, 1829. Inventor of

pre-Colt percussion revolver and pill- lock revolving rifles .MILLER, John— Lancaster B orough, Lancaster Co. , Pa . ,1773 -82 . Pay

ments recorded for work on public arms in 1777 .MILLER, John— Penfi eld andMonroe,Mich . ,about 1830-75 .MILLER,M.— Unlocated . About 1850.MILLER,Mathias— Strasburg County, Pa . , in 1779, and at Easton ,

Northampton Co . , Pa. , in 1788. Famed for the excellent workmanship of his gunlocks .MILLER, Samuel— Boston ,Mass . ,

1730. Early, 42 inch half octagonalpinned barrel flintlock rifle with gooseneck hammer . Full cherrystock with deeply curved butt and brass butt plate

,Marked “S .MILLE R”on barrel flat.MILLER, S . C .

—N ew Haven , Conn . ,185 5 .MILLER, Simon— Hamburg, Pa . , about 1770- 1820.Master riflesmith ;

long silver- inlaid flintlock Kentucky rifles with incised carvingPossibly same as “S .M. maker of a pair of flintlock Kentuckypistols carried by Col. Nathan Dennison at Battle of Wyoming,Pa . , JulyMILLER, W. D .

— Pittsfield,Mass . , about 1850.MILLER, W. G .—

.Unlocated Late period flintlock and percussionKentucky rifles .MILLER, William H.

—Patentee ofMiller alteration of U . S . musket .In 1888 made a deposition that he had been in the cutlery busi

144 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSness since 1868, was now postmaster atMeriden , Conn. Age 66.

Prior to 1868 manufactured firearms as supt. and contractor . Began as apprentice in firearms in Paterson, N . J . Until 1868 con

tinually in that business . After leaving Paterson went to Chicopeemanufacturing Jenks carbines , also atMill Creek, Pa . manuf acturing muskets , at Cincinn ati manufacturing rifles for theGovernment as contractor with John W . Griffi th . Came back toPaterson, N . J . was in locomotive Shops six months , thence toChicopee Falls on firearms , th ence into Springfield Armory .Made a gun previous to taking out his patent in 1865 .MILLIRON, C .

— D ayton, Pa . Percussion Ken tucky rifle .MILLS, B .— Benj aminMi lls, a gunsmith of Char lottsville, N . C . ,

who served withMorgan ’s Rifles in the War of Revolution, andsettled in Harrodsburg, Ky . , about 1790, and where he madearms until about 1815 . The settlement of Harrodsburg wasfounded by Col. James Harrod .

Benj aminMills is reputed to have armed Colonel RichardM. Johnson’s regiment of mounted Kentucky riflemen , who decisively defeated the British and their Indian allies under General Proctor, in the battle of Thames River, nearMoravian Town ,

Canada,on O ct. 5 , 1813 . Tecumseh was among the slain, and as a

result of this defeat, his Indians deserted the B ritish cause .MILLS, Benj amin— Harrodsburg, Ky . , percussion rifle and pistolmaker of the Civil War period . Had been assistant armorer atHarpers Ferry Armory and was one of the hostages held byJohn B rown and rescued by CO1. Robert E . Lee . During theCivil War cast hi s lot with the South and was rumored to havebeen in charge of arms production at one of the Confederatearsenals . Was reputed to make very fine trigger systems andto have numbered Fremont and Kit Carson among his clients .MILLS, F.M.— Charlottesville, N . C . About 1790. Flintlock rifles . Apprenticed to Henry Leman . Later opened own shOp at Harrodsburg

,Ky . Succeeded by son B enj aminMills .MILLS, Jason— Pittsfi eld ,Mass . In 1806 JasonMills , of Springfield ,Mass . purchased the old Wh itn ey forge, and established a small

gun-Shop for the manufacture of fowling-pieces and other

custom-work for the surrounding country . In 1808 the representatives ofMills sold out to Lemuel Pomeroy .MILLS, Joseph— Colerain Township, Bedford Co Pa .MILLS, O .

— Burnham , Troy, N . Y . , 1839. Kentucky rifles .MILNOR, Isaac— Philadelphi a, Pa. , in 1799 ; flintlock Kentucky rifles .MINN. FIREARMS 00.—Minneapo lis ,Minn .Makers of The Pro

tector” palm pistols .MISSISSIPPI STATE ARMORY— Panola,Mi ss . Estab lished principally for conversion of sporting arms to military caliber .Machinery and equipment moved to B randon ,Miss . ,

then onMay 10,1863 , moved again toMeridian ,Miss . , due to advance

of Federal troops on Jackson . The armory had employed 3 4

hands , boring, reaming, turning and rifling barrels, fitting locksand stocking arms .The “Daily Clarion ,Meridian,Miss . , June 6 , 1864, states

The carbine factory is engaged in making carbines for thecavalry , chiefly of theMaynard patent and fully equal to thebest product in Yankeedom .

”


146 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSstock in ' the rough . On the finished stock, the heat-hardenedwelts produced the eff ect of curly maple in striped pattern .

Legend has it that a sufficient number of brass -barrelled , rifledpistols was produced by theMO11 brothers to equip a troop of

cavalry in the War of 1812 .MOLL, P. 8: John , J r .— Circa 1815 , Penna . typ e flintlock rifle marked

JOHNMOLL J R.

”(Same as PeterMoll of Hellerstown ,

aMOLL, P. 8: John S.— Circa 1815 , flintlock swivel-breech

,superposed

rifl e marked“P. 8: J OHN *MOLL S . (Same as PeterMoll of

Hellerstown,MOLL, William— Lehigh Co . , Pa . ,about 1747 .MOLLER, Louis— 7 12 Washington St. , San F rancisco , Calif. 1887 .MONTAGNY, Thomas— Vermont . War of 1812 . Holster pistol of fine

workmanship .MONTGOMERY ARSENAL—Montgomery, Ala. Confederate plantengaged in arms repair and alteration of flintlock muskets to

percussion .MOON,M. A.-Buffalo , N. Y. ,

1828.MOORE, Abrah am— Coventry Township, Chester Co. , Pa. , 1770-76 .

Arms maker to Committee of Safety .MOORE , Benjamine— U. S . Inspector of Arms 1810- 15 .MOORE 8: BAKER— Unlocated . Flintlock lock makers only?“MOORE 8: BAKE R” stamped with separate stamps on lock plateof a converted flintlock on an extremely long (7

' Kentucky“

rf

i

i

fle .

” Also marking reported on silver inlaid, flintlock Kentuckyn e .MOORE, D . 8: CD .

— Operated by D anielMoore at B rooklyn , N . Y . ,

1862- 63 .Makers of single action revolvers under the D anielMoore patents of Sept. 18, 1860, No . and J an . 7, 1862, No .

In 1863 the arms in stock, revolvers were turnedover to Smith 8: Wesson due to an infringement of the S . 8: W .

controlled Rollin White patent for "a cylinder bored end to

end .

” SeeMoore’s Pat. Firearms Co. , below .MOORE, G . A.-B arrel marking on a curly maple stock, percussion

Kentucky rifle with “HE NRY PARKER WARRANTED ” lock .MOORE , Gem—Madison County, Illinois .MOORE , George—Mount Vernon , Ohio , 1886 - 94 .MOORE , HE N SZ E Y 8: 00.— Percussion bar lock markedMOORE,

HE N SZ E Y 8: CO .MOORE , John— 96 B eaver St. , Albany, N . Y . , in 1820. At 8 B eaverSt. in 1821— apparently bought out HughMcclellan’

s shop . At1 1 B eaver St. in 1834- 3 5 .MOORE, J. P.

— Union , N . Y . Active 1844-46 .MOORE , John P.— E stablished at 302 B roadway, N ew York

,N . Y . ,

in 1823 . See John P.Moore’s Sons .MOORE’S JOHN P., SONS— In 1885 the firm consisted of a son, GeorgeG .Moore, son of John P.Moore, and two grandsons , John P.M.Richards and HenryM. Richards . The firm was founded by JohnP.Moore “who started for himself in N ew York, in the year 1823 ,after serving a regular apprenticeship of several years at thevise . F rom a very small beginning, our House has been graduallybuilt up by honest dealing and strict attention to business prin


ciples In spite of which, the firm was bought out bySchoverling , Daly 8: Gales in 1888.MOORE’S PAT . FIREARMS 00.

— B rooklyn , N . Y .Makers of teatprimer cartridge revolver s under David Williamson

’s patent of

Jan . 5 , 1864, No . put on the market to replace the D .Moore revolver, which was an infringement on Smith 8: Wessoncontrolled patents . The firm was identical with or succeeded bythe National Arms Company of B rooklyn , N . Y . See D .Moore 8:Co . , above .MOORE , R. A.

— Cortland St. ,New York, N . Y . Percussion teleSCOpic

sight, Civil War, sharpshooters rifle .MOORE, R . R.— Seneca Falls , N . Y . , 1865 - 67 , then Cincinnatus , and

later Cortland,N . Y . Apprentice of B illinghurst of Rochester .Made shotguns and sporting and match rifles .MOORE, S.

— Unlocated,early 19th century . Flint rifle and pistol

locks ; one marked S .MOORE WARRANTE D on a P . 8: D .Moll Kentucky pistol .MOORE, W.— Colerain Township , Bedford Co. , Pa . ,

1810. F lin tlock

I~Klentucky rifles marked

“W.MOORE .

”Poss ibly father of Will iam

oore .MOORE, William— Colerain Township , B edford Co . , Pa . 1850.MOORE , Wm .—Madison County, Illinois . (Related to GeorgeMoore? )MOORE, Wm .— Windsor, Conn . , 1860.MOPIN, J .

—Missouri . Percussion rifles .MOPIN,M.— New Haven ,Mo . Percussion rifles .MORGAN 8: CLAPP— New Haven , Conn . , 1864- 66 . Rim -fire pocketpistols using the L .Morgan side -Swing loading system.MORGAN, G .

— Galena , Ohio , active 1863 - 1867 ; Lansing,Mich . , 1867

1874 or later ; died 1895 . According to his son be turned fromblacksmithing to riflemaking about 1863 . An overunder percussion rifle marked “G .MORGAN LANSING,MICH . 1874

alslc

ia brass-mounted half stock Indian rifle with Geo . Golcher

ocMORGAN, Joseph—Morristown , N . J 1779.MORGAN, Joseph— Superintendent of Sprin gfield Armory Nov . 1 ,

18

82to October 3 1 , 1805 . Had been U . S . Inspector of Arms 1799

8MORGAN, Lucius — 2 B ridge St. , New Haven , Conn . , 1858-77 .Makerof rim -fire, side- swing pocket pistols . Associated with Clapp ,

inthe fi rm ofMorgan 8: Clapp

,in 1864- 66 .MORLITOR, Jos eph— St. Anthony,Minn . , 1858- 65 .MORR, A.

— Lancaster Co . , Pa ., about 1830- 1840. Percussion Kentucky

rifles .MORRETT, L .— F riend Street, Columbus , Ohio , 1847-48.MORRILL,MOSMAN 8: BLAIR— E ast Amherst

,Mass . ,183 6 - 3 8.Makers of Elgin cutlass-pistols . The firm was organized April

1

B,

1

1836 , by Henry A.Morrill, SilasMosman, J r . ,and Charles

air .

The business panic of 1837, and the failure of the firm ofKnowles 8: Thayer aff ected the enterprise

,and the partnership

was dissolved in July, 1838, the business being carried on byMosman and B lair until February, 183 9, when the firm failed

,

148 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSand .the machinery and eff ects were sold at assignee ’

s sale .

.

In

183 7 the firm employed four hands and produced bowie-knifeistols to the value of The firm

’

s advertisement in theampshire Gazette under date ofMarch 8, 1837:

“Wanted— Six or eight filers , who can do fi rst-rate work,and who feel smart enough to do a day’s work in ten hours ,without raising higher pressure of steam than cold water willmake

,and can leave their long yarns until their d ay’s work is

done . Such will find good encouragement by applying immediately to MORRILL,MOSMAN 8: BLAIR”MORRIS 8: BROWN—Morris W .M. and C . L . B rown of New York .

Conical Repeater, 6 chambers, caliber about .41 rim fire . PatentNo . Jan . 24, 1860.MORRIS, John— Armorer . Was paid $3 2 New Emission Currency (atrate of exchange 2 35 for one, equal to $12 , specie ) for cleaningand repairing 6 muskets , Phila . ,

Sept . 28, 1781 .MORRIS , H.M.— Kentucky rifle , the buttplate tang extends overthe comb of the stock for its entire length . SeeMorris 8: B rown .MORRISON— Virg inia musket maker associated with Wheeler in acontract of O ct. 21 , 1808, for Model 1808 muskets , duration five years . Only 125 were delivered by O ct. 7, 1812 .MORRISON, S.

—Milton ,Pa. Late flintlock period and early percus

sion rifles . Also made mule - ear percussion rifles .MORROW, Abraham— AlsoMurrow . Philadelphia, Pa . With JohnNicholson received warrants to repair the arms of the militiaof Bucks , Chester , Lancaster,Montgomery and D elaware Counties

,as well as of B erks and Northampton , in 1791 . Had con

tracted with U . S . to furnish “rifle guns” in 1792, for which apayment of was made on account .MORSE— Painesville, Ohio . Percussion rifles .MORSE ARMS CO .

— Greenvi lle , S . C . about 1863 - 65 .Makers of ConfederateMorse breechloading, brass frame carbines . Operatedby Geo . W .Morse, partly with machinery which had been capfured at Harpers F erry Armory . Sufficient arms made to equipa company of Confederate troops . SeeMorse

,George W .MORSE ARMSMF G . CO .

—SeeMorse,George W .MORSE , ’

E ., J r.— Unlocated Half- stock , brass trim ,

side -by - sidedouble rifle .MORSE, George W.

— Worcester,Mass . Inventor and maker ofMorsepatent carbines, patented O ct. 28, 1856, Pat. No . O nMar . 5 ,1858, the Secretary of War directed the purchase of 100Morsecarbines at each . The order was accepted byMr .Morse ,but no deliveries were ever made .

On Sept . 13 , 1858,Morse sold to the U . S . for therights to alter muzzle- loadin g arms to his breech- loadingsystem . However, only 60 muskets were completed

,and parts

were made for the alteration of 540more,before the appropria

tions allotted for the purpose were exhausted .

In 1875, the Chief of Ordnance reported that in the spring

of 1861,Mr .Morse, leaving his family in Washington , went toRichmond until after the B attle ofManassas Gap

, thence toNashville, Tenn . , where he was in charge of cartridge makingmachmery taken by the Confederates at Harpers Ferry . He


1 50 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSMueller was also the town plumber and.

pioneered a water maintapping machine which from the founding ofMueller Co . , 1857,grew into the present corporation .MUIR,W. 8: CO .

— WilliamMuir, Windsor Locks, Conn . Civil Warcontractor of D ec . 7 , 1861 , for Model 1861 Springfield riflemuskets at each . Contract completed .MULHOLLAND , Jam es— Reading, Pa . Civil War contractor of Jan .

7, 1862, for Model 1861 Springfield rifle muskets ateach . A total of delivered on contract .MULL, John— Northampton Township, Northampton Co. , Pa . , 1788.MULLEN, Cyrus— Williamsburg, Ind . Percussion rifle .MULLER, J. H .

— Gunsmith, Elysian F ields , New Orleans , La . , 1853MULLIN, J . 8: P.— F u1ton St . and 3 6Maiden Lane, New York, N . Y .

John and PatrickMullin . PatrickMullin immigrated from Irelandafter gunsmithing in London and Dublin ; on F ulton St . madecustom percussion shotguns , later occupied shop inMaiden Laneand made plain shotguns and expensive sporting breechloaders .His brother John made percussion rifles in the same shop.MUNSON, Levi— Saybrook, Ohio , percussion period .MUNSON,MORSE 8: 00.

— 63 Temple St. , New Haven , Conn . , 18561862 . Listed as pistol as well as coach, saddlery and hardwaremanufactory. At 157 Temple St. ,

in 1862 .MUNSON, Theophilus— New Haven,Conn . , about 1700. D oglock

musket .MULLIN, Patrick— New York, N . Y . ,1850.MULLOY, N. P.

— Worcester,Mass . , 1869-71 .MURF RE E SBOROUGH ARMORY—Murfreesboro , Tenn . ConfederateShoulder arms repair and reconditioning plant .MURPHY, Justin— U . S .Inspector of Contract Arms, 1818- 183 1 . In

spected arms in the plants of R. 8: J . D . Johnson , Simeon North ,

Lemuel Pomeroy, Nathan Starr, and Asa Waters .MURRAY, J. P.-Columbus , Ga . , 1856

- 65 . Confederate shoulder arms .Master armorer for Greenwood 8: Gray, of Columbus , Gamakers ofMurray carbines .

J . P .Murray advertised June 8, 1860, as J . P.Murray, successor to Happold 8:Murray, 46 B road Street Columbus, Ga . ,

maker and dealer in Shotguns , Rifles , Pistols Restocking andrepairing done with neatness and dispatch . July 6, 1861 , headvertised for persons who had arms on repair to call for same .

August 28th , 1861 ,Murray received 200 flintlock Confederatemuskets to convert to percussion .March 29, 1862, J. P .Murraywas reported by theMacon Telegraph to be makingMississippirifles at Columbus, Ga . See Greenwood 8: Gray .MURROW, Abraham— Philadelphia, Pa . , before and after 1783 -91 .

XVgrkhed on repair of public arms in 1788-91 . SeeMorrow ,

ra am .MUSGROVE, S.— Ironton, Ohio , percussion period .MUSSER, H .

-Mulheim, Pa.MYER, Henry— Lancaster, Pa. , arms maker for the Committee ofSafety . Excused by the Executive Council from military dutiesD ec. 5 , 1777, for the making of arms for the State of Pennsylvania , in the employ and under direction of William Henry I ofLancaster .


N .— Unidentified .Marking on a Kentucky type pistol.

NABURY, Thomas—Maker of gun skelps for musket barrels . In employ of Col . Peter Grubb , who operated a gun skelp forge forthe Lancaster, Pa. ,

Committee of Safety in 1776 .

NAGE BAUE R, Jean— Gunsmith,Moreau cornerMandeville, NewOrleans

,La . ,

1853 .

NAGLE ,Marcus—Maker of gun skelps for musket barrels . In employof Col . Peter Grubb, who operated a gun skelp forge for theLancaster

,Pa. , Committee of Safety in 1776 .

NASH, John— New Haven, Conn . , 1645 . Listed as gunsmith .

NASH, Thomas— New Haven,Conn . Early gunsmith .

NASHVILLE ARMORY— Confederate arms plant believed to havebeen located in the basement of the Capitol building . Armswere made from parts furnished by local gunsmiths .

NASHVILLE GUN FACTORY— Nashville, Tenn . Organized as astock company in 186 1 to manufacture arms for the Confedereey . The buildings were located on the site called “Gun Factory Playground,

” South 3rd , opposite Lindsley Street . Theplant madeModel 1841 ,Mississippi, type rifles until 1862, whenit closed on the arrival of Federal troops . The buildings wereused as a school for negroes in 1867- 71 , and then were occupiedby the Weakley 8: Warren FurnitureManufactory until 1885 ,when the entire plan t burned down .

NASON, C . F .— Auburn and Lewisburg,Me . ,

1863 - 68.

NATIONAL ARMS Cos — B rooklyn, N . Y . After 1863 .Makers ofNational cartridge derringers , rifles and teat-primer cartridgerevolvers made under David Williamson patent of Jan . 5 , 1864,No . manufactured to avoid infringement of Smith 8:Wesson controlled, Rollin White patent for a

“cylinder boredend to end .

”

The National Arms Company is believed to be identicalwith, or successor to,Moore’s Patent Firearms Co. , of B rooklyn,both firms producing identical derringers and revolvers .

NEAL, Wm .—B angor,Me. Percussion under-hammer pistols without

trigger guard .

NEAL, John— Bangor,Me . Son and successor to Wm . Neal. In partner

ship with Charles V . Ramsdell as Ramsdell 8: Neal, Harlow St. ,

post-Civil War. The partnership dissolved, Neal’s shop stood

at State and Harlow Streets .

NEAVE, T. 8: C .— Cincinnati

,Ohio

,percussion period .

NEFF, Peter 8: Sons— Cincinnati , Ohio .Makers of percussion riflelocks ; one with brass lockplate , stamped with squirrel, dog, etc .

N E IHARD , Peter— See N euhard , Peter .NELSON, Alexander— Phi ladelphia, Pa. OnMarch 25 , 1776, con

tracted with the Colony of Virginia to furnish 600 stands ofarms similar to the British pattern to be delivered at the Public Gun Factory at Fredericksburg, V a . , at 4 pounds , 5 shillings ,Virginia currency per stand, payable at Williamsburg, deliveryto be completed before June 15 , 1777 . Bond with security furnished under penalty of

E ach s tand is described to consist of a good musquet, 3

1 52 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSfeet, 8 inches in the barrel, - inch bore, steel rammers , theupper thimble trumpet-mouthed, the lower thimble with springto retain the ramrod, bridle- lock , brass moun ted ; a bayonet 18inches blade, with a scabbard ; one pair bullet molds

,to mould

16 bullets to every 40 guns ; a priming wire and brush to eachmusquet; the stand compleat, well fixed and properly proved .

NELSON 8: CO a—Unlocated .

NELSON, Fran cis— Advertised for sale gun stocks well seasonedby the large or small quantity,

” at his place of business oppositethe Bull’s Head ( tavern ) , Strawberry Alley, Philadelphia . Advertisem ent in the Pennsylvania Evening Post, Aug . 3 1, 1776 .

NELSON, Owen O .— See D ickson , Nelson Co .

NELSON, Rog er—Medina-Town , Ohio , 1825 .

NELSON, Rog er—Medina, Ohio , 1858- 60. (Same, or related to Roger

Nelson above?)NEPPERHAN FIREARMS 00.

— Yonkers , N . Y . , about 1859 .Makersof 5 - shot

,percussion, pocket revolvers .

NESBITT, Robert—McLane, 3 miles south ofMcKean , Pa . , 19thcentury . Farmer, surveyor, sailor , blacksmith , gunsmith . Beautiful fowling piece .

NESTLE,Fred erick— Baltimore,Md . ,

1850- 70.

NETTER,Solomon— Hun tingdon Co. , Pa . Kentucky rifles .

N E UHARD , Peter— Also N eihard . Whitehall Township, NorthamptonCo. , Pa . ,

1786-88.

N E WBAKE R— Pennsylvania, making Kentucky rifles of excellentworkmanship in 183 1 .

NEWBERN, D .—Linn County, Iowa, 1878.

NEWBERN, J. C . Jimmy” and “O ld D anny Newbern,Mount

Vernon,Iowa

,rifle maker ; 1870- 1900. After his death his tools

and equipment reported to have been purchased byMr . RalphWilliams of Lisbon, Iowa , his former apprentice and ShOp worker .

NEWBURY ARMS 00.— Albany and Catskill, N . Y . ,

1855- 60. Smallcaliber rimfi re deringers and percussion revolvers based on

patents of F rederick D . Newbury of Albany, N . Y .

NEWBURY, John— U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms , 1818- 1825 . Inspected arms in the plants of R . 8: J . D . Johnson, Simeon North,

Lemuel Pomeroy, Nathan Star r and Eli Whitney .

NEWCOMB , H . W.-Eastport,Me . , 1866- 68.

NEWCOMER, John— Hempfi eld Town ship , Lancaster Co . , Pa. , 1771 .

N E

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ggT, Jacob and Peter— Allentown , Pa . , before and after

NEW HAVEN ARMS 00.— N ew Haven, Conn . , 1857- 66 . The firm

was organized by Oliver F . Winchester, one of the principalstockholders of the Volcanic Repeating Arms Co. , which hadbeen organized by Horace Smith and D aniel B . Wesson tomanufacture a repeating pisto l in 1854 , and was incor ratedin July, 185 5 , as the Volcanic. In F ebruary, 1856, the V

EOO

lcanicmoved to New Haven, Conn. The Volcanic failed and had toreorganize, andMay 1 , 1857, became the New Haven ArmsCompany, withMr . Winchester as President and principalowner, and B . Tyler Henry remaining as the superintendent incharge of production .


1 54 AMERI CAN GUNMAKERSNICHOLS 8: LEFEVER— Syracuse, N . Y . , 1876- 79 .

NICHOLS, R.— See Nichols 8: Childs .

N. I . J — Unidentifi ed . Script initials on a fin e, silver inlaid percussion Kentucky rifle .

NICHOLSON, John— Pennsylvania musket maker to Committee ofSafety

,1775 -76 . Payment recorded for making eleven pattern

guns . Listed as having paid tax in Dock Ward, Philadelphia ,in 1774 . John Nicholson was one of the petitioners representing Pennsylvania gun makers, complainin g to the Committeeof Safety against the high cost of mater ial and labor enteringinto arms making and quoting advances in prices within oneyear

,ince 1775 . With AbrahamMorrow he had been awarded

warrants for the repair of arms of militia of Bucks , Chester,Lancaster,Montgom ery and D elaware Counties , as well as ofB erks and Northampton, in 1791 . Contracted for “rifle guns”

in 1792, for which payments of is noted . U. S . Inspectorof Arms at Phila . , Pa . 1800-06 .

NICHOLSON, L .— Unlocated . Fancy curly maple half stocked per

cussion rifle marked in script on silver inlay . Back action lock ;round lid cabox and numerous small brass inlays of animals

,etc .

NIPPES, Daniel—Mill Creek, Pa .Musket contractor of July 16,1842

,for flintlock muskets ,Model 1840, at per

stand, to be delivered at the rate of 800 per annum to Jan . 1,1846 . OnMarch 3 , 1846, Nippes obtained an additional contract for muskets , also at $14 .75 each . It it interestingto note that these last Nippes flintlock muskets were stillbeing made on contract, three years after the manufactur e of

flintlock arms was discontinued at the Springfield Armory . In1848

,Nippes contracted to alter muskets to theMaynard

priming system , on Feb . 9, at each,and another

on Nov . 22 , 1848, at each .

The earliest record of the Nippes family is found in the

passenger list of the ship George of Portland, Francis White ,Master, which arrived from Rotterdam , Holland, O ct. 26 , 1796 .

Among the passengers are mentioned Abram,D aniel and Wil

helm Nippes

,as well as Anna Chr istiana and Anna Catharina

Ippes .

The first record of the Nippes family, arms makers, isfound in a contract awarded to Nippes in association withWinner and Steinman , on July 20

,1808, for Model 1808

muskets , five years duration , of which are recorded to havebeen delivered by O ct. 7, 1812 , and presumably in time the contract was completed . There are knownModel 1808 muskets withlock-plates marked W. N . 8: S .

” This stands for Winner, Nippes8: Steinman

The Philadelphia City D irectory lis ts Abraham Nippes as re

siding at 262 St . John Street in 1813 , and William at the sameaddress in 1813 , and at 254 St. John Street in 1819-20. In 1829Abraham Nippes is listed at 1 11 D illwyn and Willi am Nippesat 127 D i llwyn . D aniel Nippes is not shown

, an d may have beenat the NippesMill, atMill Creek, where theModel 1840Nippesmuskets were made later . Daniel’s son , Albert S . Nippes , was thesuperintendent of the Nippes works , and Sharps early rifles areknown made about 1848

,marked A. S . Nippes .

NIXON, Austin— Washington Street, Buffalo , N. Y . , 1832 .


NOBLE 8: LITTLE— Unlocated . F lintlock Kentucky rifle .

NOLL, J .—Maryland? 1803 . Relief carved fullstock Kentucky rifles of

fine workmanship . One known dated 1803 .

NORCROSS 8: ALLEN— Unlocated . Underhammer percussion pistol.NORDHEIM, G. A.

— Yreka , Calif . , maker of percussion sporting riflesand target rifles with burl walnut half stock, double set triggers ,brass cap boxes and iron mounts .

NORMAN, John— U . SJ Inspector of Arms, in year 1830.

NORRIS, A.— Unlocated . Reported flint lock on a D .Marker, Ken

tucky rifle.NORRIS, S . 8: W. T. CLEMENT— Springfield,Mass . Civil War con

tractors to the State ofMassachusetts in 1863 , for Model1863 Springfield rifle muskets . Contract extended in 1864 foran additional These arms were marked “S . N. 8: W . T . C .

forMass .”NORRIS, W.

-Unlocated, 1833 (or Percussion Plains rifle,

back-action lock marked Williams Warranted .

NORTH CAROLINA GUN FACTORY— Established at Halifax in1776, James Ransome, Esq . , superintendent. Records indicatemanufacture and delivery of arms in 1777 . In 1778 the factorywas ordered dismantled and equipment sold, except for 3 6 completed muskets, which were to be turned over to the Commanding Officer of the Guard at Halifax.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE ARMORY— F lorence, N . C . Confederatesmall arms plant operated by Capt . Zimri S . Coflin ,

ConfederateOrdn ance Agent, and employing 30 to 40 hands .

NORTH 8: COUCH—Middletown, Conn . , about 1860.Makers of asix -barrel trap pistol.

NORTH, H . S.—Middletown, Conn .Maker of North 8: Skinner re

volving rifles and shotguns, patented June 1, 1852, N o. 8982.

NORTH 8: SAVAGE— Henry S . North and Edward Savage ofMiddletown, Conn . , 1856

- 59, makers of the Savage-North fi gure-8 trigger,6-shot, sliding cylinder revolvers made under the Henry S. Northpatent of June 17, 1856, No .

One hundr ed revolving pistols were purchased by the government from North 8: SavageMay 23 , 1857, at each

,

and an additional 500were contracted for July 10,1858. Ninety

nine were issued to the army in 1858.

The firm was succeeded in 1860 by the Savage RevolvingF irearms Company, manufacturing the improved Savage re

volvers . See Savage Revolving Arms Co .

NORTH 8: SKINNER— See H . 8 . North .

NORTH, Selah— Stow’s Corners, Summit Co. , Ohio, 1835 .

NORTH, Simeon—Middletown, Conn . Active 1799- 1852 . A descendantof an old New England family, Simeon North was born atB erlin , Conn . , July 13 , 1765 , and according to family historybegan earning his livelihood as a farmer . In 1795 he purchaseda water power mill adjoining his farm , and started the manufacture of scythes . It was probably this training as a metalworker and machinist, as well as a natural mechanical bent,that prompted him to secure a government contract onMarch9, 1799, for the manufacture of 500 horse pistols at each

,

to be delivered in one year . Possibilities are that he learned the

1 56 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSrudiments of arms manufacture from a neighbor, Elias B eckley ,whose gunsmith shop was but a mile away from North’s birthplace at B erlin .

The first North pistols,Model 1799, patterned after the

F renchModel 1777 army pistols , were satisfactory, and evenprior to the completion a nd delivery of the first lot of 500,North was awarded on F eb . 6 , 1800, another contract by JamesHenry, Secretary of the D epartment of War, for additionalpisto ls at each to be completed by F eb . 6 , 1802 . Theseearliest North pistols of the French, brass frame ty pe, are markedwith Cheney’s name as well as North’s , though all North contracts known , are signed by Simeon North alone . According tothe North family history , E lisha Cheney, a brother- in - law andclock manufacturer by trade , had a working agreement withNorth, about 181 1 , to make screws and pins for North pistols,but partnership is deni ed .

After the completion of the first contracts , North resumedthe manufacture of farm plements until June 30, 1808, whenhe obtained a contract for pair of navy boarding pis tols at

a pair, to be made according to Navy Department patterns ,but with certain North improvements . To fulfill this contractNorth enlarged his factory and applied his mechanical abilityand inventive genius to the development of labor saving machinery and the modern principle of standardization of parts , byassigning the production of identical par ts to individual workmen , until a large number were finished . This method, far aheadof those times of individual craftsmanship, not only saved timeand labor, but resulted in giving North arms a reputation for

a more uniform and better product .The pistols of the contract forModel 1808 having been much

approved,” the contract was extended, and on Dec . 4 , 1810, the

navy contracted for an additional 500 pairs at the pair.In the meantime, in 1808, Congress passed an act for the

arming and equipping the whole body of the militia of theseveral states by the F ederal Government, and in 1810, SimeonNorth contracted under the provisions of this act, with TenchCoxe, Purveyor of Public Supplies, to manufacture horse pistolsfor the army (Model It is at about this time that Northwas

tcommissionedas Lt . Colonel in the 6th Connecticut Regi

menShortly before the declaration of War of 1812, North at

the instance of the Secretary of War , backed by promise offurther contracts , en larged the capacity of his B erlin shops,and when on April 16 , 1813 , he was given a contract forpistols (Model he erected a new, large factory atMiddletown , Conn . , six miles from B erlin . The B erlin shops were continued in operation under supervision of North’s eldest son

,

Reuben, making forgings for theMiddletown factory,until

1843 , when they were closed, and in 1857, the buildings weredestroyed by a flood .

In the pistols made atMiddletown factory,which was

built according to the most advanced ideas of the time , Col .North successfully embodied the principle of standardizationand interchangeability of parts , then a proj ect open to skepticalcriticism .

The delivery of pistols under the contract of 1813 , whichwas to be completed in five years, was delayed by a year, due


1 58 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSnational

,and other cartridge revolvers . It is believed that the

firmis identical with the Hood F ire Arms Co . , of Norwich,

onn .

NULL, G .— Penna . Rifle of indiff erent workmanship .

N UN N EMACHE R, A.— Andrew, Abraham or Abram . New York

County,Pa . ,

1779-83 .

NUTTING, Ebenezer— Falm outh,Maine, 1724-25 . Active in the tradeabout 1725 - 45 . Early, 43 inch, part octagonal, pinned barrel flintlock rifle with full cherry stock .Marked “E . N UTTIN G”

on barrelflat.

NOWLIN, Abram Cephus— Born in Patrick Co . , V a . , 1825 ; died 1913 .

Flintlock and percuss ion Kentucky rifles . Wounded in Confederate Army ; after Civil War moved to Stark Creek near CrossTimbers, Hickory Co . ,Mo. Complete gunmaking ; made one lock .

F ather of Tom Newlin .

NOWLIN, Tom— Stark Creek near Cross Timbers , Hickory Co . ,Mo .

Born 1879, son of Abram C . Nowlin . Percussion rifles .Movedto Kansas City before World War II ; machinist, does restoringand reconditioning .

N . W. P .— Initials of N . W . Patch, U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms ,

1834- 1840 at plant of Nathan Starr .

OOAKE, C . 8: SON— Jacksonville, F lorida . Side -by - side

,combination

percussion rifle- and- shotgun equipped with back- action locks .OAKES, Samuel— Philadelphia, Pa . , before and after 1800.

OBERHOLTZER, Christian— Lancaster , Pa . , arms maker to Comm ittee of Safety, 1775 - 77 . E xcused by the Executive Councilfrom military duties on D ec. 5 , 1777, for the making of arms forthe Commonwealth of Pennsylvani a, in the employ and underdirection of William Henry I of Lancaster .

OB E RTE UF F E R, C . A.— Phila . ,

Pa . Brass barrel flin tlock pistol withlock probably by Spang 8: Wallace .

OBLINGER, D avid and Walter— Piqua,Ohio, 1870-88.

OBLINGER, S.— Troy

,Ohio , 1869-78.

ODELL, S.

— Natchez,Miss . Kentucky rifles .

OBLIN, John— B oston,Mass . 1671-82 .

O F F RE Y, P.— Gunsmith

,173 Chartres , New Orleans, La . , 185 3 .

OGDEN, C .— Owego , N . Y. Three-barrel percussion gun .

OGDEN, J .— Owego N . Y. (Re lated to C . Ogden?)

OGDEN, W. 8: C Owego, N. Y . Percussion period . Prolific workmen .

OHLE N HAUSE N — Wooster, Wayne Co. , Ohio .

OLDHAM, Thomas— East St . Clair Township , Bedford Co . , Pa . , 1850.Maker of Kentucky rifles .

OLIVIER, John— 37 George St. , B altimore,Md . , 1810.

OLMSTEAD ,Morgan L .— Auburn, N . Y .

O .M.— Heavy, home-made buff alo rifle, oak half stock with sowbellybutt . Remington Cast Steel barrel . Initials O .M. cut in pewterfore-end tip , both sides .

O ’MARA BROTHERS— D etroit,Mich . , 1865 - 70? A three barrel gun,two rifles side by side with shotgun barrel underneath .


O . N .- Initials of Noble O rr, U . S . Inspector of Arms, 1799- 1801 .

O’NEAL— Unlocated . Rifle maker.O’NEAL, David— Geary near Kearny, San Francisco, Calif . , 1858.

ONG, E .— Philadelphia, Pa . , before and after 1773 -77 . Had worked

at the State Gun Factory, at Philadelphia, under Peter Dehaven .

ORAHOOD, J .— Bellefontaine

,Ohio

,1858. Percussion rifles .

ORGILL BROS . 8: 00.—Memphis, Tenn . , 1860.

ORMSBY, E . S.— Unlocated . Pill- lock revolving rifle .

ORR, Hugh— Came to America from Scotland and es tablished atBridgewater,Mass . , in 173 7 . Is known to have made 500 standsof muskets for the Province ofMassachusetts Bay in 1748, whicharms were subsequently removed by the British on their evacuation of Boston in 1776 . On was active as an arms maker duringthe Revolutionary War . Born at Lochinwinioch in January, 1717 ;died in December

, 1798.

ORR, Nob le— U . S . Inspector of Arms 1799- 1801 . His initial ON

are found on Whitney contract musket stocks .

ORR, Robert— Son of Hugh Orr . AppointedMaster Armorer atSpringfield Armory in 1795 .

OSBORN, Lou—Waterbury, Conn . ,1776-77 .Musket maker to the

state . Arms marked with name or initials and “S . C . for Stateof Connecticut . Received payment for thirty- seven guns withoutbayonets and thirty-seven with bayonets ; J an . 14, 1779 .

OSBlgl

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— Springfield ,Mass . , musket maker before and afterOSGOOD GUN WORKS— Norwich, Conn . , about 1880. Rim -fire

“Duplex” andMonarch” revolvers .

OSHKOSH TRAP GUN CO .— Oshkosh, Wis . About 1910. Cheap, single

barrel shotguns .

OVERBAUGH, C . E .— 300 B roadway, New York, N . Y .

,before and

after 1879-87 . Top action target rifles .

OVERLY, Peter— Kentucky . About 1812 .

OVERTON, J .— Arkadelphia , Ark . , percuss ion period .

0. W. A.— Initials of O . W . Ainsworth, U . S . Inspector of Arms

within years 183 1- 1850.

OWENS, E . G .— D enver, Col . , 1879-80.

OWENS, Lemuel— Zanesville,Muskigum Co . ,Ohio

,1810-20.

P

P— See Pennsylvania State Gun F actory .

P.A.— Phil Anglin , O ld Uncle Robertson Co. ,

Tenn . ,maker

of flintlock and later percussion, Kentucky rifles .Maker of a 61"

flintlock rifle marked with look by John Kirkman,Ash

ville, Pa . Also made tiger maple,full stock

, .38 caliber, percus

sionrifle with set triggers and lock apparently of own manu

ao ure .

PACHARD , William— Elyria,Ohio

, 1859- 60.

PACHME YE R, A.M.— Los Angeles,Calif .Modern .

PACKARD, Charles— Arms stocker, Springfield Armory, 1795 .

PACKARD, William— Elyria, Lorain Co . ,

Ohio, 1859- 60. Half- stock

,

percussion, octagonal barrel rifle .

160 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSPACKSON — With Bennett settled on Kent Island,Md . , in 163 1 .Maryland’s first gun makers . Established three years before the

founding of the Province by Calvert .

PAGE, Allen W.— 108Maiden Lane , New York, N . Y . ,

1801 .

PAGE, John— Preston , Conn . , Gun- lock maker to Committee ofSafety. D elivery recorded of twenty-four bridled gunlocks , andpayment made in August, 1777 .

PAGE , John— Norwich,Conn . ,

gunsmith, 1780. Originally from

greston , E

ngland . (Same as John Page, gun- lock maker to C . of. above?

PAGE , LEWIS ARMS 00.— Chicopee Falls

,Mass Small caliber rimfi re cartridge rifles .

PAINE , KNOX 8: 00.— Kentucky . About 1860. Squirrel rifles . E lihu

Paine .

PAINE, S . T .— Unlocated . Half stock target rifles .

PALM, Isaac— Pennsylvania .

PALM, Fred erick— Ulster County, New York,rifle maker

,1769- 1775 .

One of four rifle makers induced by Sir William Johnson to comeout from Penn sylvania and settle in New York State by grantsof buildings and tools . By 1775 rifle making became an enterprising industry with most of the settlers and Indians tradingtheir smoothbores for rifled arms , and New York was secondonly to Pennsylvania in their manufacture .

PALM, Jacob— Pennsylvania about 1764- 68 and Ulster County, NewYork 1769- 1775 , rifle maker . O ne of four rifle makers inducedby Sir William Johnson to come out and settle in New YorkState by grants of buildings and tools . Flintlock Kentucky typetarget and hunting rifles

,numbered . Heavy flintlock match rifle ,

silver- inlaid stock , marked N o . 4 ; numbers 109 and 206 known .

Related to F rederick Palm?

PALM, John— Lancaster,Pa .

PALMATEER 8: WRIGHT— Poughkeepsie,N . Y 183 5 -46 .

PALMER, Amasa— Connecticut .Musket maker to Committee ofSafety .May 3 , 1776 , with Hezekiah Huntington applied for payment for 27 muskets and 25 gun - locks made by them .

PALMER, Thomas— North Ward , Philadelphia , Pa . , 1773 - 76 , beforeand after .Musket maker to Committee of Safety of Philadelphiain 1776 . President of the committee of petitioners , representinggun makers , complaining to the Committee of Safety in November, 1776 , against the high and rising cost of materials and laborentering into gun making, and quoting advances in prices withinone year, Since 1775 .

He advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette,March 3 1 , 1773 :

Tho : Palmer , Gun Smith, at his Shop : the north side ofMarketstreet, between Fourth and F ifth- streets well made Rifles ,of diff erent lengths and Sizes of Bores , which he will insure tothe Purchasers , to be as good and as handsomely fitted up as anymade in America ; he likewise makes Fowling Pieces, of diff erentSizes , such as have been approved of by Gentlemen of this City .

All persons that will please to favour him with their Custom,

shall be served with great D ispatch and care .

”

PALfiéI

‘gR

iOThomas— Inspector of Arms for U . S . in Philadelphia ,

PALMER, W . R .— New York City

, 1848- 5 1 .


162 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSPARKE , Henry—Maker of a curly maple, full stock, brass trimmed ,

percussion, smoothbore sporting gun .

PARKER, A.—Desoto , Iowa . Set trigger percussion rifle of fine work

ii

gzi

aship . Name of town obso lete, havin g been changed in the’

s .

PARKER, A. B .— ThreeMile B ay , N. Y. Percussion rifles .

PARKER, Charles—Meriden ,Mass . , before and after 1868. D oublebarrel percussion hammer, later hammerless, shotguns .

PARKER, FIELD 8: SON—Makers of flint locks for sporting rifles .

PARKER, Henry— Unlocated . Probably lock maker only . Late flintand early percussion locks marked “HENRY PARKER WARRANTED ,

” in old English letters . F lint lock on Jason L . HarrisKgntucky rifle ; percussion lock on J .L . (Joe Long ) Kentucky

n e .

PARKER, Henry— F lintlock Kentucky rifle .

PARKER, H. 8: 00.— Trenton, N . J . F lintlock Kentucky rifles .

PARKER, H . 8: 00.— Trenton, N. J .Modern .

PARKER, J. or I a—Unlocated . Kentucky rifles .

PARKER, Samuel— Philadelphia, Pa . , musket maker to Committeeof Safety, 1776 . One of the petitioners , representing the gunmakers , to the Committee of Safety at Phi ladelphia , November,1776, complaining against the high cost of materials and laborentering into gun making, and quoting advances in prices withinone year, from 1775 .

PARKERS, SNOW 8: CO .—Meriden, Conn .

, Civil War contractorsof Sept. 28, 1863 , for Model 1861 Springfield rifle musketsat each . Contract fulfilled .

PARl

l

gl

s,g'

W.— Unlocated . Percussion rifle marked

'

W. PARKER

PARKE SON , B . L .— W. Va . Late flintlock Kentucky rifles .

PARKHILL, Andrew— D ock Ward, Philadelphia , Pa. ,

1779.

PARKHURST, Wm . (or Henry?)— Amherst, N . H . Percussion rifles .

PARKS, Horace— Columbus , Ohio , 1873 - 93 . Associated with CharlesMcLeish ,1878-80; with W. L . Garber, 1886 -88

,and with Irwin

1888-93 .

PARMALEE , Phineas— Armorer to the Continental forces in 1775 .

PARRISS, W. Aa— Pensylvania ; very early flintlock Kentucky rifle .PARSON— Plattsburg, N . Y . , 1857-60.

PARSONS , Hiram— B altimore,Md . , 1819 .

PARTRIDGE, W.— Unlocated .Marking on the look of a percussion

sporting rifle .

PASSAGE, C .— Rochester, N . Y. Percussion rifles .

PATCH, N. W.— U . S . Inspector of Contract Arms , 1834-40. Inspected

arms at the Nathan Starr plant 1834-40.

PATCHEN, I .— Unlocated . Percussion over-under rifle-andshotgun .

PATENT ARMSMF G . 00.— Paterson , N . J . ,

183 6- 42 .Manufacturersof revolving arms under Colt’s patents of Feb . 26, 183 6, andAug . 29, 183 9. See Colt Patent ArmsMfg . Co .

PATERSON— Unlocated .Marking on silver inlaid, artificially striped,fullstock Kentucky rifle .

PATT, Christopher— Alma, Wis .MadeMartini-style rifle actions


( some of which were used by JohnMeunier . ) Is believed to havemade complete rifles also .

PATTERSON— J uniata Co. , Pa . Father and son made Kentucky rifles .

PATTERSON, R.— Unlocated . Kentucky flintlock rifle with N . B eyer

léarre

ll, Golcher lock . Possibly one of the Patterson-S of Juniata

o. , a .

PATTON, William— Springfield , Ohio , 1850-68.

PAUL, Andrew— Pennsylvania, 183 1 .

PAUL, C .— Syracuse

,N . Y . Percussion , Schuetzen type rifle .

PAUL, I .— Unlocated . A half stock, .52 caliber percussion rifle.

PAUL, Wm .— Bedford Co . , Pa .

PAULI, C .— Syracuse

,N . Y . Percussion target rifles .

PAULME R, Jacob S.— Unlocated . Script marking on half stock per

cussion rifle .PAXSON, W. 8: J. R.

— Philadelphia, Pa . Flintlock on early Kentucky

PAYNE, S . L .— E rie

,Pa . , 1850.

PAYSON 8: NURSE— B oston,Mass . Late flint sporting rifle with 3 3

octagonal barrel and full cherry stock with cheekpiece andpatchbox . Also of a heavy barrel, muzzleloading percuss ion rifle .

P. B .— Unidentified .Marking on Kentucky rifles .

P. C . V. R.— Unidentified . Stamped ins ide hand-forged lock of early

flintlock Kentucky rifle by I. P. Beck .

PEACOCK, J. 8: THATCHER, H. C .— Chicago , Ill . Percussion match

rifle of fine workmanship, with back action lock and barrelmarked ( in separate stamps ) ,

“J . PEACOCK 8: H . C . THATCHE R,

” “CHICAGO, ILL .

”

PEARSON, Jam es— Pennsylvania musket maker to Committee of

Safety, 1775 - 76 .

PEAVEY, A. J .— SouthMontville,Me .Maker of a .22 cal . knife -pistol

patented in September, 1865 , andMarch 27, 1866 .

PE CARE 8: SMITH— 180- 182 Center St. , New York, N . Y . , 1849 .Makers of 10- shot and 4 - shot percuss ion pepperbox pistols . JacobPecare and Josiah Smith .

PECK, Abijah— Hartford, Conn . Contractor to U . S . under Act ofJuly 5 , 1798, for Charleville pattern (Model musketsat per stand. O f these 775 were delivered by June 10, 1801 .

PECK, E li— Gunsm ith . 139 Green , Phila . , Pa . ,1819 .

PECK, John C .— Atlanta, Ga . , 1861 .Maker of a percussion rampart

rifle listed as “rifled wall piece on p . 85 , Catalog of Arms andAccoutrements of Springfi eld Armory . John C . Peck ,

Atlantabusiness man had been owner of a planning mill . With FrancisD ay owned a building on south side of Decatur St. , at Prattwhere “Joe B rown Pikes” used to arm the Georgia militia arereputed to have been made . (J . C . Peck is not in the list ofpikes furnished , nor is Francis D ay . )The property was sold July 1 , 1863 to G . A. Trenholm of Trenholm

,Frazer 8: Co . , fiscal agents for the Confederacy . Reputed

to have been used as a Confederate Armory,but this lacks

authentication .

PECK, Levi— Phila . , Pa . Listed as gunsmith at 137 Green, in 1829 .

164 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSPECKHAM8: BARKER— Providence , R. I . Half-stock, curly maple ,

brass trim, flintlock sporting gun .

PEDEN, D . T .— Greenville Co. ,

S . C . Percuss ion rifle .

PE LAUX, Peter— Skilled armorer employed at U . S . Arsenal atSchuylkill, Phila . Same as Peter Peloux ?

PE LOUX Peter— Phila . , Pa . Listed as gunsmith in Philadelphia D irectory in 1816, back of 190Cedar St. , as Peter Palaix . In 1819 and1829 he is listed as Peter Peloux . His name “

Peloux ,

” obliterated ,is marked on locks of a pair of

“Roman candle 3 - shot?

”or

Chambers system?”type of flintlock pistols with external main

springs .PENCE, Jacob— Earl Township

,Lancaster Co . , Pa . ,

1771 .

PE N N AB E CK E R, James 8: Jesse —Clay Township, Lancaster Co. , Pa .

E rected a rifle barrel factory on the site of an old grist and sawmill which had been erected onMiddle Creek in 1755 . Rebuiltinto a grist mill in 1861 by Jesse Pennabecker .

PENNEL, Joshua— Southampton Township, B edford Co. , Pa . , 1844.

PENNSYLVANIA RIFLE WORKS— G . D unlap, operator . Percussionperiod .Makers of “hardware store guns .

PENNSYLVANIA STATE GUN FACTORY— Established by the stateat Philadelphia in February, 1776 , as a gun - lock factory underthe direction of Peter De Haven and Benj amin Rittenhouse,Maj orMeredith

,Captain Wilcocks and Captain Peters are also men

tioned on the Board . Later the activities of the factory were expanded to include gun manufacturing . About D ec. 13 , 1776, onthe approach of the British to Trenton , the stock and equipmentwere hastily moved to French Creek, a little west of ValleyForge, where the factory was re-established on the grounds ofthe Continental PowderMills erected by the state in 1776 . Thefactory was moved again to Hummelstown , east of Reading,Lancaster Co . , about the 12th of September, 1777, on the approachof the B ritish under General Wm . Howe ; Peter D e Haven beingfurnished a warrant to “

iinpress wagons to carry off Gunpowderand Stores from F rench Creek and raise a guard .

D ec . 17, 1778, the factory was ordered dismantled by theSupreme Council of Philadelphia, and the equipment and stocksold at auction by George Henry, who onMay 3 , 1779, accountedfor the sale to the Council.

Robert Towers, later an employee of the factory, had beenordered as early as O ct. 27th , 1775 , to mark muskets made andproved in Philadelphia with the letter “

P,

”(probably for

“proved” rather than “Philadelphia or the state initial ) , and

probabilities are that this letter “P

” was marked on all armsmade at the factory .

While the gun factory was at Hummelstown , a petition t e

garding prices , signed O ct. 30, 1777, shows the following to havebeen employed as gun stockers at the plant: Joseph D eLaven ,

William Atkinson, Conrad Switzer, Conrad B artling, WilliamFaries , Archibald Curry, F red erick Wharton, Joseph Weaver,Joseph Eastburn and Isaac Johns .

PENNSYLVANIA STATE GUN REPAIR SHOP— Allentown, ( oldname was Northampto ,n ) Pa . Probably established about September, 1777, when the B ritish took Philadelphia . The shop alsoserved as an arsenal or depot, where onMay 11, 1778, werestored 800 complete stands of arms and 150 in assembly, as well


166 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSbut were rej ected . The Company became involved in financialdiffi culties about 1855 , and failed.

PERSONS, H .— Plattsburg, N . Y. Reported maker of superposed rifle

shotgun .

PETERMAN, A.- 13 1 Walnut St. , Philade lphia, Pa . ,

1852- 60. B reechand muzzleloading arms .

PETERS, Sell— Two miles north of Getaway, Lawrence Co. , Ohio .

Learned the trade at Harpers F erry Armory before Civil War .

In his 9o’

s at time of death .

PETERSON, A. W. 8: SON— Axel W . Peterson , Larimer Street,Denver, gun maker, former partner of George Schoy en . O f Scand inavian orig in, Peterson came to U . S . as a boy . He came toD enver after working briefly in Chicago , in 1879 and becam eassociated with George Schoyen in 1904 . Continued the businessof making fine arms and accurate barrels after Schoy en

’

s d eath

iii19

1

1

1

6, bein g j oined by his son Roy Peterson who now operatese s op .

PE TTENGILL, C . S.— Patentee with Raymond Robitaille , in 1856

of hammerless percussion revolvers made in belt, navy and armysizes by Rogers 8: Spencer.

PETTIB ONE , Daniel— U . S . Inspector of Arms 1808- 1809. Inspectedsabers of contract of Dec . 9 , 1807 for horsem en

’

s swords ,awarded to Rose 8: Sons, Blockley Township, Phila .

, Pa .,by

Tench Coxe , Purveyor of Public Supplies .

PETTIT, A.— Pennsylvania? Kentucky rifles . A highly decorated half

stock percussion rifle . Same as Pettit, Andrew?PETTIT, Andrew— Salem , Columbiana Co . ,

Ohio,183 5 .

P. F .— Unidentified .Marking on Kentucky rifle .

PFEIFER, Charles— Lancaster, Pa. ,1857 .

PFEIFF ER, George— 160Main St. , Cincinnati, Ohio , 1859- 60.

PF LO E GE R, John and Wm . A.— See John F leeger.

P. G .— Unidentifi ed ; Kentucky rifles .

P. G . F .— Unidentified . Silver inlaid, cheekpiece , curly maple full

stock,octagonal barrel, percussion Kentucky rifle .

PHEATT, G . K .— Toledo , Ohio , 1882-83 .

PHELPS , Jedediah— Lebanon , Conn . Gun- lock maker to Committeeof Safety . Thirty- six double-bridled gunlocks delivered toHezekiah Huntington , musket maker to the Committee, Jan . 14,1777 .

PHELPS, Silas— Lebanon , Conn . , 1770-77 . Gun- lock maker to Comm ittee of Safety . Petitioned for payment for fi f ty -five gun- locksmade for the army, on which he could not collect premium onaccount of design . Three shillings allowed for each lock in Nov

gri

z

r

éber, 1776 . Additional payment for gunlocks made in August,

1

PHILADELPHIA ARMS 00.— Incorporated in 1903 with capital stock

of to manufacture firearms . Principal ofl‘ice was in theGuaranty and Trust Building , 4 19Market St. , Camden , N . J .

Incorporators were Alfred P. Shannon , C . William Haywood,

Isaac E lwall, Ansley H . Fox and Henry J . KingsburyPHILIPPI, Samuel and Solon C .

— E aston , Pa . Samuel Philippi , born1801 , died 1877 . Succeeded by son Solon C .

, born in 1841, apprenticed in 185 5 .


PHILLIPS— Prosperity Co . ,Pa . Late percussion period .Made a few

very good rifles as a hobby .

PHILLIPS, A.— Geneva

,N . Y .Maker of Slim, full stock, mule-ear

rifles .

PHILLIPS, E .— N ew York, N . Y .Maker of a percussion sharp -Shoot

er’s rifle with heavy barrel and telescope Sight.PHILPY, J .

— Unlocated ; buried in northernO

Ohio. Oddly designedflintlock Kentucky rifle with incised carving .

PHIPS, James— Kennebec River,Mass . , before and after 1643 -5 1 .

(Father of Sir William Phips, Governor ofMassachusetts . )PHOENIX ARMORY— See W . W.Marston .

PHOENIX CO .—Makers of breechloading, 12 gauge shotguns pat

ented in 1874 .

P*I— Part marking on locks and barrels by D esverney s, Charleston,S C

PIATT— Portsmouth, Lawrence Co. , Ohio .

PICKELL, Henry— Also Pickel, York, Pa . , musket maker . In association with Jacob Doll and Conrad Welshanze, contractor on

April 17 , 1801 , with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania forCharleville pattern muskets . Contracted with Tench Coxe, Purveyor of Public Supplies on Dec . 9, 1807, for 100rifles .

PICKETT— Tennessee . Percussion Kentucky rifles .PICKETT, R.M.— Ionia,Mich . Over-under and three barrel rifles .PICKLE, Henry— Lancaster, Pa. , 1800.

PIEPER, Abrah am— Lancaster, Pa . , gun maker. Petitioner to the 7thCongress on June 28, 1803 , for the non -removal of import dutieson arms .

PIE PIf

l

iR, H .

-Maker of F lobert type cartridge rifle and Pieper targetI

‘

1 es .PIERCE, H .

— Liverpool, Ohio .Maker of a double barrel, side-byside

,muzzleloading

,percussion rifle .

PIERCE, J. J .— Liverpool, Ohio . Flintlock rifles .

PIKE, Samuel— Troy, N . Y . , in 1834 ; Kentucky rifles .

PIM— Boston ,Mass . ,1722 . Reputed to have made an 1 1- shot flintlock

repeater .

PIPER, C . Y .— Natchez ,Miss . Unique brass-half stock percussion rifle

,

with patent breech and breechplate hook. Six gold bands atbreech one at muzzle, one in muzzle . Cast brass skeleton halfstock with engraved silver inlays in the brass . Bur l walnutinsert with silver patchbox and cheekpiece inlay engraved with13

1

stars, eagle,“E PLURIBUS UNUM,” flowers and scroll wire

In ay .

PIPER, S.— Oswego, N . Y . Percussion period .

PIPINO, Jacob— 18 E nsor St. , B altimore,Md . , 1853 .

PIPPERT, Carl— Bladensburg,Md . Fine, modern, flintlock Kentuckyrifles and restorations of old .Made his first gun in 1940.

PISTOR, G . 8: W.— Unlocated . Twenty gauge percussion double

barrel shotgun .

PITCHER AUTOMATIC REPEATING FIREARMS 00.— N eilsville

Wis . Formed in 1889, to make gas-operated, sem i-automatic riflesInvented by Henry A. Pitcher, dentist of N eilsville . At least two

168 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSor three specimens are believed to have been made and one wastested by the Army in 1891 . It is believed to the first semi-automatic rifle tested by the Army .

PITTINGER,J. S.

— Unlocated . Half stock percussion target rifle .

PITTSBURGH FIRE ARMS 00.— Pittsburgh, Pa . , period of 1860.

Barrel stamping on walnut half stocked , brass-mounted smoothrifle with Leman lock .

P. K .— Unidentified , Pennsylvania . Kentucky rifles .

PLAN TS , Chris tian— East Finley Township , Washnigton Co. , Pa . PostCivil War . A very ornate gun dated “

1873”on the barrel .

PLANT’S 8: HOTCHKISS— New Haven, Conn . See Plant’sMf g . Co .

PLANT’SMF G . CO— New Haven , Conn . , about 1863 .Makers of re

volvers under Willard C . Ellis and N . White’s patents of July12, 1859, No . and July 2 1

,1863

, No . assigned toEbenezer H . Plant, Henry Reynolds , Amzi H . Plant and AlfredHotchkiss . The Plant revolver was sold byMerwin 8: B ray,agents and distributors to supercede the Prescott, which was aninfringement on the Rollin White patent of a “ cylinder boredend to end

,

” controlled by Smith 8: Wesson .

PLATE , A. J .— San Francisco , Calif . , 1849- 1875 . D ealer and importer ;

marked rifles made by Slotter 8: Co. ,Philadelphia . Agent for

Henry D eringer ; induced Deringer employees to quit and makethousands of imitation Deringer pistols marked “J. D ERINGER.

”

Listed at 103 Commercial St. , 1859-60, at 507 Commercial in 186 1and at 4 11 Sansome in 1864- 65 .

PLATH, C .— New York, N . Y .Maker of a plain, serviceable , half

stock percussion rifle with brass furniture .

PLEASANTS’— Philadelphia , Pa. Single-barrel, percussion goose gun .

P. L . H .— Unidentifi ed ; Kentucky rifles . Possibly P. L . Hain of Pa .

PLUSHE L , F .— Cedar Falls , Iowa, 1868.

POEL, V an der— Albany , N . Y . ,1740.

POINT OF FORK (VA. ) STATE ARSENAL —Point of F ork, V a . , atthe confluence of the Rivanna and James Rivers, on the land ofDavid Ross . Virginia State Arsenal in whi ch equipment andclothing were manufactured, arms repaired and restocked, bayonets forged and filed, ramrods fitted and locks made . It is notknown when the arsenal was established , but probabilities arethat it was set up in January

,1781 , for the storage of supplies

partially evacuated from Richmond, V a . ,when Benedict Arnold

attacked it Jan . 5 - 6th ,1781, in the course of which small

arms, and two large casks containing new French musketlocks (used for repair and replacement) were destroyed byArnold . At the same time another raiding column of Lt . Col.Simcoe

’

s dragoons destroyed at Westham cartridge boxesand bayonets , 3 30 barrels of powder, 19 chests of musquet cartridges , 3 chests oi flints , a foundry for casting iron cannon , amagazine , etc . , etc .

The arsenal was raided by C01. Simcoe about June 5, 1781 ,

buildings were burned and some supplies and arms destroyed ;however a portion of the latter had been evacuated and savedon warning of the approach of the British . The arsenal was re

occupied by State troops after the raid, but the machinery andequipment for repair of arms had not been replaced by Sept . 24 ,1782 , ( report of Capt . John Peyton , in charge ) , though a limitedamount of clothing and shoes had been produced that year . AShortage of thread, too ls and materials is mentioned inMay of


170 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSamong the eighteen government contractors of 1808, he reputedlystarted musket manufacture that year, making arms for thestates’ militia and the Federal Government. The Pomeroy (private ) Armory became one of the six accorded national recognitionand subsidi es , at one time employing thirty expert gunsmiths .

Pomeroy continued musket manufacture until about 1846,when the portion of his plant containing arms manufacturingfacilities burned down and was not rebulit, for the output ofGovernm ent Armories at Springfield and Harpers F erry becameadequate to supply the military establishment, and the award of

musket contracts to private manufacturers was curtailed . Lemuel

lienmeroy died at Pittsfield August 25 , 1849, after a protracted

1 ess.

The following advertisement in PITTSF IELD SUN, Pittsfield ,Mass . , of Jan . 27, 1809, is of interest:Lemuel Pomeroy wishes to purchase a quantity of good hard

and chestnut coal, 2 or 3 tons of good horse hay and 3 or 4 wellfatted hogs : for which good pay will be made. He has now on

hand and is constantly makin g a large quantity of militarymusquets of the E nglish and French initiation. Likewise somefir st rate fowling pieces articles which may soon be substituted for our blessed embargo . He also has all kinds of B lacksmi th and Harness work executed at his shop by the best of

The patronage of his friends is once more solicited .

POND 8: 00.— Albany, N. Y. F lintlock pistols .

POND , L . W.— Lucius W . Pond, Worcester,Mass . , before 1863 to about

1870.Maker of a top-break cartridge revolver, infringement onthe Smith 8: Wesson patents There were Pond revolversturned over to the S . 8: W . Co . in settlement, inMarch, 1863 . Toavoid infringement, from 1863 manufactured a front loadingrevolver with removable steel shells .

POOL, Lemon— Springfield, Ohio , 1874-76 .

POOLEY, James—Memphis , Tenn . , 1860.

POPE, HarryM.— Hartford, Conn . , active to 1901 .

PORTER 8: PRICHITT— Phila . , Pa .Makers of a full stocked, brassmounted, Side-hammer percussion pistol.

PORTER, P. W.— Patrick W . Porter ofMemphis, Tenn . , and later N ew

York, N. Y.Manufacturer of percussion revolvers and inventorand maker of 9-Shot, pill- lock, turret type, revolving-breechrifles , patented July 8, 185 1 , No . Mr . Porter was killedwhile demonstrating one of his rifles to C01. Colt .

PORTS, J. A.— O r J . E . , Sunbury, Ohio , 1877-82 .

POST, J .-Newark, N. J.Maker of a hammerless , ring-trigger, per

cussion pepperbox pistol patentedMay 15 , 1849, patent No . 6453 .

POST Samuel B .— Washington Co . , Pa. Learned the trade under

George W . Craft, on Craft Creek,Morris Township, about 1880;in business at E ngland (now Pleasant Grove ) Pa .Made about100 guns before 1900, largely half stock, with locks and barrelsmostly purchased in Pittsburgh . D id his own rifling and markedbarrels “S . POST,

” in script . D ied in 1947.

POSTLEY, NELSON 8: CO - Unlocated (Pittsburgh, Pa. beforeabout 1880; barrehnakers B rown 8: Hirth of Pittsburgh adver

tised in 1886 that“the hands we employ have been making Rifle

B arrels for over thirty years, with the late firm ofMessrs . Post


ley,Nelson 8: Co. , who carried on the Gun Barrel business for

a period of twenty -five years . B arrel of a rifle by J . V. Hoffman , Attica , Ind .

POTTER, Daniel— Hartford, Conn . , 1867 . Percussion rifles, full-lengthtelescope sights .

POTTER, H. 8: 00.— New York State . Percussion rifles.

POTTER, N .— Unlocated . Percussion sporting rifle.

POTTS , William— Columbus , Ohio , 1883 -84 .

POULTNEY 8: TRIMB LE— 200West Balto St. , Baltimore ,Md . , 1860and later.Makers of Smith carbines , paten ted by Gilbert SmithJune 23

,1857 . There were 300 Smith carbines bought by the

War Department in 1860, and during the Civil War . Thecarbines were also manufactured for Poultney 8: Trimble by theAmericanMachine Works -

at Springfield,Mass . ; the AmericanArms Company of Chicopee F alls ,Mass . , andMassachusetts ArmsCompany of the same city. It is uncertain whether any Smithc

BaI

ilt

iines were actually manufactured by Poultney 8: Trimble ina Imore .

POUN ILS, I. D .

— Columbus , Ohio, 1834-55 . Rifle , pistol and shotgunma er .

POWELL 8: BROWN— See Powell Palemon .

POWELL 8: CLEMENT— Cincinnati, Ohio, before and after 1890-92 .

POWELL, Jacob— Logan Co , The Indian Country”(now Richland

Co . ) Ashland Co . ,and B owling Green , 1825 .Made and repaired

rifles for Indians 1808.

POWELL, Palemon— Cincinnati , Ohio, active about 1839-73 . Associated with B rown, 1856- 58. F irm changed to Powell 8: Son In

1871 to 1873 and later.POWELL 8: SON— See Powell, Palemon .

POYAS , F. D .— Charleston, S . C . Percussion duelling pistols .

P. R.— Unidentified .Maker of flintlock Kentucky rifles . Lock by R. 8:W. C . B iddle .

PRAHL, Lewis— Philadelphia , Pa . , musket maker to Committee ofSaf ety . Contracted O ct. 23 , 1775 , for 150stands .Made the patternmusket for the Sebastian Keeley contract for 100fi relocks .

PRAILISH, Charles— Lancaster, Pa . , 1857.

PRATT— New Harmony,Ind . Percussion rifle .

PRATT, Alvan— Concord,Mass . , gun maker, was born at Sherborn,Mass . , N ov. 23 , 1790, and served his apprenticeship at the Whittemore gun factory in Sutton,Mass . After serving full time asapprentice and some months as j ourneym an, went into businesswith his brother Nathaniel, also a gunsmith, in Watertown ; however, they

e

failed and Alvan returned to Sutton . His establishment prospered for a while , then was burned out, after which hereturned to Concord, his birthplace , where he remained until hisdeath Jan . 20, 1877 .

Pratt was well known for the accuracy of his rifles and excellent quality of his products . However

,being over-conservative

,

If not actually old fashioned, he was opposed to improvementsand new machinery, and gradually hi s custom fell off and thelast ten years of his life were spent in repair work .

A musket lock-plate marked “A. PRATT” is described byMr . Walter White, which though converted to percussion shows

172 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSthe characteristics of aModel 1795 musket . Certainly the arm isof not later than 1808 vintage . In view of Alvan Pratt’s birthin 1790, it is not likely that he is the maker. An Asa Prattsblacksmith, was located in Essex County,Mass . , in 1756- 1811 .

There is no record known to date of Pratt contract.PRATT, AZARIAH— Settled atMarietta , Ohio , in 1788. Silversmith,

locksmith and gunsmith ; made the lock f or the first j ail in theNorthwest Territory .

PRATT, G . D .— Attica , N . Y. Cased percussion target rifles .

PRATT, Henry— Roxbury ,Mass Born 1790; died 1880. New Englandtype flintlock Kentucky rifle .

PRESCOTT, E . A.-Worcester,Mass . , 1860-74 . Ex-employee of Ethan

Allen .Maker of a rim-fi re cartridge revolver distributed b yMerwin 8: Bray . The arm was an infringement on the RollinWhite patent controlled by Smith 8: Wesson , and production wasdiscontinued in 1863 .

PRESCOTT, Benjamin— Superintendent Springfield Armory fromNovember 1 , 1805 to August 3 1 , 1813 , and from January 16, 1815toMay 3 1

,1815 .

PRE TCHE L , J. A.— Cleveland, Ohio .

PRETZSCH, Charles— Unlocated . Percussion sporting rifle .

PRICIf

I

l, Cal— Orange, Texas .Modern . Percussion , small-bore hunting

ri es .PRICE, J .

— New York,N . Y .Maker of a late Colonial period, brass

mounted,sling swivel equipped, sporting flintlock musket of large

caliber, with engraved lock, goose-neck hammer, and frizzenseparated from the pan .Marked on barrel “J. PRICE N . YORK,

”

in rounded, engraved type lettering . Inside of trigger guardmarked “AN N E LY .

”Probably Edward Annely , New Jersey gun

maker active 1771 and before .

PRICHITT— See Porter 8: Prichitt.

PRIEST, Josiah—Marietta , Ohio , 1840.

PRIND LE , Ar —Unlocated . Script marking on half stock percussion

PRINGLE, John— Pennsylvania gun- lock maker to Committee ofSafety, 1775 - 76 .

PRISSEY, Elias— Hooversville , Pa . , active about 1855 and after.PROTECTOR ARMS 00.

— Ph iladelphia, Pa .Makers of .22 caliber7- shot rim-fi re cartridge revolvers .

PROVIDENCE TOOL 00.— Providence, R. I . Civil War contractors

forModel 1861 Springfield rifle muskets :July 13

,1861 at each . delivered .

Nov. 26, 1861 at each . delivered .May 1 , 1864 at each . delivered .

The firm also made Robert’s breechloading military riflesand Peabody breechloading cartridge carbines , rifles and sporting arms patented July 22, 1862, No . The Peabody armswere tested by an Ordnance Board in January, 1865 , and thoughfavorably reported on , were not adopted due to terminationof hostilities during the session of the B oard. Peabody armswere however, adopted and purchased by the State of Connecticut . Providence Tool Company also was active in the alterationof muzzleloading arms to the Peabody system , and also madethe Peabody-Martini carbines and rifles for foreign governments .


174 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSRAFSSggs

D E R, John— O r Reiff snyder. Reading, B erks Co . ,Pa . ,

RAIKE, Levi— Lincoln Co . ,Ky . Reported percuss ion half stock rifle .

RALPH, N . H .— Unlocated . Percussion rifle that came from West

Virginia .

RAMAGE 8: CARRIER— Trinidad, Col. , 1877-81 .

RAMSDELL, Charles V .— In partnership with John Neal as Ramsdell

8: Neal, Harlow St. , B angor,Me . , post-Civil War . The parnership dissolved, Ramsdell opened a shop on State St. ; later soldto James Holt and committed suicide . Fine heavy percussiontarget rifles ; Snider-action breechloaders . Heavy telescope- sightMilt/”h rifle, lock marked “

C . V. 8: J . W . RAMSDELL, BANGOR,

RAMSDELL, V. G .— Buckport,Me .

RANDALL, Joseph C .— Unlocated .Marking on the lock of a per

cussion Kentucky rifle .

RANDALL,Myron— Waupaca,Wis .Made .44 caliber muzzleloading

percussion rifles as late as 193 5 . Also invented and made springoperated air guns . B orn 1878, died 1944 .

RANKIN— See Clark 8: Rankin .

RANKIN, John— York Co . , Pa . Kentucky rifles .

RANKIN 8: WERTER— Unlocated . (Probably Pennsylvania ) . Barrelmaker’s stamp under breech of late Kentucky percussion riflefromMaryland .

RANSOME, James— O r Ransom . Superintend ent of the State GunFactory at Halifax, N . C . , 1776-78. See North Carolina Gun

RAPPAHAN N OCK FORGE— F almouth, V a . , on the north side of

Rappahannock River . Rappahannock Forge was the alternatename of the Hunter Iron Works established by James Hunterat Falmouth

, V a . ,some time before the Revolution . At the

outbreak of the war , the works were considerably enlarged ; amanufactory of small arms was added , slitting mills were constructed

,and anchors and war material manufactured .

The factory was dismantled onMay 30, 1781 , due to the

approach of a British raiding party under Tarleton, who wasoperating from Cornwall’s force, whi ch had arrived at Petersburg, about seven miles

- south of Richmond onMay 20,1781 .

The removal of the equipment and machinery was supervisedby General Weedon , a laid-off Continental ofli cer . Later theworkmen were recalled and the works enlarged, but failing toreceive financial support from the State of Virginia, JamesHunter dismissed the remaining workmen and closed the factory D ec. 1

,1781 . D oubtless the threat of a possible raid and

destruction of the works by a raiding party from the Britishfleet was a contributing factor in permitting the closing of

Rappahann ock F orge . See Hunter, James .RASH, B .

— Unlocated . Percussion rifle with lock by G . Goulcher .

RAUB , William— New York, N . Y . , at 3rd Ave . ,and 67th St. ,

andlater 629 Union Ave . ,

Bronx . B orn in Germany in 1810. Emigratedto U . S . in boyhood . Claimed to have made guns f or Buff alo BillShows ;

. repaired arms for Union forces stationed around NewYork City during Civil War . Died Jan . 9, 1921 .

RAUBER, Ped er— Berks County, Pa . , 1730.


RAURMAN , G .— Unlocated . Percussion rifles .

RAYMOND, William— Winona,Minn . , 1864- 65 .

HAYNES— New York, N . Y. Percussion target rifle .

RB .— Lock marking of a maple half stock, octagon barrel, late percussion Kentucky rifle with two patch boxes and set triggers .

R.C .— Initials of R. Chandler, U. S . Inspector of Arms within years183 1- 1850.

READ, N. T .— Danville

,Va . Inventor of the Read breechloading

carbine,Confederate patent No . 154 ofMarch 20

,1863 . The

arm is believed to have been made by Keen Walker 8: Co. , of

D anville,with Read in charge of operations .

READ, Robert— Chesterton,Md ., arms maker to Committee of Safety,1775 .

READ, William— 11 Water Baltimore,Md . , 1802-04 .

READ, William— Boston,Mass . Apparently dealer and importer . Solda quantity of .44 Allen 8: Wheelock revolvers to the Governmentduring the Civil War.

READING— Pennsylvania, period of 1780 Flintlock Kentucky rifles,

also an original “smooth bore rifle .

READING’S F ACTORY— Vicksburg,Miss. Said to have made firearms for the Confederacy .Machinery shipped to Atlanta, Ga .

in 1862 . On Sept . 11 , 1862 Col . James H . Burton with Capt .M.‘

f

M. Wright andMaj . Cuyler made a selec tion of machineryrom it .

READY,

(fin— Unlocated . Flintlock Kentucky rifles of about 1780- 1800

perioREASON, Jacob— (Also Reagon?) F rederickstown ,Md . , Revolutionary

War rifle and musket maker to Councils of Safety in bothVirginia andMaryland Financed by Josiah Chapman who rentedhis shop, and hired him and his men on a wage basis . Procuredmany of his parts, if not most, by purchase all overMarylandarea, to be used in assembly of arms .

REASOR, David— Lancaster, Pa . , 1749 .

REASOR, David— Lancaster, Pa . , 1770-80. (Same as above?)

RECTOR, C . A. 8: J. H .— Syracuse , N. Y . J. H . Rector (also Rocketer ) ,

Syracuse, 1845 - 5 5 . Halfstock percussion Plains rifles .RECTOR, J. H. 8: J. O . ROBSON— 109Main St. , Buff alo , N . Y . ,

1850- 5 3 . Percussion sporting rifles, marked“J . H . Rector and

J . O . Robson, Buffalo .

”

RECTOR, J. H. 8: L . W. ROBINSON— Syracuse,N . Y . Percussion

sporting rifles .RE D F AN G , George— Also Redfan, Badiong, Raddfong , or Rathfong .

Pennsylvania arms maker. Excused by the Executive Council,

Dec . 5 , 1777, from military duties f or the making of arms forthe State of Pen-nsy lvania, in the employ, and under supervisionof William Henry I of Lancaster .

RE D F

gRD , Arter— Near Jeff erson City,Mo. Percussion Kentucky

ri es .

REED— Seville, Ohio , about 1850. Patent breech halfstock percusSion rifle .

REED, E .M.— Unlocated . Percussion pistol .REED, John— Troy, N. Y . , in 1836 ; Kentucky rifles .

176 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSREED, Joseph— Lancaster, Pa. About 1800and after .REED, J. P.

— Unlocated .Marking on light, walnut half stock, Penna .

squirrel rifle .

REED, Robt estertown,Md . , Revolutionary War musket contractor .

REED, William— l l Water St. , B altimore ,Md 1802 .

REEDY, L .— “

KRATZ TOWN ” Marking on barrels of a curvedstock, swivel- breech, superposed Penna . rifle, circa 1820.

REID, James— New York,N . Y. At 167 E . 26th St. , in 1862 and at

171 E . 26th St. , in 1863 -64 .Maker of Reid cartridge revolvers .These were infringements on the Smith 8: Wesson controlledpatents , and in 1865 , Reid started the manufacture of

“MyFriend” knuckle-duster revolvers , believed to have been madeby Reid at Catskill, N . Y.

RE I

Dézgamuel— Phila . , Pa . Listed as gun stocker at 91 D illwyn in

REID, William— Spartanburg Co. ,S . C . E arly gunsmith.

REID, Templeton—Milledgeville, Ga . ,

1824.

RE IGART, Peter— Lancaster, Pa. ,musket maker to Committee of

Safety .

“Agreed to set to workMonday, Nov . 20, 1775 , to makemuskets and bayonets .

REIN— New York, N . Y . , on the B owery . Fancy Schuetzen rifle .

D ied 1914 .

REINHARD , J. C .— Also Reihart. Ohio .

REINHARD, P. A.— Also Reinhart . Rifle maker known for fine work

manship and accuracy of his arms . Arrived f rom Germany at theage of s ix , and lived with his parents at Columbus, Ohio , until 22years old , when he was apprenticed to one Sprague, a gunsmith of

Loudonville, Ohio . In about 1850, Reinhard worked under Billinghurst at Rochester, N. Y thence went back to Loudonville , on hisown . Reinhard died about 1899, at D ayton, Ohio , wher e he hadmoved in 1896 . Rifles usually marked with name, address andmasonic emblems .

REINHART, J .—Maddensville , Pa .

REINHART, P. A.— See Reinhard, P . A.

REISS, A.— Utica, N . Y . , percussion telescope rifle .

REMIN GTON ARMS CO INC .— Established by E liphalet Rem ing

ton and his son , E liphalet, J r .,makers of rifle barrels, in Ilion

Gorge, N . Y ., in 1816 , when young Remington turned to the

manufacture of complete firearms . In 1825 , the plant wasmoved to Ilion, to take advantage of the transportation facilities aff orded by the E rie Canal . E liphalet, Sr. died three yearslater, in 1828. In 1844, E liphalet (J r . ) took his son Philo intothe firm, the name being changed to E . Remington 8: Son .

In 1845 , Remington took over a contract of John Griffiths ofCincinnati, Ohio, of D ec. 6 , 1842, for Model 1841 riflesat each, on which Griffiths had been unable to makedeliveries The Remingtons made good on the contract, and it wasfollowed by another for an additional In the meantime,in 1846 -47, the Remingtons took over an uncompleted N. P.

Ames contract for sidehammer, percussion navy carbines madeon the Jenks patent breechloading system . These arms weremade at the Remington’s Herkiiner plant, and diff er from theN. P. Ames arms in having tape-primer locks. Sept . 9, 1854,


178 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSRENWICK , Edward S.

-New York,N . Y.Maker of D ouble Header

2 -shot cartridge pistols .

RESOR, J .—Unlocated . An early flintlock Kentucky rifle .

RE SSE R, Peter— Lancaster B orough, Lancaster Co . , Pa. , 1779- 1802

REUTHE, F .— Unlocated . Trap pistol patentedMay 12, 1857 .

REVOL, J. B .—New Orleans , La ., gunsmith listed in the City D i

rectory from 1842 through 1885 . Located at 346 Royal in 185 3 .

Stock bought out by P. B ouron when business was discontinued .

REXER— Can ton, Stark Co., Ohio. Early.

RE YNALL , Richard— 56 Water St. , B altimore,Md 1802 .

REYNOLDS— Lancaster, Pa . , about 1800. F lintlock Kentucky rifle .

REYNOLDS, F .— New York, N. Y ., 1866 . 8 ga. Percussion shotgun”

REYNOLDS, F rancis— Troy, N. Y In 183 5 . Kentucky rifles .REYNOLDS, J. A.

—Unlocated . Gun barrel maker.RE YllgLI

éS, PLAN T 8: HOTCHKISS— New Haven, Conn . See Plant’s

g . o .

REYNOLDS, Thomas— Troy, N . Y. , in 183 5 . Kentucky rifles .R . F .

— Unidentified . B edford County, Pa . Percussion Kentucky rifles .R . F. S — Unidentified . Plain percussion Kentucky rifle , brass mounted

without patchbox .

R. H .— Unidentified . Percussion Kentucky rifle .

R. H. P.—Unidentifi ed . Percussion rifle .

RHE INHARL, P. A.—Misreading for Reinhard, P. A.

RHINEHART, J. C — Ohio , 184060.

RHINEHART, Rudolph— B earwallow Ho llow, Va , _l785 . F lintlock

Kentucky rifle .

RHODES, William— Providence, R. I .Musket maker associated withWilliam Tyler in a U . S . contract under Act of July 5 1798, for

Charlevi lle pattern (Model 1795 ) muskets at $13 .40 pstand . O f these 950were de livered by June

RICE, Ralsa C .-Ohio . B orn 1838; died 1911 .

RICE, Samuel F .— See Wallis 8: Rice .

RICH, Henry— Canton, N . Y . , percussion period ; riflesmith .

RICHARD— N . Y. Three barrel percussion gun— one barrel rifled .

RICHARD S, C. B .— Unlocated, 1874.

RICHARDSON, C. Y. 8: BRO .— Charleston, S . C 1867

RICHARDSON, Joel— B oston,Mass . , 1816 25 .

RICHARDSON, O . A.-

,LowellMass . Heavy, percussion telescopicCivil War sharpshooter’

s rifles .

RICHARD SON 8: OVERMAN— Philadelphia, Pa . Civil War makersof Gallager breech loading percussion carbines of whichwere bought between 1861 64. An additional 5 ,000Gallager cartridge carbines were purchased betweenMay 4, and June

RICHARDSON, Wm. Aa - Worcester,Mass . , arms manufacturer. B orn1833 . Worked for B all 8: Williams and for F rank Wesson . WithGilbert H . Harrington organized the firm of Harrington 8:Richardson in 1874 . See the latter fi r

'

m .

RICHMOND ARMORY— Richmond, Va . See VirginiaManufactory .

RICHMON D, S -.UnlocatedMaker of over-under, mule ear” lock

percussion rifle .


RICHWINE, C .— Reading, Pa .,

gun barrel maker, late flintlock, earlypercussion periods . Richwine rifles are known stocked In curlymaple

,with locks by Joseph Golcher .

RICKARD ARMS 00.— Cheap double barrel, hammer breechloading

shotguns .

RICKS, Thomas— Boston,Mass . , 1677RICKETS, John—Mansfield , Ohio , 1859- 74 . Half- stock perc . target

rifle .

RICKETS, T .—Mansfi eld , Ohio .

RIDDEL— Lancaster, Pa . ,1770. Kentucky rifles .

RIDDLE— North Carolina maker of a percussion lock pistol generallypatterned after U . S . 1842Model .

RIDDLE— Low and medium quality commercial percussion locks,variously decorated and marked

“Riddle” in ribbon scroll or

oblong cartouche .

RIDDLE, W. G . 8: CO .— Philadelphia, Pa . Kentucky type , full stock,

flintlock smoothbores .

RIDEOUT, J .— Unlocated . Reported full stock, sporting-military flint

lock rifle .

RIDER, NATHANIEL 8: CO .— Southbridge,Mass 1857. Saw-handle,

under-hammer percussion pistols .

RIFE, Charles — Cadiz, Harr ison Co . , Ohio , 1800- 12 .

RIFE, Charles— Cincinnati, Ohio, 1855 - 5 6 .

RIFE, Harry C .—R. F . D . No . 2, Leesburg, Ohio . B orn Feb . 14, 1907,

in Ross Co . , O . ; learned gunsmithing under Win Woods ofPeeliles, Ohio .Makes rifles from old parts ; specializes in barrel

wor

RIGDON, ANSLEY 8: CO .— Augusta, Georgia . Revolver manufac

tur ers to the Confederacy. Arms patterned af ter the Colt Navy185 1 . Charles H . Rigdon, mechanic and machinist, was a member of firm of Rigdon 8: Harms ted , scale manufactures of St.Louis

,Mo.

,about 1854 . In 1860, Rigdon was inMemphis , Tenn . ,

operating a scale shop . Early in 1862, in partnership with ThomasLeech, he organized theMemphis Novelty Works , atMain 8:Mccall Streets , for the manufacture and repair of swords .May 9, 1862, on approach of Union forces, Leech and Rigdonmoved to Columbus,Miss . , where some revolvers were made,thence on orders to move the plant to saf er area, they went toGreensboro , Ga. , about 15 Dec . 1862.Mar ch 6, 1863 , the firmreceived a Confederate contract for revolvers , manufacture ofwhich began in the purchased plant of the Greensboro SteamFactory, als o known as GreensboroMills . In D ecember 1863the partnership was dissolved and Rigdon moved to Augusta,Ga. , probably taking the machinery and contract with him . InJanuary 1864 he organized the firm of Rigdon, Ansley 8: Company, his partners being Jesse A. Ansley , C . R. Keen and A. J .

Smythe. The company plant was onMallory Street, wher e theiriron frame, 12 cylinder stop Confederate Colts were made untilAnsley was drafted and the mechanics cons cripted into a defence battalion which participated in the fight at Griswoldvillein Nov. 1864. The plant Operations ceased about Jan . 1865 , atwhich time Ansley off ered his one- fourth interest for sale in anewspaper ad . See also Leech 8: Rigdon .

RIGGINS, THOMAS— Knoxville , Tenn . , 1862- 63 . Armorer to the

180 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSConfederacy . Riggins was born inMcMinn County, Tenn . , in1821 and was apprenticed at the age of ten to a gunsmithrelative . By 1845 his sporting rifles gained a reputation in oldtime shooting matches and were said to get the beef.”

At the outbreak of Civil War he contracted to make r iflesfor arming the “

E ast Tennessee Squirrel Shooters,” a State

volunteer cavalry unit . Volunteering in’61 for Col. Vaughn’

s

Thi rd Tennessee Regiment, he was detached to Knoxville tosupervise the instruction and labor of sixty mechanics in con

version of percussion and flintlock sporting arm s into short,percussion , large- bore cavalry carbines , until the shop wasdestroyed by Union forces . See A. L .Maxwell, Jr. 8: Co .

RIGHTER, J - Cadiz Harrison Co.,Ohio

,1800- 1812 .

RIGHTER, J . G .— Cadiz, Ohio . Percussion Kentucky rifles, poss ibly

a few flin tlocks . Related to J . Righter?RIGGS, B r

—Bellows Falls,Vt. 1850.

RIGGS , Joseph , J r.— Derby, Conn . Repaired arms for the Committee

of Safety . Account submitted for repairing guns taken from“inimical persons”

; Jun e 1776 .

RILEY, Edward— Cincinnati, Ohio , 1816- 18.

RILEY, William L .-Watertown

,Washington. Co. ,

Ohio, 1850-54.

RILING, John— J uanista Valley, Pa. Percussion period .

RILIN G, John— Unlocated .Maple full stock, brass trim, octagonbarrel, percussion Kentucky rifle .

RINER,Michael— Lancaster, Pa .

RINGLE— Pennsylvania .

RINGLE, A .— Unlocated, possibly Pennsylvania . Kentucky rifles .

RINGLE ,M.— B ellefonte , Center Co. , Pa . Late percussion period .

Curly maple, silver inlaid, full stock rifle with stock marked“M. RINGLE ” and “

B E LLEFONTE ,

” in two lines . Another curlymaple full stock rifle with oval patchbox , twice marked

“M.RINGLE ”

on top flat ; back action lock marked WHITMOREWOLFF DUF F 8: CO . PITTSBURGH,

PA.

”

RIPLEY (RAIBLE )— Warren, Ohio , about 1850; 24- lb . percussionmatch rifle .

RIPLEY BROS— Windsor, V t. , 1835 .

RIPLEY, E . K .— 1401 Alaska St. , Seattle, Wash . B orn in 1846 ; retired

1918.

RIPLEY, J. W.—Maj or Ordnance Superintendent Springfield Armory

from April 16, 1841 to August 16, 1854 .

RISHER, D’N

’L— D aniel Risher, unlocated . Percussion Kentucky rifle .

RISLEY, Hiram— Saquoit, N . Y. B orn 1804 ; died in the Seventies .

RISLEY,M. Shirley— North Brookfi eld , N . Y. Still active . Worked withN . H . Roberts in the development of the .257 Roberts cartridge.

RITTENHOUSE , Ben jamin— Worcester Township ,Montgomery Co. ,

Pa . Active before and after 1776-78.Musket maker to Committeeof Safety for 200 stands at 4 pounds, 5 shillings each. WithPeter De Haven established the State Gun- lock F actory atPhiladelphia inMarch, 1776 . Later the factory was expandedto include manufacture of arms. See Pennsylvania State GunF actory .

The prOposal that Rittenhouse take charge of the “Pro


AMERICAN GUNMAKERStake over the machine business, which had been one of theside lines of the Windsor Company . Jones Lamson are stillactive in Springfield, V t. , where they had moved from Windsorin 1889.

When the Robbins Lawrence firm failed,Mr . Lawrencetook charge of the operations at the Sharps plant at Hartford,which rem ained"under the Sharps Rifle Co . stockholders’ control .

ROBBINS, W. E .—Manesburg , Pa.Maker of percuss ion rifles .

ROBBINS, W. G .— Windsor

,Vt . Percussion rifles .

ROBERTS BREECH-LOADING ARMS 00.— 3 9 Broadway , N . Y . ,

1865 - 74. Controlled by Gen . B enj amin S . Roberts, inventor of

the Roberts army r ifles and carbines, and of the Roberts systemof alteration to breechloaders, patented Feb . 27, 1866 . TheRoberts arms were manufactured by the Providence Tool Co.

The Roberts conversion system was adopted by the State of

New York in 1867.

ROBERTS, W.— D ansville

,N . Y . ,

1850. Four shot, pepperbox” type,percussion rifle .

ROBERTSON, Wm .— Well known Philadelphia gunsmith, maker of

duelling pistols. Listed as gunsmith at 102 Carpenter in 1829 . Inthe 1841-44-45McE lroy ’

S Philadelphia D irectors, Wm . Robinson ,gunsm ith is listed at 90 S . 2nd . He is believed to be identicalwith Robertson, for William Robertson, gunsm ith is shown re

s iding at 90 S zud in 1846- 47- 48- 49. His subsequent addres ses(under Roberts on ) are shown at SW 2nd and Walnut in1851- 52- 53 ; SE 2nd and D ock in 1854- 5 5 ; 47 Walnut below 2nd in1856 - 5 7 and at 13 1 Walnut in 1859, last entry .

ROBINSON— Philadelphia, Pa . ,1830- 1855 . Kentucky rifles .

ROB INSON, E .—New York, N . Y . E dward Robinson, Civil War con

tractor for Springfield muskets,Model 1861 :June 10, 1863 at delivered .

D ec. 29, 1863 at delivered .

Feb . 23 , 1864 at delivered .

O ct. 4 , 1864 at delivered .

ROBINSON, S . C . ARMS COMPANY— Richmond, V a . ,1862- 63 .

Located on canal near Petersburg railroad bridge .Makers ofConfederate Sharps carbines . Revolvers on the Whitney patternwere also to be made, but proposals were withdr awn in 1861 .

O perated by Samuel C . Robins on, owner of the B elviderePlaningMills of Richmond, who furnished the capital andLester, the foreman in charge of works . Taken over by the Confederate Government in 1863 and removed to Tallassie, Alain 1864 .

ROB INSON, S . C..— Richmond, V a . , Confederate arms manufacturer,

Operator of S . C . Robinson Arms Company . Had a contract formanufacturing shells for U . S . in 1860.

ROBINSON, Wm .— Philadelphia, 1841- 1845 . See Robertson , Wm .

ROBSON, James O .— 11 1Main Stree t, Buff alo , N . Y . ,

1854-7 .

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL— Rock Island,Ill . , 1843 to date .

”

Facilitiesfor manufacture and repair of U. S . rifles ,Model 1903 . Thear senal produced Model 1903 rifles during the World War.

ROCKETER, J. H .— A1so Rector, Syracuse, N. Y . , 1845

- 55 .

RODGERS, John— See Rogers, John.

ROEMER, O. E .— Unidentified . Percussion rifles .


BOESCHEN, C . A.— Unlocated . Half stock percussion rifle with

patent breechROESSLER, C Charleston , S . C . ,

1867 .

ROESSER,Matteas— Also Roeser,Matthew,Mathias orMathew .

Lancaster County, Pa .

,before and after 1740- 5 1 . Kentucky rifles .

William Henry I,served his apprenticeship under Roesser.

ROESSER, Peter— (or Roeser ) , Lancaster, Pa . , 1741- 1755 and probablyafter 1780. Flintlock Kentucky rifles .

ROGER, J .— Highland

,Ill .

ROGERS BROS— Philadelphia,Pa . ,

about 1820. Pistol makers .

ROG E

fRS, H .

— Unidentifi ed . Lock marking on a flintlock Kentuckyn e .

ROGERS, H. D .— Unlocated . Over-under percussion rifle- shotgun .

ROGERS HEART— Utica,N .

”

Y . Percussion pistol .ROGERS, John— Philadelphia , Pa . , ironmonger listed (with Charles

Rogers ) in the City D irectories at 7 N. 2nd Street, in 1809, andat 5 2 High Street, fr om 1810 to 1824. Then Rogers B rothers 8:Co . , are listed at 52 High Street, until 1846 .

John Rogers ( sometimes also spelled Rodgers ) bought theValley Forge in 1814 . OnMarch 21 , 1821 , in association withBrooke Evans of 120 High St.

,Philadelphia, Rogers took over

the refunct contract of AlexanderMcRae of Richmond, V a . ,

of July 28, 1817, for muskets at per stand . B rookeEvans remodelled the old forge and iron works into afactory, and by D ec. 3 1 , 1823 , John Rogers and Brooke Evansare recorded to have delivered muskets on the contract .

On Jan . 1 , 1825 , John Rogers (alone ) contracted forModel 1816 muskets at per stand, to be delivered at therate of per annum. This contract was probably sharedwith Wm . L . Evans , a practical gun-maker who managed the

Evansburg arms works .

The Valley Forge descended to a nephew, Char les H . Rogers ,then

120 female des cendants, until bought by Pennsylvania for

a parROGERS, R .

— California . Brass mounted, pill- lock rifle .

ROGERS SPENCER—Willowdale , N . Y . , about seven miles southof Utica . Civil War makers of Pettengill percussion hammerlessrevolvers under the Raymond Robitaille patent of Nov. 15 ,1856, of which were bought from Rogers Spencer bythe War Department between O ct. 20, 1862, and Jan . 17, 1863 .

Later the firm manufactured the Rogers Spencer percussionrevolver made under the H . S . Rogers patent of N ov . 4 , 1862,No . There were 500 of these well made arms boughtfrom Jan . 30, 1865 , to Sept . 26 , 1865 , too late for use in the CivilWar . The Rogers Spencer revolvers were really a development of the Freeman revolver . The firm acquired the Freemanpatents and improved and refined the arm

,producing a sturdy

,

handsome and well balanced weapon .

ROGiI

ggt,Wm .

— Philadelphia, Pa . Listed as gunsmith at 30Brown,in

ROGERS, Wm .— Philadelphia, Pa . Listed as gun powder m anufac

turer at 3Minor, in 1829 .

ROHRER, Leopold— New Castle, Pa . , 1873 - 1939 . B orn in St. Peter,

Baden, Germany, Nov . 13 , 185 1 ; came to America in 1871 . With

184 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSGreat Western Gun Works

, Sm ithfield St. , Pittsburgh, Pa . , thenin Chicago . Established gun" Shop in New Castle in 1873 ; activeuntil 1939.

ROLL, F. X.— Liberty

,Mo . , F rench gunsmith . Established early in

frontier days about 1822 .Made and repaired arms for aboutfifty years .

ROME REVOLVER NOVELTY CO .— Nicke l-plated revolvers .

ROOD,M. L .— D enver

, Col. , before and after 1860-81 . Listed at 20215 th Street, 1873 -81 .

ROOP, J .— B ellefonte, Pa . , about 1850 1860. Percussion rifles .

ROOP, John— Allentown, Pa . ,

1768- 1775 , before and after. Extensivemaker of flintlock Kentucky rifles

,Masonic emblem characteristic .

Flintlock rifle dated 1768, SilverMasonic emblem in cheekpiece .

Another, silver inlaid, with emblem on patchbox .

ROPER REPEATING RIFLE 00.— Amherst,Mass . , about 1867

makers of multi- shot repeating rifles and Shotguns under the

H . S . ROper patent of April 10, 1866 , No . 5 3881 .

The corporation consisted of H . S . Roper of Roxbury,Mass . ,the inventor

, ChristopherM. Spencer of Spencer repeating armsfame

,H . D . Fearing

,LeonardM. Hills and his son Henry F .

Hills and had been organized with capital stock of $100,000.

From 1869 to 1876 the R0per arms were made for the company

,renamed Roper SportirPg Arms Co.

, of Hartford, Conn . ,

by the B illings Spencer Co . of Hartford .

ROPER SPORTING ARMS 00.— Hartford, Conn . , 1869- 1876 . Suc

cessors to Roper Repeating Rifle Co. of Amherst,Mass . Promoters of combination revolving rifle-Shotgun , using interchangeable barrels , made for the Company by B illings Spencer, Hartford, Conn .

ROPP, Adam— Lancaster , Pa . ,1857 .

ROSS, A. C .— Zanesville

,Muskigum Co . , Ohio , 1810-20. Rifle andpistol maker . Son of E lij a Ross .

ROSS, Boone— Terre Haute , Ind . Heavy, percussion , match rifles .ROSS, Elija— Zanesville,Muskigum Co. , Ohio . ,

1804- 1864 . Born inB rownsville , Penna . , 1786 . Fine gun and siwordsm ith .

ROTH, Charles— Wilkes B arre , Pa . , about 1840.

ROTH, Henry— Wilkes B arre , Pa . Percussion period .

ROTHROCK, Edward—Middle Creek, Snyder Co . , Pa . Late percussion period . Active until death Jan . 1 , 1934 .

ROUP—Mifflinburg , Pa . K enucky rifles .

ROW,Nathaniel— Penna . Had served apprenticeship under John

Armstrong . Handsome , relief carved rifle .

ROWE , A. H .— Hartford, Conn . , 1864 .Maker of a rifle under A. H .

Rowe patent of April 5 , 1864, N o . Proved to be an in

fringem ent on R . S . Lawrence patent of Jan . 6, 1852, No .

ROWE, E . P.— Unlocated . Kentucky rifles .

ROWELL, Harry— Columbus , Wis . , l870’

s . Inventor of a breechloading action somewhat of the Remington-Hepburn type . F ewheavy barrel known of rather crude workmanship, probablyspecimen pieces to demonstrate the action .

ROWELL, H . H .— Sonora, Calif . , before and after 1876 . Riflesmith

and match shooter .


186 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSS

SACKET, J .— See Sackett, Jacob .

SACKETT, D . S.— Westfi eld,Mass . Underhammer, brass-frame per

cussion. pistol .

SACKETT, Jacob— (Also Sacket, J . ) Saegertown , Crawford Co. , Pa .

Heavy over-under swivel rifle-Shotgun ; single and over-underpercussion rifles .

SACRISTE, L . C .— Gunsmith

,1 Victory , New Orleans, La . , 1853 .

SAGE, Luth er— U. S . Inspector of Contract Arms , 1817- 1838. 1n

spected arms in plants R. J. D . Johnson , Simeon North, LemuelPomeroy, Nathan Starr, Asa Waters and E li Whitney .

SAGET, Julian— N ew Orleans , La . , gunmaker listed in the City D irectory 1841 to 1886 ; to 1865 , at 80 St . Philip and from 1866 , at198 Chartres . Arthur E . Saget listed as gunsmith at the Chartresaddress from 1881 to 1896 . Stocks bought out by P. B ouron whenbusiness was discountinued .

SALOLA The Squirrel . Qualla Town , Haywood Co.,N . C . , in 1843

1848. Blacksmith andI gunmaker of the Cherokee Nation . Riflesand pistols made lo ck stock , and barrel . An underhammer, rifledpercussion bootleg pistol, barrel inscribed in Cherokee alphabet.

SALTER or SOLTER, Wm . J .— Short Creek

,Jeff erson Co. , Ala. Ken

tucky rifles .

SALTE RSWAITH, Barclay— New Lisbon , (now Lisbon ) ColumbianaCounty

,Ohio . Active in the early part of the 19th Century .

SALTONSTALL, Gordon— Paid in August 1775 , by Connecticut, forreceiving

,storing and repairing arms after the 1762 war .

”

SAMPLE S, ‘

B .— Urbana , Champaign Co . , Ohio , active before and after

1848- 54 . F ullstock Kentucky rifle dated 1852 . Also lock on a Kentucky rifle by J . D . Loomis Co .

SANDERS, William— G unsmith .44 Cedar, Phi la . , Pa. , 1819 .

SANDERSON, B .— Vermont.Maker of heavy barrel, under hammer ,

birdseye maple stock target rifle .

SANDERSON,M. F .— Proctorsville

, V t. , 1857. Underhammer percussion rifle, and “harmonica” rifle .

SARGENT 85 SMITH— Newburyport,Mass .

SARSON ROBERTS— J . B . Sarson and William S . Roberts, 1 1 PlattSt. , New York, N. Y . Civil War Contractors of D ec. for25 ,000Model 1861 Springfield rifle muskets at each . O fthese were delivered on contract .

SATTE RTHWAIT, B . A.— Unlocated. Silver inlaid percussion Ken

tucky rifle.SAUP, Andrew— B edford B orough, B edford Co. , 1841 .

SAVAGE ARMS 00.— See Savage Repeating Arms Co .

,of Utica N . Y .

SAVAGE ARMS CORPORATION— See Savage Repeating Arms Co . ,

of Utica , N . Y .

SAVAGE, E .-Edward Savage,Midddletown ,

Conn . ,maker in 1856

59 of the H . S . North patent, fi gu re 8 trigger revolver, patentedJune 17, 1856, NO . 15 ,164 . See North 8: Savage .

SAVAGE , James— 3 7 George St. , B altimore,Md . 1810.

SAVAGE REPEATING ARMS CORPORATION— Utica,N . Y .

F ounded in 1895 as the Savage Repeating Arms Co. ,by Ar thur


W. Savage, who was born in Kingston, Jamaica, came to UnitedStates as a boy and attended school in B altimore, later com

pleting his education in England . After an adventurous life inAustralia, East Indies, Egypt and back to his native West Indies,he returned to the United States to take up residence in Utica ,N. Y . , where for a time he was the manager of the Utica B eltLine Railroad.

Though the Savage Repeating Arms Company was organized in 1895 , to manufacture arms ofMr . Savage’s design, thefirst firearms introduced by the Company were made by theMarlin Firearms Co. , of New Haven, Conn . , as the Savage manufacturing plant was not established until 1898, three years or soafter the organization of the Company .

In 1899, the firm was renam ed Savage Arms Co. , and in

1917, became the present Savage Arms Corporation controlledby J . Stevens Arms Co . , manufacturing a wide var iety of Sporting arms and the A. H . Fox shotguns .

Arthur W. Savage was found dead in San D iego, Cal. , Sept .22, 1938, from a bullet wound ; a pistol was by his Side.

SAVAGE REVOLVING FIREARMS COMPANY—Middletown , Conn .

Organized in 1860, by Henry S . North and E dward Savage(previously North 8: Savage ) for the manufacture of their navyrevolver (North patent of 1856 ) as improved by North andSavage patents of Jan . 8, 1859, No . and ofMay 15 , 1860,No . The government purchased Savage navy re

volvers during the Civil War . See also North 8: Savage . TheCompany is believed to have made some Starr revolvers intheir plant.

The Company also contracted during the Civil War forModel 1861 rifle muskets ; on Sept. 9, 1862, for ateach ; delivered, and Feb . 25 , 1864, for at the sameprice ; contract completed . These contracts were signed by JamesA. Wheelock, Secretary of the firm . Edward Savage was one ofthe sureties .

SAWYER, Phinehas—An English type sporting flintlock musket,

with this name on lock .May be a Commi tte of Safety musket.SAXON IA GUN WORKS— E ugene, Oregon . Limited production of

16 gauge hammerless shotguns .

SAYLOR, Jacob— B edford Borough, B edford County, Pa.,about 1776 .

Reputed to have made muskets f or Comm ittee of Safety andworked on public arms 1779-83 . To date not found mentionedin contemporary records .

S . B .— Unidentified . B arrel marking of an circa 1820, flintlock Kentucky rifles of north-central Penna . provenance . On one spesimen

the patchbox lid is engraved“BERLIN” in script.

S B in oval— Unidentified barrehnaker. Stamped under breech ofA. Gumpf half stock percussion rifle .

S . (JP - Initials to denote ownership by State of Connecticut.SCHAEFER, William R.

— B oston ,Mass .,1853 to 1916 and after . As

sociated with Warner in 1860-70.

SCHAEFFER—Unidentifi ed . F lintlock rifles .

SCHAF F ER, J. A.— Vicksburg,Miss . Large bore muzzle loading per

cussion rifle marked “J. A. SCHAF F ER VICKSBURGMISS .

”

SCHAEFER 8: WARNER— B oston,Mass. 1860- 70.

SCHAIRE R— B ack action lock marked “SCHAIRE R I . G . on a curly

188 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSmaple

,half stock, single shot, percussion rifled pistol, and double

set triggers, percussion Kentucky rifles .SCHALK, Andrew— Pottsville , Pa . , Percussion period . Had been as

sociated with T . P . Cherington .

SCHALK, Chris—Williamsport, Pa . ,

about 1825 - 75 .

SCHALCK , George— (also Schalk ) Born in Wils B aden , Germany ,1821 ; emigrated to Pottsville , Pa . ,

in 1854 . Famous maker andshooter of Schuetzen rifles ; inventor of Schalck rifling system for

unpatched, grooved and lubricated bullet . Retired about 1891 ,d ied N ov . 2 , 1893

SCHANER, Henry— Oley Valley, Pa . ; early 19th century riflesmith .

SCHARP, S.— Pennsylvania . Kentucky rifles .

SCHE AN E R, William— Also Shener . Reading, B erks Co., Pa. , 1779

-85 .

SCHEETZ, F .— Virgin ia . Kentucky rifles . Related toM. Sheets, Vir

ginia‘

?

SCHE LL ,

d

John— Pennsylvania . Late flintlock and early percussionperio s .

SCHE N KL , J. P.— B oston

,Mass . ,

1850- 54 . A carbine made by J . P.

Schenkl was tested by the West Point Board in 1857 .

SCHILLING, Frederick— Lancaster, Pa.

,1857 .

SCHILLING, Peter— Lancaster, Pa . ,1857 .

SCHLE GE LMILCH, Herman—Born in Suhl, Germany . Came to theUnited States in 1853 . Worked at the gunmaking trade in NewYork City

,B ethlehem , Pa . , and Chicago , before settling in B eaver

D am ,Wis . , in 185 5 . In 1860moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and

then to_E au Claire , Wis . , in the same year, where he remained

until his death in 1903 .Made percussion hunting and target riflesincluding over-under double barrel rifles and rifle-Shotgun combinations— a popular type of gun in Wisconsin in the percussionera .

SCHLEY, J acoib— Fredericktown,Md . , Revolutionary War rifle maker .Contracted April 19, 1776, with theMaryland Counc il of D efensefor heavy, brass -mounted, black walnut stocked rifles carryinga four ounce ball . A specimen was shown to Washington and washighly praised by him .

SCHLOTTERBE’CK, C .— 103 Commercial, San Francisco , Calif . , 1859

60. (With A. J.

SCHMELZER, J. H .— Leavenworth, Kan .

SCHMIDT, Hernrich— Lancaster, Pa. , 1857 .

SCHMIDT, William—N ew York, N. Y . Accepted a contract July 15 ,1857, for ten Schroeder patent carbines at each .

SCHNADER, Franklin K .— Gun barrel maker on Wyomissing Creek

,

betweenMohn’s Store and Gougler sville , near Reading, B erksCo. , Pa.Made barrels a year.Made rifle musketbarrels during the Civil War.Made barrels f or J . H . Johnston ofPittsburgh, and Henry Leman of Lancaster . B ought John Keim( formerly Worley) , Shops from Nicholas Yokum 8: Son ; imbuildings and built a dam . Father of Nathaniel Schnader.

SCHNADER, Nathaniel—Son of Franklin K . above .Managed Schnader works on Wyomissing Creek until 1890 or later .

SCHNAUT , T . G .—Mon.mouth, N . J . Died 1838.

SCHNEELOCH, Otto— Brooklyn, N. Y . , 1868- 75 . Percuss ion rifle .

SCHNEIDER— 622Market St. San F rancisco , Calif. 1887.Made riflescalled “Native Son Guns .


190 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSfrom Holmes Co. , Ohio , to Indiana in 1847 . Active about

.

1852

1890.Maker of fine superposed rifleshotguns with Remingtonbarrels and purchased locks .

SCHROEDER, H .-With L . Salewski and William Schmidt of B loom

ington, Ind . , associates , patentee and maker of a single-shot carbine

,patented D ec. 23 , 1856 , NO . Purchase Of ten Schroeder

carbines reported by an ordnance report of N ov . 1 , 1858.

SCHROYER, George— Probably same as George Schry er, Reading, Pa.

Huge , early Kentucky style match rifle with half-octagon barrel.SCHROYER,Mathias— Taney Town ,Md .

, musket maker, contractorunder Act of July 5 , 1798, for Charleville pattern (Model

muskets at per stand . There were 150 recorded delivered by June 10, 1801 .

SCHRYER, George— Also Schray er, F ranklin and Greene Sts . , B altimore,Md . ,

1810.

SCHRYER, George— Reading, Pa . ,1758- 1768. See Schroyer, George .

SCHUBARTH,C . D .

— Casper D . Schubarth , Providence, R. I . , CivilWar Contractor of O ct. 1 1 , 1861 , for Springfield rifle muskets,Mode l 1861 , at each . O f these were delivered .

The contract was extended by another on Nov. 26 , 1861,but no deliveries were made on the second lot.

SCHULER, H . J .— Cur ly maple stock, swivel breech , percussion ,

over-under Kentucky type rifle . See Shuler.SCHULL,M.— Lancaster Co . Pa. , 1800- 1838. F lintlock Kentucky rifles .SCHULTZ— Unidentifi ed . F lintlock rifles .SCHUMANN, Louis—Memphis , Tenn . , 1860.

SCHUSLE R, Nicholas—Morgantown,W . Va . NO details .

SCHWEITZER, A.— Unlocated, possibly Pa. Early flintlock Kentucky

r ifles . Rifled flintlock Kentucky pisto l, carved curly maple fullstock with coin silver mountings ; lock and barrel stamped .

A. Schweitzer .

SCOTlg

— Washington Co. , Pa . , period of 1800. F ine flintlock Kentuckyr e .

SCOTT, E .— Albany, N . Y . , maker of a fine percussion target rifle

with back action lock, double- set triggers, German silver patchbox and octagon barrel by Remington .

SCOTT, GRANT— Zanesville,Muskigum Co. , Ohio , 1804- 1820.

SCOTT, J. N .— Unlocated . Percussion Kentucky rifles .

SCOTT, W. J. and R . H .— Albany, N. Y . , 1848- 50. Percussion rifles .

SCOVE, Nicholas—Maker of gun skelps for musket barrels . In employ of Col. Peter Grubb , who Operated a gun skelp forge forthe Lancaster, Pa. , Committee of Safety in 1776 .

SCOVILLE, Hezekiah— Haddam , Conn .,musket barrel manufacturer

of early 1800’

s . Supplied E li Whi tney and Nathan Starr.SCOUT, Jacobus (or James )— 173 6- 1829 . Warminster Twp . , Bucks Co . ,

Pa. Learned silversmi thing from John F itch, presumably workedon the first commercial steamboat . In 1776 an armorer with theContinental Army near Trenton . A s lim converted flintlockKentucky rifle with silver eagle inlay under forearm, largescript initials “J. S . on patchbox .

S . D .— Unidentified. Good Kentucky rifles.

SEABURY, J. 8: CO a - Southbridge,Mass . , 1861 .


SEAVE R— Vergennes, Vt .SECHREST— Pennsylvania . Kentucky rifles .

SEDGLEY, R . F ., Inc.

— Philadelphia, Pa .Modern .Makers of Sportingand military arms .

SEELEY, Austin— Reedsburg, Wis. , 1849 until after the Civil War .

Seeley was born inMedina County, Ohio , in 1820, and moved toWiscons in in 1845 .Made percussion hunting and target rifles .

SEELEY, D . N .

— Western N. Y . Percussion Kentucky rifles .

SEELEY,T. B .

— (Also Sieley?) D unkirk, N. Y . Over-under percussion rifle-shotgun .

SEES, J .

— Unlocated F lintlock, Kentucky type pistol with lockmarked “

F oulke Philadelphia .

SEEWALD,Valentine— Tifiin ,

Seneca Co . , Ohio , 1830.

SEIBERT, Charles and Christian—S ee Siebert .SEIDNE R, J .

— Unlocated . Percuss ion Kentucky rifles .

SEIGLING, W. C .— Sandusky, Ohio , 1866- 69 . Rifles and shotguns .

SEIPEL, Conrad— Also Siple or Sipel. Philadelphia region ,‘

about1750. See Siple C .

SEIPEL, J .—Percussion Kentucky rifles .

SELDEN, A.— Whitehall , N . Y. Side -by - side percussion rifle- shotgun .

SEITS,Colonel George— L ancaster, F airfield Co.

, Ohio,1820

’

s .

SELL, F red erick— Unlocated . Early, carved flintlock Kentucky rifle .

SELLS,Jacob— Believed to have worked in Linglestown , Pa.Made

relief carved stock, flintlock Kentucky rifles .

SELLS,Benjamin— Georgetown , Ohio , 1835 - 1865 . Curly maple or

Sugartree gunstocks .”

SELLS, James— Ohio .

SELLS,M.— Unlocated . Curly maple fullstock percuss ion Kentuckyrifle. “W. W. TWEED ”

on stock,“M. SELLS in script on barrel .

SELLS,M. B .— Georgetown , Brown Co. , Ohio , 1839 .

SELLS, N. F .— Laurelville

,Hocking Co. , Ohio , 1877-82 .

SELMA ARSENAL— Selma, Ala. Confederate armory . According toBenj amin Franklin B arnes, a resident, the arsenal manufacturedrifles , muskets, pistols , swords and bayonets , with Captain N . D .

Cross , C . A. , in charge of operations . The plant which consistedof twenty -four buildings, was de stroyed by General Wilson

’scavalry . It is said that brass-frame revolvers were made at Selmatowards the end of the Civil War, and it is possible that thesewere made by Charles H . Rigdon, who had come to Selma fromAugusta , Ga .

SELVIDGE, John— Harris Creek, B radley Co . ,Tenn .

,1800- 1845 and

after ; learned trade from a smith named Wright who had learnedunder

.

the Yeomens at Charlotte, N. C . Selvidge went to Tennessee in 1800, was active at age 91 .Mered ith Wolfe became hisapprentice In 1845 , later marr ied his daughter E lizabeth .

SEMME N CE , E d .— Erie, Pa. , working in 1900. Riflesmith .

SEMPLE, A. B . 8: BROTHERS— Louisville,Ky . Late flint Kentucky

VilfLE

o’

c’

ks marked “A. B . SEMPLE 8: BROTHERS LOUIS

SE N SE N Y, J .— Chambersburg , Pa. , 1850

’

s . Taught the trade to JamesH . Johnston, later of the Great Western Gun Works , Pittsburgh.

AMERICAN GUNMAKERSSERLES, D .

—Post-Civi1 War riflesm ith ; learned under J . H . Johnston Of Pittsburgh .

SETTLE , Felix— B arren Co. , Ky . Son of Wm . Settle , born 1792 . Extensive maker of flintlock and percussion Kentucky rifles— one

numbered 1020. F ather of_

Simon Settle .

SETTLE , John— Pennsylvania . E arly flintlock Kentucky rifles .SETTLE , Simon— Greensburg, Green Co. ,

Ky . , 19th century . Son ofFelix Settle . Kentucky rifles .

SETTLE, William— Barren Co. ,Ky . B orn in Virginia, 1770, of Scot

tish anc estry ; died 1808. F ather of F elix Settle . Fine flintlockKentucky rifles .

SETTLE, Wm .— Russelville , Logan Co .

,Ky . , 1863 . Probably related

to the Settle family: William Settle ( 1770 and son F elix,(born of B arren Co. ,

Ky . , and grandson Simon of Greensburg, Green Co.

, Ky .

SETTLE, W. F .— Unlocated . Walnut halfstoked percussion rifle with

Riddle lock. Name and number XXVI stamped on barrel .SEVERIN, T .

— 524 Kearny, San Francisco , Calif 1861- 64 .

SEVER, Joseph and Shubabel— Armorers to the Colony ofMassachusetts as of June 12, 1775 . Gunsmiths to Committee of Safety,Framingham,

1775 - 76 .

SEWARD , Benjamin— Boston ,Mass. , 1796- 1803 .

SEYMOUR— Unlocated . Over-under, swivel-breech, percussion doublerifle with one barrel bored smooth . B ack action lo ck . Burl walnut stock with cheekpiece .

S . G . B .- (Samuel Border of B edford Co. , later Somerset Co.

,Maker of a full curly maple stock percussion rifle .

SCHAEFER, Joseph— Unlocated .Maker of early percussion Kentuckyrifles of Snyder Co . , Pa . , style and fin e workmanship . GracefulRoman nose, inlaid stocks with brass furniture .

SHAFER, Joseph (also Shaef er)— Unlocated . Kentucky rifles c . 17601800. Possibly same as Schaeff er .

SHAKAN OO SA ARMSMF G . 00.— Confederate shoulder arms mak

ers . See D ixon , Nelson Co .

SHANE , B . F .— Unidentified . Percussion Kentucky rifle .

SHANNON, W. 8: H .— William and Hugh Shannon, gunsmiths and

cutlers are listed in the Philadelphia, Pa., City Directories as

follow: Hugh Shannon, (alone ) at 47 Sassafras in 1805 -07. William and Hugh at 24 Passyunk,

near 5 th in. 1809- 1 1, and at 21

Passyunk in 1813 - 16 . William is listed alone at 224 Shippen in1817-20, while in 1819-20Hugh is shown at 57Mead .

W. 8: H . Shannon contracted Nov. 9, 1808, with the government for Model 1808 muskets, to be delivered over a period

oglgve years, of which, are recorded delivered by O ct. 7,

William Shannon , son of John Shannon of Norristown, wasa D eputy Commissary of Hides in 1779, of which departmentWilliam Henry I had been appointed Chief Commissary . TheShannon clan became related to the Henrys by marriage of

Joseph Henry in F ebruary , 1799, toMary Shannon , daughterof James (brother of William ) and E lizabeth (Lane ) Shannon .

William Shannon was born in 1745 , died Aug . 6 , 1823 , at theage of 78, and is buried at the St . James Perkiomen Churchyardat E vansbur The relation of Hu h Shannon to William is un


194 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSand over percussion carbines and rifles were alteredto the Sharps system in 1868- 69.

In 1871, the firm sold their plant to Weed SewingMachineCo. , except for a small portion res erved for the manufacture ofSharps Arms . Aug . 3 1 , 1874, the Company was reorganized as

the Sharps Rifle Company . See below .

SHARPS RIFLE 00.— B ridgeport, Conn . , 1876-81 . Formed by the

sale and reorgan ization of the Sharps RifleManufacturing Co . ,

of Hartford, on Aug . 3 1 , 1874 . With the expiration of the leas eat the Weed SewingMachine Co. , on F eb . 1 , 1876, the SharpsRifle Company moved to B ridgeport, Conn . , where a new plantwas erected for them by a group of B ridgeport citizens . Thefirm made Sharps sporting and Creedmoor models, and SharpsB orchard mar tial arms . The firm discontinued production inOctober, 1881 .

SHATTUCK, C . S . ARMS CO .— Also C . S . Shattuck, Hatfield,Mass. ,

about 1880-90.Makers of Unique palm pistol and Shattuck cartridge revolvers and shotguns .

Prior to April 1 , 1880, the firm was Hyde 8: Shattuck.

SHAUB , Adam— Lancaster, Pa. , 1857 .

SHAW—

%assachusetts .Musket maker to Committee of Safety

1775

SHAW, Albert S.—Morrow County, Ohio , 1840.

SHAW,John— Annapolis,Md . State Armorer toMaryland, 1780.

SHAW, Joshua— Lincolnshire , England ; B ordentown, N. J laterPhiladelphia, Pa. Artist and inventor ; invented steel disc percussion c ap about 1813 . Emigrated to America about 1814 ; wasrefused patent as an alien . Improved and manufactured firstcopper caps . Awarded government honorarium of for hisinvention in 1846 .

SHAW 8: LE D OYT— Staff ord, Conn .Makers of under-hammer percussion pistols.

SHAW, S . 8: J .— Unlocated . Southern style percussion Kentucky rifle

without buttplate or forend cap .

SHAWK 8:McLAN AHAN— Carondelet (St . Louis suburb ) ,Missouri,1858.Makers of .3 6 cal. Navy percussion revolvers, 6 shot, brassframe . Abel Shawk of Pennsylvania, mechanic and inventor ofsteam fire engines , with J . K .McLanahan of Cincinnati, established a factory in Carondelet for the manufacture of locks andfire engines . On Shawk

’

s invention of a rifling machine the firmturned to manufacture of brass frame 3 6 cal . six shot revolvers ,rifled with seven right twist grooves .

SHEAFF, Henry— Lancaster, Pa. , 1857 .

SHEE , John—Musket maker to State of Virginia , 1800.

SHEESLEY, Georg e— Hartley Township , Union Co . , Pa .

SHEETS , A.— D ayton, Ohio . Percussion rifles.

SHEETS, Adam— Shepherdstown, V a . , gunsmith active after theRevolutionary War. The Sheets family came to Shepherdstownfrom York, Pa. , about 1762 . Adam had enlisted in Capt . Stephenson’

s Rifle Company ; transferred to Capt . Shepherd’s Company.

Was taken prisoner, exchanged ; drafted out of Capt. Shepherd’s

into another rifle company Jan . 1 , 1777, and transferred in D ecember, 1778, into Co. No . 4 , Capt . Charles Porterfield Commanding,


ofMorgan’s Riflemen . After the Revolution established his gunshop in the house built by his father, in which house the descendents of the family still lived about 1900.

SHEETS, Philip 8: Henry— Shepherdstown, B erkley Cc ., Va . Rifle

makers 1775 -76 . Furnished rifles to the Continental forces . Payment of £29-9-6, 78 6/10 dollars noted to Henry Sheets for riflesfurnished to Capt. Stevenson’s Company, (Feb . 23 ,

Sheets B ro thers advertised in Dunlop’

s Pennsylvan ia Packetor General Advertiser, D ec. 25 , 1775 :

“Philip and Henry Sheets ,

Gunsmiths . In Shepherds Town, B erkley Co., Virginia . Intendcarrying on their business extensively ; and as they are in wantof hands that understand the said business, they will give greatwages either by the week, month, year, or otherwise as theymay desire it

,to any such that would choose to be employed, by

applying speedily at their place of residence as above mentioned .

SHEETS ,M.— Virginia . B rass frame, sheath trigger, 6 Shot percussionrevolver.

SHE ETZ— Hartsville, Stark Cc ., Ohio .

SHEETZ, D .

— Southern maker of fin e Kentucky rifles.

SHEETZ, I. or J. (or Scheetz)— Pen~nsylvania . Percussion half stockrifle

,finely Silver mounted throughout, with cap and patch boxes.

SHE FFIELD, Jeremiah— Rhode Island musket maker to Committeeof Safety, 1775 - 76 .

SHELL 8: EARLY— Pennsylvania . F lintlock Kentucky rifles .SHELL, John— Shellsville, Pa . B orn D ec. 20, 1790, son ofMartinShell, J r. ; diedMar. 27, 1875 . F ounded Shellsville , Dauphin Co. ,

Pa . ; commissioned a major, 2d Bn . 98th Regt . of Pa .Militia, in1814.Made many flintlock and percussion rifles marked JohnShell or J . Shell ; one numbered 421 .

SHELL, John— Greasy Creek, Lesli e Co., Ky . Son of Samuel Shell,

a gunsmith, John Shell claimed to have been born in Tennesseein 1788, which considered that he died in 1922, would havemeant that he attained the age of 134 years .

SHELL,M.— Allentown, Pa . , about 1780- 1820. Fine flintlock Kentuckyrifle, curly maple fullstock with raised carving, silver inlaysand brass wire scrollwork .

SHELL,Martin, St a—Lebanon County, Penna . Rifle maker. B orn 1737 .

D ied 1771 .

SHELL,Martin, J r.— Pennsylvania rifle maker, son ofMartin Shell,

Sr . B orn October 16, 1763 . D ied September 9, F ather ofJ aco

rll

i ,Martin, John and D aniel Shell, rifle makers and gunsmit S.

SHELL, N .—Pennsylvania . F lintlock Kentucky rifles .

SHEéfiAH

Samuel— Tennessee, before and after 1787 . F ather of Johne

SHE N E R, William— Also Scheaner. Reading, B erks Co. , Pa ., 1779-85 .

SHE N N E F E LT, N .— (O r Shennefeldt) Clarion, Pa. Percussion Ken

tucky rifle with oval patchbox ; back action lock by Wh itmore,Wolff , Duff Co .

SHE PH1

F

81

2

‘3) ’ John— Phila . , Pa. Listed as gun lock filer at 13 5 Green,

inSHEPLER, H .

— Unlocated . Plains rifle, flintlock period .

196 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSSHERIDAN PRODUCTS, INC .

— Racine, Wis . In 1947 began makinghigh grade pneumatic rifles .

SHERMAN, A. P.— Portsmouth, Ohio . Heavy percussion Kentucky

geifles ; one acid- etched on barrel,

“F ool Killer, I Am Looking for

ou.

”

SHERMAN, B . 8: W. H.— Woodstock, Illinois, 1861- 65 . Fine , walnut

stocked muzzle loading percussion rifle with German silvermountings .

SHERMAN, Nathaniel— B oston,Mass . ,1692 .

SHERRY, John— Born in 1797, in Lancaster County, Pa . Served hisapprenticeship and learned the trade of rifle-making in theLeman rifle shop, which he entered at the age of 17 and remainedfor 12 years . E stablished himself in 1830 in B eaver Township ,Clarion Co. , Pa.

, as a maker of early percussion Kentucky rifles .Inventor of the segmental rifle groove and one of the first touse gain twist rifling . John Sherry died in 1889 .

SHERWOOD, Samuel Todd— B etween Smithburn and B landv ille ,W . Va . B orn July 7, 1828; died Dec . 14 , 1900. Extensive rifle

maker ; hand-welded barrels, later used Remington barrels andLeman locks . Used brass flash -guard under hammers, mark“S . T . S .

”on barrels .

SHIELDS, D .— Unlocated . Percussion rifles , Single and double .

SHILLITO, Samuel—McConnelsburg B oro, Fulton Co . , Pa . , 1826 .

(Prior to 1850 F ulton Co . , was a part of B edford County ) . Lateflin t and early percussion Kentucky rifles .

SHILLITS, J .— Vicinity of Chambersburg, Pa. Had apprenticed under

J . N . J ohnson, Sr .SHIRK, S.

— Pennsylvania, about 1800. Silver inlaid flintlock periodKentucky rifle .

SHIRLEY, Jeremiah— Cloverdale,Ohio

,1870. Percussion sporting and

target rifles .

SHISLER, D .— Flintlock Kentucky rifle , period 1820, caliber .45

, withornate brass furniture and 24 silver inlays ; converted by re

breeching .Marked “D * SHISLER,

” in script, on barrel. Lockmarked externally T . K E TLAN D 8: and inside “K W 8:

A,

”(Ketland , Walker 8: Adams, listed in B irmingham , England,

D irectory in

SHO En

N ’ Daniel— Wyomi ssing Creek, B erks Co ., Pa . ,

rifle barrelwe er .

SHOLF , I .— Unidentified . Flintlock Kentucky rifle.

SHOLL, John— Unlocated . Percussion Kentucky rifle .

SHORER, John— Liverpool, Pa . ,

about 1850- 60.

SHORT, BISCOE 8: 00.— Tyler, Texas, Confederate Contractors of

Nov. 5 , 1862 , for Model 1841 ,Mississippi type rifles. Thefirm consisted of J . C . Short, a practical gunsmith, Wm . L. N .

Biscoe and George Yarborough . A site on the outskirts of Tyler ,Texas, was purchased and a factory erected which was destroyedat the end of the war . It had been turned over to the ConfederateStates in 1863 , and was in charge of Lieut . Col. G . H . Hill

,and

the rifles sometimes marked “HILL RIFLE TYLER C . S .

SHRE YE R, G .— F lintlock Kentucky rifle. See also Schreyer, George .

(Same?)SHRINER— Unlocated . Percussion Kentucky rifle .


98 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSSIE BERT, J — Unlocated . Percussion Kentucky rifle .

SIE BERT’S REPEATIN G RIFLE— OuMarch 11 , 1861, Colonel JamesH . Burton, C . S . Army made an estimate for machinery, tools ,etc . for making Sibert

’

s patent repeating rifles per annum ,

prepared at request of Col.McCue of Staunton, V a . , and amounting to

SIEGFRIED, D . B .— Unlocated . Kentucky rifles .

SIEGFRIED, S.-Ha1f stock, late percussion Kentucky rifle with back

action lock marked with initials “GR .

” and “S . SIE GFRIED .

”

SIE GLIN G, W. C .— Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio, 1866- 69 .Maker of rifles and double-barrel Shotguns .

SIEVER, Charles— St. Louis ,Mo. Lockmaker for Hawken firm ; stillliving in 1890’

s .

SIFE , C .— Early Pennsylvania maker of flintlock Ken-tucky rifles . Pos

sibly a misreading for C . Sipel or Siple , Philadelphia regionabout 1750?

SIGLER, Amos— Gunsmith . Irish Lane , Phila ., Pa .

,1819.

SILI

I

I ,

8

— Operated a gun factory onMain Street, Buff alo , N. Y . ,

SILVIS, Jacob— D elmont, Pa ., gunsmith . B orn in 1801 near Bushy

Run B attlefield (near Jeanette, In addition to gunsmithing,farmed and did blacksmithing, his father

’s trade . F orged his ownbarrels and made flint locks and other fittings . Later, in the percuSSIOn period, bought barrel blanks and other supplies fromJames H . Johnston .Made guns in his D elmont house before hisshop was built. Signed his arms “J .S.

”D ied in 1891 .

SIMPSON,J .— New B ritain

,Conn . Percussion under-hammer pistols .

SIMPSON, R. J .— New York, N . Y . Percussion derringers .

SIMS-DUDLEY— “Dynamite Gun —Pat . July 23 , 1889 .

SIPE, C .-Unlocated . Script marking on maple stripe , fullstock,

flintlock Kentucky rifle . Probably C . Sipel.

SIPE L , Conrad— Also Siple or Seipel . Philadelphia region , about 1750.

See Siple, C .

SIPLE, C .— Probably Conrad Siple, also Seipel or Sipel. Philadelphia

region about 1750. F lintlock Kentucky rifle with lock by D repert.SITES

, J .— B oonville ,Mo. F ull length maple stock percussion rifle of

small caliber. B rass or bronze furniture .Marked on barrel “J .

SITES BOONVILLEMO .

”

SITES, J. P.— Settled at Arrow Rock,Mo. , in 1844 . Percussion Ken

tucky squirrel rifle, brass-mounted plain walnut fullstock without patchbox . Name stamped on barrel. Probably related to J .

Sites of B oonville,MO .

SITES, W.— Unlocated . F lintlock Kentucky rifle marked W SITES

on barrel,“Warranted”

on lock . Probably related to J . P. Sitesof Arrow rock and J . Sites of B oonville ,MO .

SIZER, A. S.-Unidentified .Maker of high grade percussion rifles .

A revolving cylinder percussion rifle also known by this maker.S. L .

— Unidentifi ed .Marking in script on Penna . made Kentucky rifle .

SLACK 8: SON— Peter Slack and son , A. J 61 E astMain St. , Springfield, Ohio . The fi rm was established by Peter Slack in 1859,unde r his name , and was changed to Slack 8: Son in 1874 , whenthe son was taken into partnership . Active until 1891 and after .


SLARE T— Chillicothe, Ohio .

SLAYMAN, G .-Late flin tlock period, about 1800-1830, Kentucky rifle .

SLAZMAN 8: SON, Charles— Punxutawney , Pa . Percussion Kentuckyrifles .

SLITE RMAN , Jeremiah—Musket maker and armorer to Colony of

Georgia, 1766-68.

SLOAN, Robert— Connecticut. Repaired arms f or the Committee ofSafety. Account submitted for work fromMay to August, 1775 .

SLOAT’S RIFLE FACTORY— Richmond, V a., 1861 . Confederate

shoulder arms.

SLOCOMB , Harding and later . F lin tlockrifles, pistols and fowling pieces.

SLOCUMB, Samuel D — New O rleans , La. Kentucky rifles.

SLOCUMB, Wm . B . 8: 00.— New Orleans, La .

SLONAKER, G .— Probably near N ew Paris,

‘

B edford County, Pa . Aheavy , percuss ion Kentucky rifle . Said to have made over-underrifles .

SLOTTER 8: CO —Philadelphia , Pa . Percussion derringers ; heavy,false muzzle percuss ion match rifle .

SLOTTE RBAK 8: CO —Philadelphia, Pa. Halfstock percussion rifle .SLOTTE RB E CK , Charles— San F rancisco , Cal. Late percussion andcartridge arms .

SLOTTE RBE CK , H .— Los Angeles, Cal. Cartr idge arms .

SLOWCOMB , H .— Homer, N. Y . , before and after 1853 .

S.M.—Marking on a pair of flintlock Kentucky type pistols carriedby C01. Nathan D ennison at B attle of Wyoming, Pa. , July

SMALL, John— New Lisbon (now Lisbon ) , Columbiana Co . , Ohio ,gunmaker established in 1806 . Succeeded by his son David .

SMALL, David— N ew Lisbon, Ohio , gunmaker . Son of John Small.

SMALL, Samuel— New Lisbon, Ohio . Son of D avid Small.Memberof the third generation of Small family of gunsmiths . Reportedstill active in the trade in 1879, in the

“History of ColumbianaCounty .

”

SMART, Eugene— D over, N. H ., about 1865 -90. B reechloading rifle .

SMITH— See Sowers 8: Smith .

SMITH— Chatham Street, New York, N. Y. Percussion period .

SMITH, Anthony— B ethlehem Township, Pa. , before 1783 .

SMITH, A. B F -Pennsylvania . Heavy 2-groove flintlock Kentuckyrifle with cherry fullstock.

SMITH, Adam— Cincinnati, Ohio , in early days of settlement . Handsome, unsigned flintlock Kentucky rifles . Relief-carved rifle

,

period 1760, deep-rifled for buckskin patches .SMITH, Argulus (or Anglus?)— Buff alo, N. Y. Percussion rifles .SMITH, B .M.- Of William Edgar 8: B .M. Smith,Mineral Point, Wis .Marking on a percussion “duckfoot” revolver firing three shotsat a time .

SMITH, Charles W.— Cherry Creek, N. Y. Originally from Silver

CreekiflN . Y . moved to Cherry Creek in 1832.Maker of percus

SIon r es.

SMITH, D exter— Springfield ,Mass., about 1872 . B reechloading shot

gun .

200 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSSMITH, E .

— Cape, Jeff erson Co. , Ala. D ied in 1900. Percussion Kentucky rifles.

SMITH, G eorge— New York, N. Y. Early air rifle .

SMITH, Geo . 8: 00.— New York

,N. Y . , 1864 . 3 - shot trap pistol .

SMITH, Gilbert— Unlocated . About 1830- 3 5 .

SMITH,Horace— Springfield ,Mass. See Smith 8: Wesson .

SMITH 8: HYSLOP— New York, N . Y .Maker of flintlock holsterpistols.

SMITH, Ira W.— Onaquaga, N . Y. Born 1825 ; died 1897.

SMITH, Jeremiah— Lime Rock, R. I . , 1770.

SMITH, J. F .— Huntingdon, Pa.

, late flintlock period .

SMITH, John— Rutland, V t. , musket maker 1798- 1801 . In associationwith D arius Chipman, Royal Crafts and Thomas Hooker, contracted under Act of July 1798, f or 1 ,000 Charlevi lle pattern,(Model 1795 ) muskets at $13 .40 per stand . Of these 575 weredelivered before June

SMITH, John— Hessville, B lack Swamp, Ohio , 1868-69.

SMITH, J Ohn— E xeter, N. H . Percussion period.

SMITH, John Zd—Millroy and Reedsville, Pa . Kentucky rifles .SMITH, John— Sacramento, Calif. , 1860- 1875 . F ine percussion rifleswith Remington barrels .

SMITH, Johnston— Pennsylvan ia musket and rifle maker . In association with John Young of Northampton County, Pa . , contractedin February, 1776, to furnish arms to the State of Virg inia .

SMITH, J.

-8: P.— Saltillo, Pa.

SMITH, L .— Unlocated. Patent breech percussion shotgun .

SMITH, L . C.— Syracuse and F ulton , N . Y.Modern .

SMITH, Levi— Church Street, Clyde, Ohio, 1866- 69.

SMITH, Lewis— Tifi in, Ohio , 1858-59.

SMITH,M. —Pennsylvania . F lintlock Kentucky rifle .

SMITH,

ll\I .

— Unlocated . Under-hammer percussion pistol, curly maplestoc

SMITH,Major 8: Son— Westv ille, New Haven, Conn . , 1866- 68.

SMITH ,Martin— Greenfield,Mass . Listed as gun maker in 1827, 1829,and 1836, when his shop was sold. Was commissioned paymaster2nd Regiment, 2nd B rigade , 4th D ivision ofMassachusettsMilitiain 1823 . D ischarged in 1830.Maker of a full cherry stock, Kentucky type, flintlock rifle of fine workmanship . The octagonbarrel is marked on left side near breech “M. SMITH GRE E NF IE LD ,MASS.

”in two lines . The E nglish, gooseneck hammer

lock is marked R. NORRIS .

”

SMITH, Obadiah— B runswick County, V a. , 1810.

SMITH, Otis A.— Rock F alls, Conn . , about 1873 -84.Maker of Smith

revolvers under patent of April 15 , 1873 , No .

SMITH, Patrick— 189Main St. , Buff alo , N . Y . , 1835 - 70. Percussioncadet rifles. Revolving pi ll- lock rifle.

SMITH 8: PE CARE — New York, N. Y 185 1 .

SMITH, P.-

.Unlocated Script marking of a handsome, well-made,swivel-breech, superposed barrels, flintlock rifle, circa 1830.

SMITH, Pe‘

te— Huntingdon, Pa. , about 1880. F ine craftsman .


202 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSpatent of a cylinder bored end to end. After looking aboutunsuccessfully for a bui lding in which to manufacture the armin New Haven, aboutMay 1 , 1857, Wesson rej oined his formerpartner, Horace Smi th in Springfield, where they leased a building onMarket Street, and started the production of parts. ByOctober of 1857, they were ready to put their arms on the

figgket, upon the expiration of the Colt patents in the fall of

The first Smith 8: Wesson revolver was a small, caliber.22 arm, using a metallic shell cartr idge. With the developmentof better methods of production and annealing of copper shells ,resulting in greater tensile strengths, and solving problemsarising from lack of outside support in the early revolvercartridges , Sm ith 8: Wesson brought out larger calibers, resulting later

,through improvements in the actions as well, in

such famous arms as the American , Schofield, and lastly thefamous side-swing model of 1917, of which were purchased by the U. S . government between April 6, 1917, andD ecember, 1918, for the use of the American armed forces during the World War.

It is interesting to note that in the early days of the cartridge revolvers, through their control of the Rollin White patentfor a “

cylinder bored end to end,” Smith 8: Wesson had a virtual

monopoly of the manufacture of cartridge revolving arms, anduntil 1869, when the Rolling White patent expired, the firm suc

cessfully prevented competitive manufacture of cartridge re

volvers which infringed on their patents, by promise of infringement suits and actual court action, which in a number of ihstances resulted in the confiscation of the competitors’

stock ofmanufactured arms .

SMUTS— Piqua,Miami Cc . , Ohio.

SMYTH, Thomas— Chester Town ,Md . Notified the Council of Safetyon July 2 , 1776 , that he had 50 guns ready to be proved.

SNEID ER— O f Clark 8: Sneide r, 214 Pratt St. , B altimore,Md . 1876

84 . Inventor and maker of Sneider rotating bolt shotguns . Hadworked in Europe . As early as 1846 had choke-bored large borewild

gowlgains “the guns being so choked that a cut wad could

no e us

SN EID ER— Lancaster, Pa., before 1775 .

SNEID ER, Anthony— Lancaster, Pa.

SNEID ER, Chas — B oonvi lle, Ind . , 1875 .

SN EID ER, Charles Aa—B altimore ,Md . About 1862 . 14- shot brassframe .22 revolver with two 7-shot cylinders on same shaft.

SNEID ER, T .— Unlocated .

SNELL, Chauncey— Auburn , N. Y. , about 1830-60. Son of Elij ah Snell .SN E LL

isg‘I'

lijah— Auburn, N . Y. Active about 1820, until his deathin

SN E V E LY, Jacob (also Sneveley , Snevley )— Harrisburg, Pa . ,in 1817.

A flintlock Kentucky rifle, . 53 calibre, 8-groove.SNIVELY, William— F lint’sMills , Washington Co . , Ohio . 1854- 65 .

SNOW 8: CO E — New Haven , Conn .Makers of Kalamazoo air pistolsunder Hawley patent of 1869.

S. N . 8: W. T . C .— See Norris, S . 8: W. T. Clement.


SNYDER, Adam , George, Henry, John— Providence Township, Lancaster Co. , Pa. , representing several generations of gunsmiths .

SNYDER, Ira— Woodward,Union Co. , Pa . , percussion period.

SNYDER, Ira E .— Unlocated. Percussion over-under Kentucky rifle .May be same as Ira Snyder, above .

SNYDER, I. or J .-Unlocated. Superbly ornamented percussion Ken

tucky rifle withxGerman silver inlays of Lion 8: Union Jack

facing Eagle 8: Stars and Stripes ; name in script on lock and

barrel.SNYDER, J acon— Liberty Township, B edford Co . ,

1860. Possibly thesame as I . or J. Snyder above . I. and J. were used interchangeably .

SNYDER, Tobias— Liberty Town ship, B edford Co. , Pa. ,1857.

SOLEIL, F rancis— New Amsterdam ,1656 .

SOMERS, H .— Barnett, Vt. Heavy barrel, double-set trigger, Ger

man silver trim, percussion match rifle.

SOPER, Loren— Theresa, N . Y. Percussion rifles.

SOPER 8: LYONS— Sioux City, Iowa . Half stock, .44 caliber, percussion, plains rifle .

SOPER, P.— Unlocated . Percussion rifles .

SOREY,E . N .

— Danville, V a . ,

1862 . Engaged in arms repair for theConfederacy.

SOURIE, Armand— New Orleans,La . , gunsmith and arms importer

listed inMichel’s New Orleans Annual and Commercial Registerat 24 Toulouse Street, in the 1834 issue published in D ecember1833 . Listed in the City Directory from 183 5 to 1861 . Located at160Chartres in 185 3 Returned to France during the Civil War.

SOUTHERLAND, C Geneva, N. Y . Percuss ion holster pistol with“Golcher

” lock.

SOUTHGATE, R.—Madison , Tenn .Modern authentic reproductions ,

restorations, and repair .

SOWERS— Philadelphia, Pa . Flintlock Kentucky rifle ( lockA percussion lock marked “SOWE RS” on a Wm . Bodenheimerrifle is reported .

SOWERS 8: SMITH— Philade lphia , Pa. Percussion lock marked“SOWERS 8: SMITH,

”on a full maple stock rifle by D iesinger,

Philadelphia .

S . P.— State of New Jersey marking for State Property .

SPANG 8: WALLACE— Philadelphia , Pa .Makers of full maple stock,ornate brass trim ,

flintlock and percussion Kentucky rifles .

SPANGLE, P.— Unlocated . Halfstock, double-set trigger, percussion

hunting rifle .

SPANGLER, G . LIVE RPOOL .Marking on barrel of fine,circa

1830, Kentucky rifle of northern Penna . style.

SPANGLER,Georg e—Monroe, Wis . , 1846- 1914 . Percussion Shotguns ,

target rifles, and single and double barrel hunting rifles including the over-under type . Dealer only after about 1870. Son ofSamuel Spangler .

SPANGLER, Samuel— Located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania,before 1846 .Made flintlock Kentucky rifles in Pennsylvania . In1844 left the state with wife and son

,George

,and moved to

204 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSWisconsin , settling inMonroe in 1846 . Probably died before 185 6 .

Flintlock rifle with brass Sideplate engraved“STOYSTOWN

Stoystown is in Somerset County, Pa .

SPARKS, Thomas— Shot manufacturer . 476 South Pa. ,

1819 .

SPARLIN G,Lewis D .

— Pennsylvania and New York . Learned underthe Lemans at Lancaster, Pa . ; migrated to F allsburg, N . Y . ,

where he made flintlock rifles until the Civil War . Son LeslieM. Sparling was working inMontour Co . , Pa . , in 1930.

SPAULDING, Abel— North Buckfi eld'

,Me . Percussion rifles .

SPAULDING— Hartland,Vt . Percussion period. Same as Abel Spaul

SPEAR,

1

I A— Unlocated . Percussion Kentucky rifles and rifled pocket

pisto s .

SPECHT, A.— Unlocated . Kentucky rifles .

SPECHT, Eley— (Also Elias Spect ) B eavertown , Snyder Co. , Pa . Latepercussion period ; Over-under rifle-Shotguns .

SPECHT,M.— Unlocated . Percussion,swivel-breech percussion rifles .

SPECT, Adam (or Specht )— B evertown , Snyder Co., Pa. Kentucky

rifles .SPECT,Moab— B ellville

,Pa. Probably same asM. Specht, maker of

swivel-breech, over-under percussion rifles .

SPEED, Robert— Boston ,Mass . , 1820-40.

SPELTER, John— Joliet, Ill . , in 1889 . B orn 1853 ; gunsmith andSchuetzen match Shooter .

SPENCE , P. I .—Marietta , Ohio . Recent percussion rifles .

SPENCER, A. F .— Winsted, Conn . Percussion target rifle .

SPENCER ARMS 00.— Windsor, Conn . , about 1885 - 93 .Makers of

repeating shotguns of all grades under Spencer patent of F eb .

26, 1885 . The shotgun mechanism was the j oint invention of

ChristopherM. Spencer, of Spencer repeating carbine fame,and

of SylvesterM. Roper . In 1902 , the Company was controlled byFrancis B annerman and his associates .

SPENCER, Dwight— West Hartford, Conn . ,1868. Percussion telescope

target rifle .

SPENCER, Dwight W.— Hart rd

,Conn . ,

about 1860.

SPENCER, J .— Unlocated . Half stock, brass mounted, percussion

rifle with lock by Joseph Grifii th, Louisville, Ky .

SPENCER REPEATING -RIF LE CO .-Chickering Building, Tremont

St.,Boston,Mass . , about 1861 - 69 .Makers of 7-Shot, tube maga

zine, cartridge carbines and rifles based on the ChristopherM.Spencer patent ofMarch 6, 1860, No . During the CivilWar and up to Jan . 1 , 1866, Spencer rifles andcarbines were procured by the Ordn ance D epartment. In addition

Spencer carbines were Obtained from the Burnside RifleCo. Spencer arms were also purchas ed with private funds toequip state troops .

The Company went out of business Sept . 12, 1869, when theplant was sold at auction and was absorbed by the WinchesterRepeating Arms Co.

SPERL, H .— O r Speerl, Susquehanna Depot, Pa. Percuss ion Sport

ing rifles .


206 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSOrdnance D epartment, the Springfield Armory maintained aSplendid record of service in all national emergencies . It reachedits peak production of small arms in October, 1918, with a dailyoutput of well over one thousandModel 1903 (Springfield ) rifles .

SPRINGFIELD ARMS 00.— Springfi eld ,Mass . , 1850- 69. Operated by

James Warner as an arms manufactory, and later under his ownname .Made J acquith percussion revolvers under patent of July12, 1838, No . 832, and James Warner patent percussion revolversunder patents of J an . 7, 1851 , NO . and July 15 , 1851 , NO .

Cartridge revolvers made by the firm about 1863 , in

fringed on the Smith 8: Wesson controlled patents, andwer e turned over to S . 8: W. in 1863 . See Warner, James .

SPRINGFIELDMANUFACTURING 00.— Ludlow,Mass . Sub - co

‘

ntractor to Springfield Armory for musket barrels in early l8oo’

s .

SQ UIi

l

éE 8: ROGERS— Unidentifi ed.Makers of flintlock Kentucky

r es .

S . R . F .— Unidentifi ed . Waynesboro, Pa. Kentucky rifle .

S . S.— Unidentifi ed Flintlock Kentucky rifles .

STACY 8: AN GE I F -Knoxville , Tenn . Advertis ed in 1871 as “manuf acturers of rifles ,

” and “rifles made to order.”

STAE GE , William— Omro, Wis .Modern .Mostly maker of rifle barrels

f or target rifles, but has made several .22 caliber bolt actionrifles of his own design .

STAFFORD— Unlocated, possibly B ritish . F ront-action percussionlock on Kentucky smooth rifle by Waggoner, Schenectady, N . Y .

STAFF ORD, T. J e— New Haven , Conn . ,1860- 61 .Maker of small gold

plated,pearl handled“Lady’s Pistols . Stafi ord was a printer at

88 State Street, in 1854. After a brief fling at arms -making, hewent back to printing business in 1865 -66 . He is listed as acartridge maker in 1877.

STAHL, C.— Lancaster, Pa . , 1810-20. F lin tlock Kentucky rifles .

STAHL, C . T.— Pennsylvania . Curly maple, half stock, brass mounted,

flintlock, 8-groove rifle with 30 inlays and German silver patchbox . Same as Stahl, C .

?

STALTER, William— Logan, Ohio . Percuss ion sporting rifles .

STAMM, P. H .-

:Maker of a brass tr im, half stock, percussion, Kentucky type r ifle with double set triggers .

STAN B E R— Houstontown , Pa . , 1850.

STANDARD ARM00.— Wilmington , D el.ModernMakers of gas

operated automatic rifles and slide -action repeating rifles .STANDARD TOOL 00.

— Unlocated.Makers of a .22 cal. revolver .

STANNARD , F . P. GUN 00.—Mi lwaukee, Wis .

, gunmakers locatedat 414 E . Water, in 1891 and at 13 Grand Ave . , in 1893 .

STAPLETON, Jam es— Todd, Huntingdon Co. , Pa . Late percussionperiod over-under rifles and fancy percussion Kentucky rifles .

Fine craf tsm

STAPLETON, Joseph— O rbisonia, Huntingdon Co., Pa . Skilled maker

of Kentucky rifles . (Related to or same as Stapleton, James?)STARR— Lancaster, Pa .

, about 1750- 1760. Flintlock Kentucky riflewith carved high-comb fullstock and slender wrist .

STARR— Lancaster,Pa. , before and after 1800.

STARR ARMS 00.— Store and Office 267 Broadway, New York and


plants at Yonkers, B inghamton andMorrisani a, N. Y. , about1858- 67.Makers of revolvers under the E ben T . Starr patentof Jan. 15 , 1856, No . There were Starr revolvmgpistols contracted f or by the government Nov. 24, and atotal of Starr revolvers of all types purchased during theCivil War. The firm also made single-shot and 4 - Shot Derringeristols.pThe firm also made Starr breechloading percussion car

bines patented Sept. 14, 1858, NO . of which weredelivered during the Civil War. An additional Starr rimfire cartridge carbines were purchased in 1865 .

The Starr plant located in Binghamton, was later sold to

Jones of Binghamton— He Pays the Freight, who made scalesf or many years . He was Gen. Edward F . Jones, who commandedtheMassachusetts regiment that was fired on while marchingthrough Baltimore, early in the Civil War. The Binghamtonstreet leading to the former location of the plant, is still calledStarr Avenue . The site is now occupied by the Dani el S . D ickinson School .

The president of the Starr Arms Co. , was H . H . Wolcott,inventor of the Wolcott carbine, patented Nov. 27, 1866, No .

Probabilities are that the Wolcott carbine (specimenin the NationalMus eum ) was made in the Starr shops .

STARR, N . 8: SON—Middletown , Conn . , active as riflemakers fromabout 1823 to 1845 . The firm was originated as sword makersabout 1798, by Nathan Starr (Sr . ) who received a large government saber and sword contract . His son, Nathan, J r .

, enteredthe firm about 1798, the name being later changed to N . Starr8: Son . The Starrs contracted on Dec . 9, 1823 , for Model1817 rifles at each, to be delivered at the rate of 800 perannum from July 1

,1823 . Contract of O ct. 28, 1830, details

unknown.March 17, 1840, the firm obtained an additional contract for flintlock rifles at each, duration five years ,at per year. Nathan Starr, J r . , died atMiddletown , on

Aug . 3 1, 1852 .

STATE RIFLE WORKS— Greenville , S . C . , 1863 - 64. Operated byGeorge W.Morse .Makers of breechloading carbines and musketswith “ inside” locks . See alsoMorse , George W .

STATES, S.— Pennsylvania . Kentucky rifles .

STATLER, William—Main Street, Logan , Ohio , 1868- 74 .

ST. CLAIR, S . H .— Pennsylvania . E arly maker of a very fine flintlock

Kentucky rifle . About 1800 or earlier . Lock by Southerland(Revolutionary period British lock maker) , but may be a replace

menSTEADMAN, F .

— Unlocated . Percussion rifles .STEADMAN, J .

— Lock marking of an over-under,combination

,per

cussion rifle-shotgun .

STE DMON D 8: SON— Lancaster, Pa. NO details .

STEEL,9

Archibald—Mi litary Storekeeper. U . S . Arsenal, Phila ., Pa .

181

STEEL, John— The family of John Steel and two sons , gunsmiths all,active from about 1771-87. All had been appointed Armorers tothe Colony ofMassachusetts Bay, July 7, 1775 .

STEELE 8: LATHROP— Albany, N . Y . , about 1860.Makers of percussion pistols .

208 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSSTE ELE, WARREN 8: 00.

— Albany, N. Y . A percussion Kentuckyrifle lock . See Warren 8: Steele .

STEIN,Mathias— (O rMathew)Mi lwaukee , Wis. Came toMilwaukee

from D etroit in 1837 . Located at 25Market Square until 1865 ,after that at 460Market Square . Percuss ion hunting and targetrifles .

STEINMAN LANCASTER .Marking on a flint lockplate of aPenna . rifle signed “A. GUMPH”

on barrel.

STEINMAN, Frederick— 3 1 Green Street, Philadelphia , Pa . , at 3 1Green in 1825 - 3 3 , and on Elizabeth Street in 183 5 3 6 . (Son of

John Steinman?)STEINMAN, John— Philadelphi a , Pa . , gunsmith listed at 442 North

3rd Street in 1810- 11 , then at 17 Green Street in 1818- 19, 5 1

Green in 1820-22, 5 9 Green in 1825 , 3 1 Green in 1828 and 22Green 1829- 3 6 .Moved to Germantown Road about Fifth in 1842

and is last shown at Clymer aboveMud Lane in 1845 .

Steinman is believed to have been a member of the firmWinner, Nippes 8: Co.

, musket contractors forModel 1808 arms ,whose lock-plates were marked “W . N . 8: S .

”

STENGEL— Lancaster, Pa . , 1719 . Reputed to have been the firstGerman imrmgrant (Pennsylvania D eutch ) to make the Kentucky rifle by modification of the German hunting rifle .

STENGER, T. S.— Waterloo , Iowa, 1866- 68.

STE N Z E R— Lancaster, Pa. , Revolutionary War period .

STEPHENS, Ebenezer— Oshkosh, Wis . , percussion period.

STE IStE

t I’TH—Maryland

,1775 -76 .Musket maker to Committee of

a e

STERLING, H. G .— Unlocated .

STEUCK, P. E .— Leadville

,Col . , 1879-81

STEVENS , A. C .—Hudson, N . Y. F als e muzzle , percussion match rifle

with lock by H . T . Cooper, N. Y . Also a plains rifle, 1856, withC . B aker lock .

STEVE NS, H .— Watertown , N. Y. Heavy, fals e muzzle, match rifle

and superposed, percussion rifle-Shotguns .

STEVENS, J. 8: 00.— Chicopee F alls ,Mass . The business was estab

lished by Joshua Stevens , who was born in Chester, HamptonCo. ,Mass . , Sept. 10, 1814 . In 183 7, after serving a four -yearapprenticeship in a machine shop in Chester, he secured employment with C . B . Allen , arms manufacturer at Springfield .

Later he worked with other firearms firms , until 1864, whenwith the invention of a small pocket pistol, Stevens in association with James E . Taylor and William B . , estab lished J . Stevens8: Co .

In 1888 the firm was incorporated as the J . Stevens Arms8: Tool Co. , and after the World War became the J. StevensArms Co. , controlled by the Savage Arms Corporation .

STEVENS, J. ARMS 8: TOOL 00.— Chicopee F alls ,Mass. See J .

Stevens 8: Co. , above .

STE V E N TS, J. ARMS 00.— Chicopee F alls,Mass .Mod ern .Makers

of the Stevens line of rifles, pistols and shotguns . See J. Stevens8: Co.

, above .

STEVENS, JOHN 8: 00.—Musket makers to the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania . There is recorded 160 pounds paid on account,


2 10 AMERICAN GUNMAKERS.to receive from the widow of Peter Getz all public arms andparts left in her possession by the former inspector .

STOKES, Enoch— Lancaster, Pa. Two gunsmiths of same name listedat diff erent addresses in the 1857 D irectory.

STONE,David— Walpole, N. H., musket maker . In association with

Gurdon Huntington, John Livingston and Josiah B ellow, con

tractor for Charleville pattern, (Model 1795 ) muskets atper stand, contracted for under the Act of July 5 , 1798.

O f these 608 were delivered by June 10, 1801 .

STONER, John— Webster, Westmoreland Co. , Pa .

STORY, Asa— Windsor, V a. ,183 5 .

STOSSME ISTE R, Charles —Cincinnati, Ohio , 1857-63 .

STOUD E N OUR, Jacob— Colerain Township, B edford Co. , Pa., about1825 . D ied in 1871 .

STRAUB, John— Snyder Co . , Pa . 1847- 1923 . Specialized in heavytarget rifles. Good workmanship .

STREETS, Charles— Portsmouth, Scioto Co ., Ohio, 1829.

STRIE CE R, E . J .— Unidentifi ed . F lintlock Kentucky rifle .

STROD E, John— Culpepper County, Va .Manager of the Rappabannock F orge, or Hunter Iron Works and gun factory atFalmouth during its operation 1776-81 . After the RevolutionaryWar

,Strode apparently retain ed arms manufacturing connec

tions, as he (unsuccessfully ) submi tted bids for the manufactureof muskets for the State of Virginia onMarch 18, 1796 , andSept. 7, 1797 . Was inspector of arms made by Home 8: Wheelerin 1801-02 .

STROHHE CKE R, H. F .—Charleston, S . C . Reported marking on 12

inch percussion pistol with belt hook.

STROHECKER 8: EWBANK— Late flint lock with reinforced hammerand roller frizzenspring bearing, factory decorated . Poorly fittedto a southern Kentucky rifle .

S . T . S.—Mark of Samuel Todd Sherwood .

STROHL, J .— F remont, Ohio , 1868-70.

STRONG FIREARMS CC .— New Haven, Conn . , 1881-83 . Breechload

ing shot-guns with interchangeable rifle. barrels .STRONG, H . A.

— Unlocated . Percussion rifles .

STROSSME ISTE R, Charles— Cincinnati, Ohio, 1857- 1863 .

STROUP, O .M.— Wellington, Ohio, 1880-83 .

STUART, Charles— 43 Washington St.,B inghamton , N. Y. Ex-em

ploy ee of B artlett B ros .Made high grade rifles in his ownestablishment 1850-83 . Also underhammer percussion pistols .

STUlzl

ggaI

fgll

gLD , James— Superintendent Harpers F erry Armory,

1

STUDTE , F .- 638 Commercial, San Francisco, Calif. , 1861- 62 ; 648

Commercial, 1863 - 65 .

STULL, S.— Ohio. Well-made halfstock percussion rifle stamped with

name on barrel and “S . STULL, OHIO”on lock.

STURDIVAN T, Lewis G .- Talladega , Ala. , rifle contractor to the

Confederacy . The plant was on the south side of B attle Stree twest, three doors below S.W. Crossing of Court St. , in a twostory building still standing, numbered 116-118. The contract wasofMarch 6, 1862 for E nfield orMississippi type rifles. About280 rifles wer e delivered, some not up to standard.

Sturdivant had been a j eweller and rented the building from

AMERICAN GUNMAKERS 2 1 1Mr . S . D . Watson for the manufacture of arms . Ito

was then atwo story shop , the lower floor used as a blacksmith and machinery shop, the upper story was the woodworking shop wherethe stocks were made and guns finished

STURGIS, Julius— Lancaster, Pa ., 1857 .

STUTSMAN,J. G .

— Dayton,Ohio . Stamping on factory-made late

percussion lock on a Kentucky rifle .

SUE, W.

—Pennsylvania . Percussion Kentucky rifles .SUMNE R ARMORY— Gallatin

,Tenn . ,

1861 and later.Makers ofModel 1841 ,Mississippi, type rifles .SUNDERLAND— B oulton, B eth lehem D istrict, Pa.

SUNDERLAND 8: BLAIR— B oulton, B ethlehem district, Pa. Kentucky rifles .

SUTER,C . 8: 00.

— Rifle contractors to the Confederacy . Sehna,Alabama . F urnished 50Mississippi rifles (M. 1841 ) to the Stateof Alabama between O ct. 1 , 1863 and Nov . 1 , 1864 . Partner wasP. Lessier.

SUTE R,John J .

—Bucks Co Pa . , gunsmith of (Edinburgh) Scottishancestry . B orn 1823 at Rufi sdale, Pa. Had been apprenticed toJohn Johnson.Made plain , long, percussion hunting rifles of

large caliber, .40 to .50. No engraving, no butt plates butusually slender and light for their caliber and length. Usedpeculiar enamel- like blueing .Made his own locks ; barrels purchased from Brown 8: Hirth, Pittsburgh, Pa . Rifles marked

on barrel between cone and rear sight . Died 1902 .

SUTER, Worthe, G .— Rufi sdale, Pa . , gun maker, current period . B orn

near Rufi sdale, Pa., O ct. 6 , 1896 . As a very small boy worked as

a gunsmith’s helper with his gr andfather, John J. Suter, untilthe latter’s death, then with C .M. Knupp at Bakersville, Somerset Co . , Pa . All phases of gun making: hunting rifles, flint or

percussion, ornamental, with name and address stamped onbarrel.Makes own locks, curly maple or walnut stocks , barrels,brass and Silver work, set triggers and ornaments .

SUTHERLAN D, Samuel— Richmond, Va . His address is given at174Main Street, in 1852, at 132Main Street, in 1855 , and at1406 E .Main and 609 E . B road in 1869. D uring the Civi l WarSutherland Operated a large plant chiefly devoted to alterationof flintlocks and reclamation of arms damaged in the Confederate service .

SUTTON— Early marking of the A. Waters arms made at Sutton,Mass. , In whi ch the Waters Armory followed the practice ofthe national armories in using the name of the town of manufacture rather than the name of the firm in marking earlymuskets .

SUTTON, John— Gunsmith. 55 D uke, Phila . , Pa. , 1819.

S . V. J. D .— Unidentifi ed .Marking on late flintlock period, highly

decorated Kentucky rifles .SWAIN, John— West Virginia . Percussion Kentucky rifles.

SWAN, James—Musket contractor to the State of Virginia in 1800.

SWARTZ, Abraham— Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas Co. ,Ohio

, 1850-1870.

Also tuned organs .

SWARTCOOP— New York, N. Y . , 1786- 1796 .

SWARTZ, Peter— York County, Pa. D id work for the State 1784-86 .

2 12 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSSWEET, D . 8: CO .

— Unidentified . Percussion period .

SWEET, E . S.— Kalamazoo

,Mich .,percussion period . Lock of single

hammer,3 -barrel percussion rifle by J . A. Lien .

SWEET,W. A.

— Syracuse,N. Y . , late percussion period . Heavy target

pistol with shoulder stock .

SWEGER, Wm .— Unidentified . F lintock Kentucky rifle .

SWEITZER, A.-Pennsylvania ; Kentucky rifles . Probably same as A.

Schweitzer, q . v .

SWEITZER, J .— Greenville

,Ohio . Reputed maker of half stock per

cussion rifle .

SWEET, JENKS 8: SONS— Rhode Island musket makers . Contractorsof Nov. 13 , 1810, for Model 1808 muskets , duration five years .Only 250 delivered by O ct. 7, 1812 .

It is believed that this firm is identical with Jewett, Jenks' 8:Sons of Rhode Island, who were reported in 1818 by Col. D eciusWadsworth of the Ordnance O ffice , to have been given a contract for muskets of which 250 stands at per standwere delivered to the State of Rhode Island .

SWEET, W. A.— See WilliamMalcolm .

SWEGER, William— Unlocated. F lintlock Kentucky rifle .

SWIE TZ E R, DANIEL 8: 00.— Lancaster, Pa. Announced in 1808

the establishment of their “

gun- lock factory, west of the courthouse

, on the road toMillerstown .Model 1808 type flintlock

pistols are known marked “SWEITZE R 8: CO . believed to havebeen made by the same firm .

SWIGER, W.— Period of 1800; flintlock Kentucky rifles . Possibly same

as Wm . Sweger .SWOPE , A.

— Pennsylvania . Percussion Kentucky rifles,one with

patchbox on both sides Of stock .

SYMMES, J . C .— Watertown ,Mass .Maker of Symmes breechloading

carbines , patented Nov . 16 , 1858, No . The purchase of200 or less , Symmes carbines at each was authorized asearly as July 18, 1855 . Ordnance D epartment correspondenceofMarch 4 , 1857, Shows that 200were ordered April 2 , 1856, and20were delivered at the cost of

SYRACUSE ARMS 00.— Syracuse

,N. Y . Hammerless shotguns .

TALCOTT, George— Lieut. Colonel Ordnance . Acting SuperintendentSpringfield Armory from August 26, 1833 to October 3 1 , 1833 .

B rig. General 1850.

TALLASSEE ARMORY— Tallassee , Ala. Confederate carbine armoryordered transferred from Richmond, V a . , about June 2

, 1864 ,

Transfer completed by June 16 , 1864. The operators of the armoryhad been in the ranks during D ahlgren

’

s Raid,May 1,1864 .

The site and buildings to house the plant were acquiredfrom B arnet,Micou Co . , owners of a cotton mill on thelocation , by CO1. James H . Burton , C . A. , of theMacon Armory,

who leftMaconMay 26,1864, and completed the negotiationsMay 3oth . The armory repaired arms and made a carbine com

bining E nfield and Springfi eld features .TALLEY—Massachusetts gunsmith active from 1768 to 1776

,and


2 14 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSTE E GE R, J . A.

— Curly maple, full stock,.

octagon barrel Kentuckyrifle with ornate patch box and silver inlays .

TEFF,7

George —Rhode Island gunsmith to Committee of Safety ,

17 5 -76 .

TE LL, F red erick— Adams Co. , Pa., F rederick and Hagerstown ,Md . ,

about 1780-1820. Ornate flintlock Kentucky rifles with handmadebrass lockplates, raised carving, brass and silver inlays .

TENNESSEE ARMORY— Location unknown . Operated in 1861 byGeorge W .Morse for the conversion of sporting rifles to military caliber. On the arrival of F ederal tr oops in the vicinityof Nashville, the machinery was first shipped to Atlanta, Ga . ,

then on being turned over by the governor of Tennessee tothe Governor of South Carolina, was shipped to the State Worksat Greenville , S . C . , whereMorse carbines were made . SeeMorse ,George W .

In an inventory taken while at Atlanta was listed a stampTennessee Armory .

”

TERRELL, E ph— Tennessee . Heavy percussion match rifles .

TERRY, B . L .— Unlocated . .22 cal. vest pocket pistols .

TERRY, J . C .- Unlocated . B rass frame .22 vest pocket pistol.

TETLEY— See Bown 8: Tetley, Enterprise Gun Works, Pittsburgh, Pa .

THAMES ARMS 00.— Norwich, Conn . D ouble- action , 5 -shot re

THATCHER, H. C .— See J . Peacock 8: H . C . Th atcher, Chicago, Ill .

THAYER, E li— Notice given at Worcester,Mass. , in 1856 of E liThayer’s control of the manufacturing of a rifle invented byB . F . Joslyn . No record of manufacture . Thayer was born atMendon,Mass . , June 11, 1819. Taught schoo l 1845 - 52 . Was inState Legislature 1853 - 54, and was engaged in a plan to colonizeKansas for freedom,

1854-56 . F ounded Ceredo , W . Va . Electedto Congress in 1856 .

THAYER, O . G .— Chardon , Ohio . Creedmoor percussion match rifles .

THAYER, ROBERTSON 8: CARY— Norwich, Conn . Pocket revolvers .

THAYER, Thaddeus— Norwood, N. Y . Percussion rifles .

THE N D ON , John— Unidentified . F lintlock Kentucky rifles .THOMAS, Ben jamin— Hingham,

Mass . , about 1740- 50.

THOMAS, H .— Kin gman , 111. Active before and after 1841 . Had

worked in Kentucky before settling in Illinois .THOMAS,Milt— Kingman , Ill. Son of Thomas, H . , above .THOMAS, Henry— Gunsmith with firm Hyde 8: Goodrich

,15 Chartres ,

New Orleans , La.THOMAS, Isaac— Harford County,Md ., musket maker to Committee

of Safety. AgreedMarch 4,1776, with John Cunningham,

“formaking a parcel of musquets which they oblige themselvesto do , agreeable to directions which they have and are to re

ceive from the Committee , as may be directed by the Councilof Safety , at the price ofMusquets are made for at B altimore ,to be completed with steel ramrod and bayonet A company of riflemen was raised in Harf County during the Warof Revolution .

THOMAS, J. F .— Unlocated, 1858.

THOMPSON, George— Washington, Pa. , 1870-80.


THOMPSON, Harry— F remont, Ohio , 1878-83 .

THOMPSON,John— Philadelphia, Pa. , before and after 1800.

THOMPSON, John— 1Market St. , Norwich, Conn . , 1866 .

THOMPSON,J. Ra—Jackson,Mich. Over-under percussion rifle .

THOMPSON,Samuel— Columbus and Lancaster, Ohio, 1820-27 .

THREE BARREL GUN CO .—Moundsville, W. Va .Makers of shot

gun s combined with rifle barrel .THORN TON, R . L .

— Seneca St. , Seattle, Wash. ,1910 and before .

THORNTON, William A.— Captain Ordnance D ept . , U . S . Army

.U. S .

Inspector of Contract Arms 1842-6 1 . Graduated U . S .MilitaryAcademy 1825 . D ied B rig. General 1866 .

THRESHER , A.— Stafford, Conn . Underhammer pistols .

T. H. S.— Initials of Thos . H: Steves , U . S . Inspector of Contract

Arms (ship’s cutlasses ) in 1816 at the plant of Nathan Starr .

THURBER , Charles T .— See Allen 8: Thurber, Allen 8: Wheelock .

THURSTON, R. R .— Cuba, N. Y ., percuss ion period to about 1880.

TIDD,Marshall— Woburn,Mass . , 1846- 1890; died 1890. Light percussion rifle without forearm ; round-barrel pistol with nipple on

axis ; both marked“M. TID D .

”

TILLMAN, J. N .— Petersburg, Ind , 1860.

TIMMIN S, Edward—Maryland . Contracted with Council of Safety in1776, to furnish steel musket ramrods at 5 shillings each .

TIMOTHY FIELD S FOUN DRY 8:MACHIN ERY 00.— Trenton, N. J.

Arms makers during the Civil War. Use barrels supplied bythe Trenton Iron CO .

TIPLE, C .— Unlocated . Late flintlock rifle .

TISDALE, Luther W.— Scranton, Pa . On Pennsylvania Avenue, be

fore 1850, on Washington after 1850. D ied about 1890. Heavypercussion match rifle.

TOBIAS, S . E .— Xenia, Ohio . Early 20th century ; percussion rifles

and pistols .

TOBEY, Elisha— Inspector and F oreman , arms stocking Shop , Springfield Armory, 1818. U. S . Inspector of Contract Arm s 1818- 1830.

Inspected arms in plants of R . 8: J . D . Johnson,Simeon North

,

Nathan Starr and Asa Waters .TODD, George— Austin , Tex . , and laterMontgomery, Ala . Active

about 1857-65 .Maker of muskets and Colt type, brass framerevolvers for the Confederacy .

TOLEDO ARMS 00.— Toledo , Ohio . Sheath trigger pocket revolvers

and semi -automatic pocket pistols.TOMES, HENRY 8: 00.

— New York,N. Y . , 1847 .

TOMlIz

i

glng

N — Pennsylvania musket maker to Committee of Safety,

TOMLINSON, Carter— Unlocated .Marking on a lock of a Kentuckyrifle by D . Glassbrenner . Early percussion period .

TON§ 686 éI

zg

oseph— 49 Union St. , and 1Marshall St. , B os ton,Mass . ,

TOOKER, J. S.— Carthage, N . Y. ,

percussion period.

TOPPER, H .— Napier Township, B edford Co.

, Pa., 183 5 . F lintlock

Kentucky rifle .

TOULSON, Alexander— St.Mary’sMd . Active in 1663 . The earliest

AMERICAN GUNMAKERSMaryland gunsmith on record after the landing of the Calvertsin 1634.

TOUZE,John— Gunsmith . 101 SO . Second , Phila . , Pa . ,

1819.

TOWN, Aspy— Unlocated . Flintlock, Kentucky, squirrel rifle .

TOWN,Benjamin— Pennsylvania musket maker to the Committee

of Safety . In association with John Willis , contracted on Dec .

6 , 1775 , to make 200fi relocks at £4- 55 , each .

TOWSE Y,Thomas— Vergennes , V t. , musket maker . In association

with Samuel Chipman contracted und er Act of July 5,1798,

for Charleville pattern , (Model 1795 ) muskets atper stand . O f these 275 were delivered by June 10, 1801 .

Thomas Towsey settled at Vergennes in 1791 .

T. P.— Initials of Thomas Palmer, U . S . Inspector of Arms 1808- 10.

T. P.— Un identified . Curly maple, full stock, percussion Kentuckyrifle .

T. R.— Unidentified . An early percussion Kentucky rifle with handhammered barrel marked in script ; 16 silver inlays ; long patchbox with side plates Shaped and engraved to represent snakes .

TRANT,George B .

— Thornville, Ohio , 1877-80.

TRAUD T,John—Milwaukee, Wis . Apprentice and son - in - law of JohnMeunier ; shop manager for 64 years until retirement in 1941 .

Died O ct. 19, 1945 .

TREDEGAR IRON WORKS— Richmond, Va . Confederate cannonfoundry and machine works .Made small arms making machinery .

TRE IB E L , Henry— Lancaster, Pa. , 1857 .

TRENTON ARMS 00.— Trenton , N . J . ,

1863 - 65 .Makers of riflemuskets during the Civil War.

TRENTON IRON 00.— Trenton , N . J . Civil War makers of rifle

musket barrels for the government and for arms contractors.

TRIPP, S . G .— Leidersdorff near Commercial, San F rancisco , Calif . ,

1855 -56 .

TRIPPER, A. N .— Potsdam , N . Y . Percussion pistol.

TROTH— Unlocated . Early flintlock Kentucky rifle .

TROUT, John— Williamsport, Pa. , about 1855 and after .Maker ofpercussion sporting rifles, and over-under, walnut half stock,percussion rifle-Shotgun with lower barrel fired by an underhammer, and Single trigger firing either hammer.

TROUTMAN, D . B .— Londonderry Township

, B edford Co . , Pa . ,1858.

Plain, fullstock percussion rifles of good workmanship with long

gr patchboxes . One with lock by Whitmore 8: Wolff , Pittsurg

TROYER, William— Lancaster, Pa . , 1847.

TRUBY, Jacob— Kittaning , Armstrong Co. , Pa. Kittaning was thechief Indian town west of the Alleghenys until Sept . 175 6, whenit was des troyed by Gen . Armstrong.

TRUE 8: DAVIS— Albany, N. Y. 8-ga. percussion goose gun .

TRUE TT BROS . 8: 00.— Philadelphia

, Pa.Makers of flintlock Kentucky rifles.

TRUITT, BROS , 8: 00.— Philadelphia

, Pa . Importers and wholesaledealers in foreign and domestic hardware .

” Flint and percussion rifle locks .

‘TRUITT BROS . 8: CO .

” stamped on .44 caliberpercussion rifle barrel.

TRUMP J W . —'

Ph ilnd l‘

h'


2 18 AMERICAN GUNMAKERStions a contract of April 3 , 1840, for 1,500army riflesMode l 1841 ,for the Republic of Texas .

The founder of the firm, George W. Tryon, retired fromactive participation in the firms affairs in 1841 , and died in1878. The successive names of the firm were as follows .

1811— Tryon 8: Getz: Geo . W. Tryon .

1836— Geo. W. Tryon 8: C0. (General Bus iness ) .

Tryon, Son 8: Co. (Manufacturing business ) .

1841— E dw. K . Tryon 8: Co.

1843— E dw. K. Tryon .

1859— E dw. K . Tryon 8: CO .

1863— Tryon 8: B rother .1866— Try on B ros . Co E dw. K . Tryon , Jr. 8: Co .

1905— E dw. K . Tryon Co. , Inc.

TRYON,MERRICK 8: CO — Philadelphia, Pa . Percussion pistols .

T. S.— Unidentified .Marking on a percussion Kentucky Squirrel rifle .

T. S.— Tobias Snider, Liberty Township , B edford County, Pa.Makerof a side-by -side, double barrel, curly maple stock, percussionKentucky type rifle, as well as of percussion, Kentucky singlebarrel rifles .

TUBBS, J. B .— Waterloo , N . Y. Over-under percussion, mule-ear

hammer shotguns and rifles .TUCKER, SHERRARD 8: 00.

— of Lancaster, D allas Co. , Texas .Entered into contract with State of Texas for pistols onApril 11 , 1862, one-half being army Size, and the other half navySize , at $40.00 per pistol . The contract was cancelled and about400made and sold to private parties .

The firm consisted of Labon E . Tucker, J . H . Sherrard, W . L .

Killen,A. W . Tucker , Pleasant Taylor, and J no.M. Crockett, the

latter acting as agent.Though commonly known as Tucker, Sherrod 8: it is

believed that “Tucker, Sherrard 8: Co .

” is more nearly correct .There was no partner by the name of Sherrod in the firm . Sherrard pronounced with a Texan or Southern drawl sounds likeSherrod . Probabilities are that the error originated there .

TUCKER 8: TYLER—Makers of full stock, cherry wood, brass patchbox

,flintlock Kentucky rifle .

TUNK , William— Colonial gunsmith returned to E ngland by GovernorWilliam Tryon in D ecember, 1775 , with inducement of prepaidpassage, 20 guineas and work in government armory .

TUPPER, A. N .— Potsdam , N . Y . Percussion rifles .

TURK, James—Morrow and Cincinnati , Ohio . Percussion rifles .

TURNBULL— New Orleans , La .,1885 .

TURNE R, C . B .— Grand Rapids,Mich , maker of a light weight, three

barrel, combination percussion shotgun- rifle, with under hammerrifle barrel underneath the side-by -Side Shotgun barrels , withsingle trigger capable of firing all three barrels simultaneously .

TURNER, Henry Gunsmith 15 B eaver St. , shop 3 B eaver St. ,

Albany, N. Y 1820- 1823 .Mary Turner, widow of Henry” listed1825 . A very fine E nglish style flintlock double Shotgun , breechesstamped “H . TURNE R ALBANY,

” inMahogany case .

TURNER, W.—Maker Of a percussion Kentucky rifle with ornate

brass patchbox in full curly maple stock .

TUSTIN, J .— Soho , Pittsburgh, Pa . , 1833 . A gunsmith’s threading


plate marked J. TUSTIN SOHO (S backwards ) , 1833 . An ironpipe-tomahawk similarly marked but undated .

TUTTS, Charles— Unlocated, 1883 . 8-g

‘

a. ring trigger gun .

TV E RYAR,M.— Unlocated Percussion rifle .TYD ICH, Peter— Baltimore,Md . , Revolutionary War period .

TYLER ARSENAL— Tyler, Texas . Organized inMay 1862 and operated by George Yarborough, J . C . Short and W. S . Briscoe , thelatter a gunsmith . Taken over by Confederate States in fall of1863 for manufacture of rifles “after the model of theMississippirifle . However arms made were closer to E nfi eld patern . Thearmory was es tablished with machinery assembled from numerous localities, such as Little

”

Rock, Arkadelphia, etc . The arms aremarked “TE XAS RIFLE TYLER C . S .

"

TYLER, Daniel— Lieutenant Ordnance S . Army. Chief Inspector of arms made at National Armories after 183 1 . Had inspected musket stocks in the plant of Nathan Starr .

TYLER, DAVID SON 8: 00.— Cincinnati, Ohio .Makers of percussion

rifle locks .TYLER, John— Pennsylvania gunsmith active about 1770- 1780. Was

located on Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa . , on April 16, 1777. OnOct. 3 1, 1777, John Tyler is reported as having purchased a placein Northampton (Allentown ) where he employed 16 hands andexpected to repair 300 stan s of arms. Payments recorded forrepair of public arms in 1778-79 .

TYLER, N. B .-Vienna

,Trumbull Co. , Ohio , 1855 -71 .Maker of rifles

and Shotguns . Operator of Tyler’s rifle works .TYLER’S RIFLE WORKS— See Tyler

,N . B . above .

TYLER, William— Providence, R . I .Musket maker,associated with

William Rhodes in a contract under Act of July 5 , 1798, forCharleville pattern, (Model 1795 ) muskets at per stand .

O f these 950 were delivered by June 10,1801 .

TYSON, J. H .— North Beaver St. ,

York,Pa.

U

UHLIN GE R, W. L . 8: Co.— Philadelphia, Pa . Sheath trigger .22 pocket

revolvers .

ULRICH,D .

—Unidentified . Percussion Kentucky rifle..

ULLBRICH , A .— Albany, N . Y .Maker of a double barrel

,side-by - side

muzzle loading, percussion rifle .

UMBARGER, Obediah— Central Pennsylvania ; Kentucky rifles , Probably related to Humberger family of Pennsylvania, later of Ohio .

UNDERWOOD, Thomas— Lafayette , Ind .

UNION ARMS 00.— Hartford, Conn . 1857- 61 and later . At 2 Central

Row,Hartford, 1861 .Makers of percussion pepperbox and single

Shot percussion pistols , and 5 and 6 - shot percussion revolvers .UNION ARMS 00.

— New York, N . Y. Contracted Nov . 15 , 1861 , forSpringfield rifle muskets . Three delivered ; these were

marked “U. A. CO .

”and

"‘New York.

”

UNION FIREARMS 00.— Toledo , Ohio , about 1904 .Makers of a

semi-automatic, recoil Operated revolver . About 1902 the Company had negotiated with Francis Bannerman of New York City

,

and his associates , in control of the Spencer Arms Company of

220 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSWindsor

,Conn . , f or the purchase of the Spencer plant for manu

facture of repeating shotguns . However, the purchase did not

materialize . Following from Sporting Goods D ealer , 1903 :“In our October number we noticed the report that the

Union F irearms Co. , Toled o, Ohio had purchased the Spencergun plant, which would be removed to Toledo , and the manufactur e of the Spencer gun reinaugurated on a large scale . Weare advised by Francis B annerman, 5 79 B roadway, New YorkCity

,that the reported sale has not been made . The Spencer

plant is still in his hands , and is advertised for sale elsewherein this is sue of the Sporting Goods D ealer. The merits of theSpencer repeating shot gun are too well known and generallyknown to require being touched upon here. It was the j ointinvention of Chris topherM. Spencer (who at the age of 19 in

vented the Spencer repeating rifle and carbine, adopted andused by the U . S . Government in the civil war ) and SylvesterM.Roper, also closely identified with improvements in Americanarms . The Spencer gun appeared in 1884 and stood the bruntof the battle against the prevailing prejudice whi ch opposedSingle barrel repeating guns and favored the double barrel . F orsomething like nine years it was the only repeating shot gunin the field

,virtually creating a demand which heretofore had

not existed, and establishing its reputation as a thoroughly re

liable arm . Some Spencer guns were made and nearlyall of them were sold and are now in use in all parts of theworld . Lately their manuf acture was discontinued byMr .

B annerman and his associates , principally, becaus e their originalbusiness of handling ordnance, military goods and war relics hadgrown so large that it required undivided attention. The Spencergun is still in demand and it is to be hoped that its manufacturewill Shortly be resumed .

”

UNIONMF G . CO .— Richmond, V a.

, 1861 . Operated by G . P. Sloatmaking arms for the Confederacy. In business only a short time .

UNION RIFLE WORKS— Lancaster, Pa . Percussion rifles .

UN SE LD , John— Frederick City,Md . Contracted December 14, 1775 ,with Council of Safety to furnish 80 muskets with completeequipment according toMaryland specifications , to be deliveredbyMay 1 , 1776 . The Council wroteMay 3 , 1776 that so far theyhad received only 29 very roughly made muskets .

UPD E GRAPH, Jacob— Schuylkill County,Pa.

URIE , Solomon— Orange Township, Ashland Co . ,Ohio

,1818.

URIE LL , D .— Unlocated . Kentucky rifles .

U. S . ARMS 00.— New York

,N . Y . , about 1873 -78.Makers of .22 cal .

knife pistols and rim-fi re cartridge revolvers .U. S . SMALL ARMS 00.

— Chicago,Ill.

, 1917 . Knife-pistol.UTT

t

E I

l

t , George— Newark, N . J . Saw-handle percussion duelling piso s .

VAGEN, J. H. 8: 00.— Indianapolis, Ind 1869-71 .

VALE , T. A.— Unidentifi ed . Flintlock Kentucky rifles .

VAL1

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S3Prosper— Phila . , Pa. Listed as gunsmith at 101 S . Second in

VALLEY FORGE— The Valley F orge was originally built on the


222 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSVAN DERHEYD EN, John— Auburn , N. Y 1850.

VAN D E R POEL— Albany, N. Y., 1740.

VANDERSLICE T .— Pennsylvania .

VAN HORN , D . A.- Oneida, about 1850-80. D ouble, percussion

rifle- shotgun .

VANMETER— Chillicothe, Ohio .

VANMETER, J .— Richmond D ale, Ohio . Silver wire inlaid half stock

percussion rifle .VAN TRE E S, J. 8: J. F .

-F ather and son . Fort Recovery, Ohio , about1826- 1900. The early arms produced by V antrees were percuss iononly. No flintlock made .

VAN VALK E N BURGH, H.-Albany

,N . Y . , percussion period .

VAN WART 8: SON 00.— B ritish, B irmingham and London . Lock

marking of a silver stocked, all-metal, percussion pistol withbarrel marked “HYDE 8: GOODRICH, N E W ORLE ANS .

” Alsoa pair of fine percussion duelling pistols with locks marked VANWART SON 8: CO . barrels marked “LONDON,

” but B irminghamproofed, entirely by the same maker . Association with Hyde 8:Goodrich explained by the fact that the latter were importers ofB ritish Arms .

VARNEY, D avidM. —Burlington, V t. , 1850.

V E LLE E — 2nd and Walnut Sts . , Philadelphia, Pa .,1826 .

V E LV E RT—Maker of Kentucky rifles, circa 1860. (Connected withV olvert?)

VENIA 8: JOHNSTONE— Toled o, Ohio, 1880-83 .

VICKERS, Jonathan— Cleveland,Ohio

,1821 .

V IE RGUTZ , O . H .— Pueblo , Colo .

, 1874-80.

VILLWOCK , Charles— Toledo , Ohio , active about 1873 -82 .

VINCENT, John— Cleveland,Ohio , 1850.

VINCENT, John— Washington County, Ohio , rifle maker active fromabout 1844-82 . John Vincent was born Aug . 28

,1809, and after an

apprenticeship as cabinet maker, his father’

s trade, he becamea gunsmith about 1844 . He died Sept . 17, 1882, the shop beingtaken over by his son , John Caleb .Made percussion and cartridgearms .

CENT, John Caleb— Son of John Vincent. Succeeded to hisfather’

s shop, whose plain but accurate arms were improved bythe son as to finish . John Caleb was bornMarch 21

,1841

, wasactive until about 1900, and died April 19, 1918.

VIRGINIAMANUFACTORY— Also RICHMOND ARMORY, Richmond, Va . Authorized by Act of 1797, Virginia Legislature tofound an armory for the manufacture of arms to equip statemilitia. The armory was erected in 1798, at the foot ofStreet, fronting James River .

Production began in 1802, stands of arm s being re

corded as made by O ct. 13 , 1803 , and continued until 1820, including two models of flintlock pistols: the first a large modeldated 1805 to 1811 inclusive, and the second resembling theHarpers F erryModel 1806, with the addition of a swivel ramrod, found dated 1812 to 1815 inclusive. In 1820manufacture wasdiscontinued and the plant converted into a school .

In 1860, the armory was rehabilitated with machinery orderedfrom the Tred egar Iron Works of Richmond, and later aug


mented with machinery captured at Harpers F erry . The armorywas operated under supervision of Salmon Adams, masterarmorer and produced “

Richmond rifles until the close of theCivil War.

VIRGINIA POINT OF FORK STATE ARSENAL— Established by thestate as a manufacturing armory and a general ordn ance depotat Point of Fork, Va .

In 1783 , the arsenal was enlarged by equipment moved fromthe Public Gun Factory , and three new buildings were authorized July 4 , 1783 ,

“to be erected on the ground where the StateMagazines were lately built and destroyed by the enemy.

”

The arsenal did considerable work in repair and restockingof arms, making locks , f orging bayonets , etc . , and plans weremade for the utihzation of its facilities for reconditioning armsuntil a reserve stock of stands was accumulated .

About 1803 , the Point of Fork Ar senal was discontinued andthe equipment and material moved to the Richmond Armory ,

or“VirginiaManufactory .

” See Point of Fork Arsenal .VIRGINIA PUBLIC GUN FACTORY— Fredericksburg

,Va . The estab

lishment of the factory was authorized by an ordinance of theConvention in July, 1775 , Col. Fielding Lewis andMaj or CharlesDick being appoin ted Commissioners ‘ to form

,establish and con

duct aManufactory of Small Arms at Fredericksburg, to equip

Continental Line regiments raised in Virginia .

The ground was acquired shortly after the passage of theOrdinance, and the buildings erected early in 1776 . The plantalso had a magazine, a substantial stone biulding begun in 1776 ,and completed in 1781 , and operated under lease (from thewidow of Roger D ixon ) a mill on Hazel Run ,

for the grindingof bayonets , ramrods and gun-barrels .From 1781 the bus iness of the factory declined

,due to

partial dismantling and removal of tools under threat of Britishraiders, Tarleton

’

s Dragoons actually operating within a fewmiles of Fredericksburg. In September, 1782 the number ofworkm en employed had shrunk to four hands and two apprentices, as compared with nineteen men and five apprentices inJuly of that year. By February of 1783 , the plant was considerably in debt in salaries to offi cers and workmen

,and the Operat

ing force had shrunk to three artisans .The plant was discontinued in 1783 , and equipment, tools

and materials were moved to Point of F ork Arsenal .VO E STE R, F. G .

— D enver,Col . , 1868- 69 .

V OGLJER, Christopher— Salem, N. C . , before 1827 . F lintlock Kentucky

ri es .VOGLER, Nathaniel— Son of Christopher Vogler . Learned gunsmith

ing at Nazareth, Pa . ; succeeded his father at Salem,N . C . ,

in 1827 .

Flintlock Kentucky rifles, later percussion arms .VOGLER, Phillip— Salisbury, N . C . B orn in Germany

,1725 ; emi

grated to North Carolina in 1777 . Highly decorated flintlockKentucky rifle .

VOGLER, G .— Salisbury, N. C .Maker of flintlock Kentucky rifles

of very fine workmanship and decorative skill, circa 1825 - 30.

Used spread eagle design on patchbox finials . Lock of one fin eSpecimen engraved “J. VOGLE R,

”(Brother?) Probably sons of

Philip Vogler, above .

VOGLER, J .-See G . Vogler of Salisbury, N . C . , above .

224 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSVOGLER, Timothy— Salem, N. C . Kentucky rifles .V OGLE SAN G, A. W.

— F ostoria, Ohio , 1868-69.

VOIGT, Henry— Pennsylvania musket maker to Committee of Safety1775 - 76 . One of the petitioners representing Philadelphia gunmakers, complaining to the Committee of Safety in November ,1776 , against the high cost of materials and labor entering intoarms making, and quoting advances in prices within one year,since 1775 .

VOLCANIC REPEATIN G ARMS CO .— New Haven, Conn . Originally

organized by Horace Smith and D aniel B . Wesson at Norwich ,

Conn . , in 1854, to manufacture a repeating arm developed byTyler B . Henry, ex- employee of Robbins 8: Lawrence of Windsor ,V t.

, in whose plant he had worked on the production of theJennings magazine rifle . The arm was patented by Smith 8:Wesson , on Feb . 14, 1854, No . Mr . Henry being the Superintendent in charge of production .

The Volcanic Repeating Arms Company had been organizedby Smith 8: Wesson in July, 1855 , in order to attract additionalcapital to the Company, the Smith 8: Wesson patents being turnedover to the new firm . Shortly after Horace Smith withdrewfrom the firm , and in February , 1856, the Company moved itsplant to N ew Haven, doubtles s under the influence of Oliver F.

Winchester of New Haven, one of the principal stockholders .Mr . Wesson resigned from the firm Feb . 1 1 1856 .

The Volcanic became insolvent inMarch , 1857 . The assetsof the firm were acquired by Winchester, who reorganized itinto the New Haven Arms CO . Later in 1866 , it became theWinchester Repeating Arms Co . See N ew Haven Arms Co .

V OLE N TE N E , J .— Washington ,MO . Plain , accurate, hand-made per

cussion rifles .

V OLPIUS, H .—Manually operated, revolving cylinder, 7-Shot per

cussion rifle .

VOLV E RT— Lancaster, Pa . , rifle maker , Revolutionary War period .

V ON D E RGRIF T, J .-Unlocated .Maple halfstock, octagon barrel,

percussion plains rifle .

V ON D E RSMITH— Lancaster, Pa. , arms maker, Revolutionary period .

VORE, B enny— New Paris, Pa ., percussion period .

VOSSBURG, Selah— Alabama , N. Y . , 1845 . Over-under, double muleear hammers, single - trigger percussion rifle .

WWa—Unidentified .Marking on barrel of fine relief carved Kentucky

rifle circa 1800- 1810.

W. A.— I{nidentified .Middletown , Conn . Percussion under-hammer

pisto s .WADE, Abner— Saleto Township ,Muskigum Co.

, Ohio , 1811 .

WADSWORTH, D ecius— Captain U . S . Ordnance . U . S . Inspector ofMuskets for Eastern States 1799- 1801 . Inspected sabers at plantof Nathan Starr in 1799 . Colonel Ordnance 1814- 1819 .

WAGE N HORST— Unidentified . F lintlock, heavy barrel, ma tch rifles .Same as John Wagenhorst

?

WAGE NHORST, Io.— John Wagenhorst.Maple fullstock flintlock

Kentucky rifle .


226 AMERICAN GUNMAKERS '

about 1777-78. In 1779 Walsh advertised, off ering his gunsmithtools for sale .

“J . WALSH marking appears on well made,handsomely

ornamented brass flintlock pistols .

WALSH, John— Pennsylvania stock maker to the Committee of

Safety, 1776. With James Walsh, was one of the petitioners to theCommittee complaining against the rising cost of materials andlabor entering into gun -making, and quoting the advance inprices in one year , since 1775 .

WALTERS, A.— New York, N. Y. , 1822.

WALTERS, A.—Millbury,Mass. , 1837 .

WALTON, T .— Unlocated . Percussion period .

WARD— Unlocated . Half stock percussion sporting rifle .

WARD -BURTON—Makers of magazine military and Sporting rifles ,about 1807-74 . There were 3 13 breechloading Single- shot carbinesand rifles made on the Ward-Burton system, Burton patentof D ec. 20

,1859, No . and W . G . Ward patent of F eb . 21 ,

1871 , No . at the Springfield Armory in 1871 , and wereissued for trial to troops in 1872 .

WARD, H. D .—Massachusetts, 1863 .

WARD, S . H .— Jamestown, N . C . Half stock percussion rifle with Josh

Golcher lock ; percussion pea rifles .

WARE , J. S.— Unlocated 12 ga. double, percussion shotgun .

WARE 8:MORSE— Joseph S . Ware and John R.Morse , Worcester,Mass . , 1825 -3 3 and later .WARE , Orlando— Worcester,Mass .

WARE 8: WHEELOCK— Worcester,Mass . , 1825 and after.WARFIELD , L . 8: CO .

— Gun barrel makers .Marking on barrel of ahalf stock, percussion plains rifle by S . J . F osdick, Laporte, Ind .

WARNER— Rochester, N . Y . Over-under percussion rifle- shotgun .

Also New York style mule-ear hammer percussion rifle .

WARNER, B enjamin Franklin— Seneca County ( Indian Country ) .

Came from Connecticut .Made gunstocks for the Senecas . Wentwith the tribe to Fort Gibson, Iowa.

WARNER, Charles— Windsor Locks , Conn .Maker of 6- shot percussion revolvers .

WARNER, George— Lancaster, Pa. ,1857 .

WARNER, H .— Unlocated . F lintlock Kentucky rifles .

WARNER, Horace— Ridgeway, Pa .

WARNER, Horace—Williamsport, Pa ., about 1890.

WARNER, Horace— Born near Hartford, Conn . , about 1832 ; died atWilliamsport, Pa. , 1893 .Moved to Ridgeway, Pa . , when 16 ; taughthimself gunsmithing. Served in B erdan’

s Civil War sharpshooters .Made hunting and target rifles at Williamsport, Pa . ; moved to

Syracuse, N . Y . , about 1880 and made many target and machinerest rifles weighing up to 60 lbs . , most with under-hammer locksand B erdan primer ignition . A famous match shooter .

WARNER, James— Revolver manufacturer of Springfield,Mass . ,

brother Of Thomas Warner . Operator of the Springfield Arms Co .

Active before 1850 to about 1869.Maker of Warner pocket percussion revolvers, 6-shot revolving percussion rifles and Warnerrim-fire cartridge carbines, 150of which were purchased by the


government between Jan . 24 and Nov. 15 , 1864, and fromF eb . 2 toMarch 15 , 1865 .

The 1850City Directory lists the James Warner 8: Co pistolfactory at Lyman and Gardner Streets . Thereafter, until 1869, theaddress is Blake’s Hill. See Springfield Arms Co.

, which thispistol factory is believed to be .

The Warner hand arms were manufactured under patents ofJan . 185 1 , No . July 15 , 185 1 , NO . and July 28, 1857,No . The Warn er carbine was patented Feb , 23 , 1864, NO .

Warner,believed to have been a former employe of theMassachusetts Arms Co. ,

was born about 1818 and died in 1870.

WARNER, JAMES 8: 00.— See Warner, James, above, and Spring

field Arm s Co .

WARNER, Joseph— Gunsmith”

. Rose Alley, Phila . , Pa . , 1819.

WARN ER 8: LOWE — Syr acuse , N . Y . , 1879-80. Horace Warner and

William V. Lowe . Percussion sporting rifles .

WARNER, Thomas —Arms maker, elder brother of James Warner,born at Springfield

,Mass . , June 12 , 1793 . After serving a threeyear apprenticeship to his uncle , a millwright of North Amherst,Mass . ,

he returned to Springfield in 1814, and entered the serviceat the Armory . By 183 7 Warner wasMaster Armorer, which position he held until Dec . 3 1 , 1842 . At this time the civilian superin

tendents were being replaced with Ordnance Department personnel

,and Warner left the armory service , and went to the Wh it

neyv ille Armory, to take charge of the tooling up for the production of theModel 1841 rifle . In 1848- 49, Thomas Warner wasassociated with E dwin Wesson , and later with theMassachusettsArms Co . He is next found at the Waters Armory, atMillbury,Mass . , and was active in the removal of the Waters machinery tothe Pahnetto Armory of Columbia , S . C . After that Warner wasengaged in New York in an enterprise of rifling muskets ; thenwent to Chicopee F alls , and finally back to Springfield, where hed ied F eb . 11 , 1885 .

WARREN— Albany , N . Y.Maker of a curly maple half stock, muzzleloading, percussion sporting _rifle. See Warren 8: Steele .

WARREN, A. J. 8: 00.—Memphis

,Tenn .

,1860.

WARREN,Milton— Abingdon , Va . Apprenticed under JohnM. WhiteSides of Abingdon (then Wolf Hills ) . Percussion Kentucky rifles .

WARREN 8: STEELE— Albany, N. Y.Marking on the lock of an English barreled, percussion pistol.

WASHBURN, Nathan— Worcester,Mass . Was making five tons ofr ifle-barrel iron per day for the Springfield Armory, and wasunder contract to furnish rifle-musket barrels during theCivil War .

WASHINGTON ARMS 00.— Unidentifi ed .Makers of single- shot and

6- shot pepperbox,percussion pistols .

WASSMAN, F .— Washington

,D . C . ,

percussion period.

W.A.T .— Initia1s of Captain William A. Thornton

,Ordnance D ept . ,

WEI Arixy . Inspector of Contract Arms 1842- 61 . See Thornton ,1 am

WA'I

I

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ES7

—

5D utchess County, N . Y. Gunsmith to Committee of Safety ,

WATERS, A. 8: 00.— See Waters , Asa W . Jr .

228 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSWATERS, Andrus— Sutton,Mass . , musket maker to Committee of

Safety,1775 76 . D ied in 1778. B rother of Asa Waters .

WATERS Armory— See,Waters, Asa, J r. , and Waters, Asa H .

WATERS, Elijah— Sutton,Mass . Son of Asa Waters and elder broth erof Asa, Jr . Active from about 1775 until his death in 1814. SeeWaters, Asa, Jr.

WATERS, Asa—Revolutionary War musket maker and gunsmith toCommittee of Safety. Asa Waters was born at Sutton,Mass .

Jan . 27, 1742 . With his brother Andrus he established the SuttonWaters Armory on Singletary Stream, Sutton,Mass . , which furnished arms to the Continental troops . It is reputed to have beenone of the first to utilize water power in the Operation of triphammers used in making skelps and gun forgings . The iron ore

for the works was obtained from Salisbury, in the northwestcorner of Connecticut. Andrus Waters who had been taking careof the ore shipments , d ied from exposure after two years ofoperations , and was buried at West Point with military honors ;the business being carried on by Asa.

Asa Waters had also served as lieutenant in a company ofthe Lexington Alarm . He died D ec. 24, 1814 .

WATERS, Asa, J r.— Son of Asa Waters above . Asia , J r .

, was bornat Sutton , Nov. 2 , 1769, at his father

’

s home at WestMain andRhodes Streets . With his elder brother E lij ah, he learned thegunsmith trade in his father’s factory . In 1797 Asa, Jr . and Elij ahWaters purchased land and water power on Blackstone River,below the Singletary, and built the Waters Armory . E lijah diedin 1814

, and Asa ( J r . ) became the sole proprietor . As in hisfather’

s shops, the welding of barrels at the Waters Armorywas done by water power operated trip-hammer perfected byAsa Waters and patented O ct. 25

,1817.

Asa Waters had received the following contracts : O ct. 16 ,1818

, for stands at the rate of yearly, beginningApril 1 , 1819, (M. 1816 : The barrels and bayonets to be browncolor, locks unpolished ) . October 16 , 1823 , Waters obtained anadditional contract for 10,000Model 1816 muskets with d eliveriesof 2,000 per annum from Jan . 1 , 1825 . Contract of Jan . 24, 1829,details unknown .

Sept . 22 , 1836, Waters contracted for pistolsModel1836 at each, to be deliver ed by D ec. 3 1 , 1837 . On F eb . 7 ,1840, Asa Waters , in association with his son , Asa H . , under thename of A. Waters 8: Son , Obtained an additional contract for

pistols.Model 183 6, (still flintlock) at each, the contract being of five years duration with d eliveries at the rate of

3 ,000per annum .

Apparently after 1843 Asa H . Waters ( son of Asa) took overthe management of the firm and incorporated , for pistols dated1844 are stamped “A. H . Waters Co .

”

A part of the arms making machinery of the Waters Armorywas sold to Wm . Glaze , Operator of the Pahnetto Armory atColumbia, S . C .

, in 1852, and was later used in the manufacture ofPahnetto Armory arm s . The Waters Armory is known to havemade early Joslyn carbines after 185 5 .

WATERS, Richard— Salem,Mass . , 1632 .

WATERS 8: WHITMORE—Massachusetts musket makers, contractorsof Sept . 8, 1808, f or Model 1808 muskets , delivery to becompleted in five years . O f these were delivered by O ct. 7 ,


230 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSWE IDMAN , Solomon— Lancaster, Pa., 1857.

WEIKER, G .— Pennsylvania , period of 1780. F lintlock Kentucky rifle ,

engraved on patchbox ,

“G Weiker, gunsmith, has his pricefor manufacturing .

WEISER, G . W.— Pennsylvania , 1839.

WEIS, G a—Pennsylvania . O ver-under percussion rifle-shotgun .

WELCH, BROWN 8: CO a—William W. Welch and his sureties , PlumbB rown and Austin A. Spaulding, Norfolk, Conn . , Civil War contractors , for Springfield rifle-muskets,Model 1861 , contractof June 6 , 1862 . O f these were recorded deliveredApril 21, 1865 , and 3 60May 3 , 1865 , both lots at each .

In the records the first date is given as August 21: — this is believed to be a typographical error, as both lots were paid for infull onMay 11, 1865 .

WELCH, James— Philadelphia, Pa . ,1783 .

WELCH, W. WF -William Wickham Welsh , Norfolk , Conn . Civil Wararms contractor . Organized a concern for the manufacture of

ercussion rifle musketsModel 1861 . Nov. 6, 1861 , for ateach . delivered . Jan . 12 , 1864, for at

each . delivered. The rifle-muskets were made in the longstone shop of the Empire Company . After the war the samecompany undertook the manufacture of revolving pistols” underthe name of

“The Connecticut Arms Company .

”

D r . Welch was born D ec. 10, 1818, in Norfolk,Conn . Gradu

ated from YaleMedical School in 1839 and represented his townin General Assembly during years 1848, 1850, 1879 and 1881 . WasState Senator from 17th D istrict in 185 1- 52 and Representativein Congress from 4th Congressional D istrict of Connecticut in1855 - 57 . In addition to his interest in rifle-musket contracts, D r .

Welch was active in a number of other enterprises , includingservices as vice-president of Norfolk B ank from 1862 until hisdeath in 1892 .

LD ON , Robin—Mansfield , Richland Co Ohio,1810.Made imple

ments of war, War of 1812 . Lived in blockhouse during the War .

WE LHAN CE , Kaurat— York, Pa . , musket maker. Associated withJacob Laether in a contract with the Commonwealth of Pennsy l

vania,of April 1 1 , 1798, for Charleville pattern , (Model

1795 ) muskets . He is also listed as Conrad Welshanze in a latercontract of April 17, 1801 , also with Pennsylvania , in which , hein association with Jacob D oll and Henry Pickell, of Yorkcouktgt

’

s

contracted for Charleville pattern, (Model 1795 )mus e

WE LLES, Ca —See Wells, C .

WELLS, C .— (O r Welles ) .Milwaukee, Wis . , 1867- 1910. Gunmaker,

gunsmith and d ealer. F ormed a partnership with aMr . Hale andwas listed as Welles 8: Hale from about 1858 until about 1870.

Located at 15 Wisconsin Avenue until 1871 , later 87 Wisconsin425 E ast Water Street ( 1878) 423 175 E ast Water

419 Sycamore Second Street Made single anddouble barrel percussion rifles and shotguns .

WE IlSn

8CHALE—Milwaukee, Wis. Percussion rifles . See Wells ,

0

WELLS, J . H.— Staunton , Va . Kentucky rifle f or match shooting .

WELLS, W. BB Q —Madison, Ind .Makers of percuss ion gun locks .


WELSH,James— Dock Ward, Northern part Philadelphia, Pa. , 1779 .

Flintlock holster pistol .WELSHAN S, Jacob— Probably same as Welshantz below. Contracted

for “rifle guns” in 1792 . Payment of recorded .

WE LSHAN TZ , D avid— York County, Pa . ,1780-83 .

WE LSHAN TZ , Jacob— York County, Pa . , 1777-83 . Worked for theState 1777-80.

WE LSHAN TZ ,Joseph— York County, Pa. , 1779-83 .

WE LSHAN Z E , Conrad— York, Pa. , musket maker. In associationwith Jacob Doll and Henry Pickell, of York County, contractedApril 17, 1801, with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania formuskets

,Charleville pattern.

Under the name of Kunrat Welhance he had earlier, April1 1, 1798, contracted in association with Jacob Laether to furnish the Commonwealth with muskets made on the Charleville pattern . Doubtless was of the same clan with the Welshantzgunsmiths above, regardless of the Spelling of the family name .

WE LSHE N S, J .— N o details . (Joseph or Jacob Welshantz?)

WELTON, Ard— Waterbury, Conn . , musket maker, before and after1773 - 1801 . Contractor under the Act of July 5 , 1798, forCharleville pattern (Model muskets at per stand .

recorded paid on account in 1799 ; in 1800, andin 1801 . Welton had served as lieutenant in the Con

tinental Army during the Revolutionary War.WE LZ HO F E R, Joseph— 307Main St. , Bufi alo, N . Y.

, 1845 .

WENTZEL, W. H .-Frederick,Md . Maker of a side-by - side

,

double barrel, percussion rifle with curly maple halfstock andlocks by “McKIM8: CO .

”

WAREHAM, David— Ohio .

WERGER, Christian— Leacock Township, Pa., musket maker to Comm ittee of Safety in 1776 .

WERNER, Charles— Rochester, N . Y. Percussion period .

WERNER, J. G .— York, Pa. Percussion, double-barrel rifle .

WERTER— Gun barrel maker ; late flint period Stamped under breechof H. Gibbs, Lancaster, Kentucky rifle.

WE ll'

glz

l’ Peter— Gunsmith, Saleto Township,Muskingum Co. ,

Ohio ,

WESLE, Norbert—Milwaukee, Wis . Percussion hunting and targetrifles . Located on Third between Chestnut and Prairie in 1854- 55 ,on Third between Tamarack and Prairie in 1856-61, at 289 Thirdin 1862-74, and at 3 15 State Street from 1874 to 1880.

WESSON, D . B .-D aniel B aird Wesson , one of the founders of Smith

8: Wesson, was born at Worcester,Mass . , inMay , 1825 , of anold New Hampshire family of E nglish descent. After a briefattempt to Interest himself in the shoe business with his brothersRufus andMartin, Daniel

.

j oined his brother E dwin at Northboroin

.

1843 , and completed his apprenticeship in 1846 . He continuedwith E dwm until about 1850, when his brother died . After working for a time for his brother F rank, who had a gunsmith shopat Grafton, and With Leonard at Charlestown ,Mass . , as superintendent of the Leonard pepperbox pistol plant

,Wesson went

to work for Allen, B rown and Luther at Worcester,Mass .,in

1852 . There he became associated with Horace Smith and theVolcanic Repeating Arms Co.

, and later formed the Smith 8:

232 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSWesson arms manufacturing firm . See Smith 8: Wesson . D anielB . Wesson died at Springfield,Mass . , August 4 , 1906 .

WESSON, Edward— Grafton,Mass .

,1834-40, then

'

at Northboro un til1843 and later .

WESSON, Edwin— Son of Rufus Wesson , a native of New Hampshire,

Evh

pmigrated toMassachusetts and established a plow manu

ac ory .

Edwin apprenticed himself to Silas Allen of Shrewsbury,and later set up for himself at Northboro, where in associationwith Leavitt he manufactured the Wesson and Leavitt revolver,until his death in 1850. SeeMassuchusetts Arms CO . Edwin wasan older brother of D aniel B . Wesson.

WESSON, Frank— B rother of D aniel B . and Edwin Wesson . Armsmanufacturer of Worcester,Mass . Active about 1850-77 .Makerof Wesson pistols, military carbines and sporting and target rifles ,under the patent of F rank Wesson and N. S . Harrington of O ct.

25,1859 . NO . and the numerous Frank Wesson patents

of Nov . 1 1 , 1862 ; D ec . 15 , 1868; July 20, 1869 ; June 13 , 1871 and

July 10, 1877 .

One hundred and fifty Wesson rim-fi re carbines were purchased by the government during the Civil War, as well as manyhundr eds by various states and units .

WESSON 8: HARRINGTON— Worcester,Mass . , 1871 -74 .Makers of

5 and 7- shot cartridge revolvers . Succeeded by Harrington 8:Richardson 1875 to date. See the latter firm .

WESSON 8: PRESCOTT— Northboro,Mass . Prior to 1850. E dwinWesson in association with E . Prescott, rifle manuf ac

turers. Partnership dissolved on Edwin Wesson’

S death in 1850.

WESSON,STEVENS 8:MILLER— Hartford, Conn . , Edwin Wesson ,

Joshua Stevens and S . C .Miller, manufacturers, between 183 7-49,of hand turned cylinder, percussion revolvers made on theDaniel Leavitt of Cabotsville (now Chicopee ) ,Mass . , patent of

April 29, 183 7, No . 182.

WEST, Stephen— Woodward, F rederick Co. ,Md . Revolutionary Warperiod . His letter with address given as Woodyard , discusses the many merits of his guns and scoff s at all others produced inMaryland, particularly those of Isaac Harris , at

“fi t

only to beat homm iny with .

WESTERN ARMS CO -New York, N . Y . and Chicago , Ill. Percussionpocket and rim-fire cartridge belt revolvers . Quite likely madefor Western Arms Company by some other firm .

WESTERN ARMS CORP -,Ithaca N . Y ,Modern .

WESTERN GUN WORKS— Chicago , Ill.“Tramp’s Terror .22 pocket

revolver .

WE STPHALL , Charles W.—Musket maker. In association with

Frederick Goetz of Philadelphia, contracted on July 13 , 1808,f or 2 ,500Model 1808 muskets , duration five years . O f these 1 ,019recorded delivered by O ct.

WETMORE, W. W.— Lebanon , N . H . , and Windsor, Vt . Percussion

gaintwist rifle for picket bullet ; false muzzle recessed for eitherlinen or paper cross-patch .

WETZEL, Jonathan— Pennsylvania .Middle and late flintlock periodand early percussion, Roman nose style, graceful Kentuckyprifles .

WE YE RMAN , Isnae— Le Soeur County ,Minn ., 1864 65 .


234 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSpattern (Model 1795 ) muskets at per stand . O f these23 5 delivered by June 10, 1801 .

WHITE, Peter— Annapolis,Md . , rifle maker of the RevolutionaryWar period .

WHITE, Peter— Colerain Township . B edford Co . , Pa., 1825 .

WHITE , Peter— Highly ornamented flintlock rifles . Said by UriahFisher to have been the first gunsmith in Uniontown

, F ayetteCo. , Pa. Possibly the same as Peter White above .

WHITE, ROLLIN ARMS 00.— Lowell,Mass . E stablished about 1864,

to manufacture cartridge revolvers which infringed on the RollinWhite patents controlled by Smith 8: Wesson, and revolverswere turned over to Smith 8: Wesson for sale.

The firm assumed the name of Rollin White without authority or permission fromMr . White . On Rollin White ’s protest onthe use of his name, the firm

’

s name was changed to LowellArms Co .

WHITE , Rollin— Arms inventor and designer was born at Williamstown

, V t. , June 6 , 1817 . D uring 1849- 5 7 he resided at Hartford,Conn . , where he worked for two of his brothers, contractors toColt

,in 1849 . He did contract work for Colt from 1849 until 1852,

when he left Colts on their abandonment of the contract systemin their shops . Lived at D avenport, Iowa , from 1857 to 1863 ,when because of frequent visits E ast, necessary because of hispatent interests, he moved to Springfield,Mass . In 1864 he purchased a residence in Lowell and engaged in the invention ofarms as well as many other mechanical devices, such as a loom,

wrenches,spinning spindles , drawing punches , a torpedo, car

tridges, etc . About 1866 he heard that a Lowell revolver manuf acturing firm had without his consent assumed his name in connection with their trade name, Rollin White Arms Company,which he caused them to abandon , they changing to Lowell ArmsCo . Rollin Wh ite died at LowellMarch 22, 1892 .

Rollin White’s patent of “a cylinder bored end to end” pur

chased by Smith 8: Wesson, had paid him a royalty of 50cents per arm, but sin ce the terms of the contract stipulatedthat White had to defend his patent against infringemen ts ,most of the royalties were absorbed in law suits to defend thepatent

,which expired on April 3 , 1869 . White succeeded in

obtaining Congressional legislation for its extension, but themeasure was vetoed by President Grant, because the controlof the patent had deprived the Union armies of cartridge re

volvers during the Civil War .

WHITE,W. H .

— Jackson, Ohio, 185 1- 65 .

WHITESCARVER, CAMPBELL 8: 00.— Rusk, Cherokee Co. , Tex.

D elivered 750 Texas (Model 1841 type ) Rifles by November,1864. Texas Rifles were issued mainly to Indian troops servingin the Confederate army and stationed in Indian Territory,now Oklahoma .

WHITESIDES , JohnM. —Abingdon ( then Wolf Hills ) , Va . Axemaker

,turned to riflesm ithing . Handmade percussion Kentucky

rifles,mounted with iron , brass , German silver, or silver. Scroll

wire inlaying a specialty . TaughtMilton Warren .

WHITING, John— Independence, Iowa . 1867-68.

WHITMAN, B .— Stillwater, N . Y . Percussion period .

WHITMORE— Sutton,Mass . , musket maker associated with Asa

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Waters in a contract of . Sept. 8, 1808, f or Model 1808muskets,

8a§five years

,

duration . O f these delivered byO ct. 7, 1

WHITMORE, Andrew H.— Somerville,Mass . , 1868.

WHITMORE, H. G .—B oston,Mass . , 1853 and later .

WHITMORE, Nathaniel G .-Rifle maker. Born atMansfield ,Mass ., in

1829, and learned the trade in his father's shop . Worked f orSha7

rps Rifle Co . and Remingtons . Died at E astondale,Mass . , in191Maker of a heavy barrel, muzzle loading, percussion, targetrifle with double set triggers .

A presentation rifle by _Whitmore was gift to Gen . U. S . Grantfrom the citizens of Providence, R. I . , and is now in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D . C .

WHITMORE 8: WOLFF —Makers of half stock, muzzle loading percussion rifle with double set triggers . See Whitmore, Wolff below .

WHITMORE, WOLF F 8: 00.— 50Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa ., in 1853 .M. Whitmore, C . H . Wolff , Hugh Jones, Geo. J . D ufi ,

“Importersand Wholesale D ealers in Hardware and Cutlery .

”Makers of

front and back action locks.

Probable firm sequence:Whitmore 8: Wolff ; Whitmore, Wolfi

8: Co. ; Whitmore, Wolff , Duff 8: CO .

WHITMORE, WOLFF, DUFF 8: 00.— Pittsburgh, Pa. Lockmakers,

late percussion period . Back- action lock with this marking on aM. n le, late Kentucky rifle . See Whitmore, Wolff 8: Co. , above.

WHITMORE, W. W.— Percussion period . Under J . H . D urkee at

Lebanon, N. H . ; later opened shop at Springfield,Mass .WHITN EY ARMORY— Whitneyville, Conn . E stablished by Eli Whit

ney, inventor of the cotton g in, upon the receipt of a contractto make muskets under the Act of July 5

,1798. The

armory made flintlock, percussion and cartridge arms for thegovernment and for private use in the 90years of its existence,includingModels 1798, 1808, 1812, 1816 flintlock muskets, 1841percussion rifles, Springfield rifle muskets during the Civil War,

percussion as well as cartridge revolvers, and Whitney, Burgess,hoenix , Kennedy and other sporting and military rifles andcarbines. The armory ceased Operations in 1888. See Whitney,E li, Sr . and J r . , below.

WHITN EY ARMS 00.— New Haven, Conn . , 1866-69. Eli Whitney

(J r. ) Pres. Connected with the Whitney Armory .Made Howardpatent hammerless rifles for Howard B ros .

WHITNEY, E li (Sr. )— New Haven, Conn . B orn D ec. 8, 1765 . F amousas the inventor of the cotton gin . On Jan . 14, 1798, under theinfluence of Hon . Oliver Wolcott, the Secretary of War, Whitneyobtained a contract for Charleville pattern muskets (Model1795 ) at per stand, and established an armory for theirmanufacture at the foot of East Rock, (Whitneyvi lle ) about twomiles from New Haven . The contract was not completed until1809, due to

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many difficulties encountered in the establishmentof a new business, but the Whitney arms proved very satisfactory

andi asmbod ied improvements which becam e features of later

mo eApril 8, 1808, Whitney contracted to furnish the State of

New York With muskets at per stand ; these weredelivered byMarch 13

,1811 , and an additional were

ordered .

2 36 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSHis next governmen t contracts were of July 18, 1812, forstands ; August 1 , 1822, for musketsMod el 1816, atper stand to be delivered by F eb . 1 , 1824, which was

fo llowed on August 15 , 1822, by an additional contract formore of the same mod el, als o at to be delivered

at the rate of per annum from January 1 , 1824 .

E li Whitney (Sr. ) died Jan . 8, 1826, and during his son’s,

E h’

s ( J r . ) minority, the Whitney Armory was Operated by aB oard of Trustees, among them P. 8: E . W . B lake (Eli W .

Blake was a nephew of E li Whitney, The B lake nameappears on Whitney arms before and after 1827.

WHITNEY, E li (J r. )— Whitneyville, Conn . Son of Eli Whitneythe founder of the Whitney Armory. The younger Whitney became of age in November, 1842 . Under his administration theWhitney armory received numerous government contracts, including large orders forModel 1841 percuss ion rifles . ThomasWarner, ex-master armorer of the Springfield Armory, superintended the tooling up and the manufacture of these rifles .

Some of these arms were shipped to New O rleans about 1847,and issued to the l stMississippi Regiment commanded by Jefferson D avis, and so acquired the name ofMississippi rifles .

The government contracts received before the Civil Warincluded the following: O ct. 22

, 1842, for Mod el 1841

rifles at each, to be delivered by Jan . 1 , 1847 ; an additional order ofMarch 27, 1848, f or more atFeb . 6 , 1849, for rifles at and one for 100 rifles at

each, datedMay 24,1855 .

D uring the Civil War Whitney delivered Whitneyrifle muskets under contract of O ct. 17, 1863 . In addi tion thegovernment purchased Whitney Navy revolvers . F romthe end of the Civil War until it suspended operations in 1888,the Whitney armory was engaged in the manufacture of varioustypes of military and sporting arms . See Whitney Armory .

WHITNEY, James S.—Colonel Ordnance. Superintendent Springfield

Armory from October 19, 1854 toMarch 1 , 1860.

WHITNEY, John— Independence, Iowa, 1867 .Made some rifles butmostly did repair work . Closed his shop in 1880

’

s . D ied towardsend of that decade .

WHITNEY SAFETY FIREARMS 00.— F lorence,Mass . ,

WHITSID E , R. 8: J .—Makers of a full curly maple stock, double set

triggers, flintlock Kentucky rifle.WHITTEMORE , Amos— B oston ,Mass.

,about 1775 -85 . Arms maker

to Committee of Safety .

WHITTEMORE, D .-Cambridge,Mass . , 1860.

WHITTIER, O . W.-E nfield , N. H . D esigned and made 6-shot per

cussion hammerless revolving rifles, Kentucky style stock.

W. 8: H . S.— See Shannon, W . 8: H .

WHYSONG, Samuel— Pavia, Union Township, Bedford Co. , Pa. , 1877 .

WICKER 8: HAGADORN— Ypsilanti,Mich. D ouble-barrel, side-byside percussion rifles .

WICKHAM,M. T .-Philadelphia, Pa., musket maker. Contractor

of July 19, 1822, for Model 1816 muskets to be dehveredat the rate of per year from January 1 , 1823 . D ec.

.

6,1823 , he received a contract for an additional dehveries

at a year from July 1,1824 . He also had a navy contract


238 AMERICAN GUNMAKERShamm er, fiintlock Kentucky rifle . Lock stamped with crown overV, so probably B ritish ; but see A. 8: S . Willets .

WILLIAM, Abraham— Covington, Ky ., 1845 .

WILLIAMS—Maquoketa, Iowa.

WILLIAMS, Abe— Craft Creek near Prosperity, Washington Co. , Pa. ,

1835 or earher, to about 1860. F lin t and percussion rifles ; namescribed on brass and inlaid in barrel. Operated water-power shop .

WILLIAMS, Abe— Owego, N. Y. Percussion period .

WILLIAMS, Charles— U. S . Inspector of Arms, 1808- 14 . Inspectedsabers at plant of Nathan Starr 1812- 13 .

WILLIAMS, Edward— Connecticut. Certified he sold to Capt . Hez’

.

Huntington and Amasa Palmer, musket makers to Committeeof Safety,

“good duble bridle gunlocks .”

WILLIAMS, Elie— Williamsport,Md . Contractor under Act of July5 , 1798, for Charleville pattern (Model 1795 ) muskets, at

per stand . It is believed that he failed on his contract .N o payments are recorded .

WILLIAMS,M. D .— Hornellsville, N . Y . .50 caliber percussion rifle,

lock by Leman of Lancaster.WILLIAMS 8: RE Z N E RF -Mercer, Pa . Percussion Plains rifle, brass

mounted, walnut half stock, G . Goulcher lock .

WILLIAMSON, D avid— New York, N . Y. The name appears on a percussion derringer made under D . Williamson patent of O ct. 2 ,1866, No . Probably made by the National Arms Co. , of

B rooklyn, N. Y. , orMoore F irearms Co . of B rooklyn (samefirm) , makers of Williamson arms.

WILLIS, John— Pennsylvania musket maker to Committee of Safety .

In association with B enjamin Town, contracted on D ec. 6, 1775 ,to make 200 “

firelocks” at £4, 5 shillings each . Willis was one

of the petitioners to the Committee of Safety at Philadelphia inNovember, 1775 , complaining against the rising cost of materialsand labor entering into arms making .

WILLIS, Richard— Lancaster, Pa., gunsmith proscribed as attained

of treason” by public proclamation at Lancaster, June 15 , 1778.

WILMOT, Nathaniel N .— St. Paul,Minn . , 1863 -64.

WILMOT, N.M.— St. Louis,Mo. Percussion 6 ga. goose gun .

WILMOT, N . N .— Boston,Mass . Possibly same as Nathaniel N.

Wilmot, St. Paul,Minn .,1863 -4 .

WE SON 8: EVANS— 5 13 Clay and 122 Sacramento, San F rancisco ,Calif 1862- 63 . 5 13 Clay, 1864- 65 .

WILSON, H . H . 8: SON— 27 6th St. , San F rancisco , Calif . 1887.

WILSON, Philip 8: 00.— Philadelphia, Pa . , 185 1. Percussion buff alo

WILSON, Sam— F airchi ld, Conn . Shop on Hoyden Hi ll Road nearB lack Rock Turnpike . Active about 183 5 -67 .

WILT, J .— Upper Hydraulic, D ayton, Ohio, 1850-54.

WIMTE LL , J .— Unlocated .Marking on a percussion rifle lock.

WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS 00.— New Haven, Conn . Organ

ized by Oliver F . Winchester in 1866, upon reorganization of theN ew Haven Arms Co. , of which Winchester had been one of theprincipal stockholders .Mr . Winchester, a shirt manufacturer of New Haven, Conn . ,

had come to that city in 1848, and started a shirt factory, Win

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d ence at 57 Court Street. He became interested in arms manufacturing in 1855 When he purchased stock in the Volcanic Repeating Arms Co. , at Norwich; Conn . , which moved to NewHaven in February, 1856, failed in 1857 ; emerged as the NewHaven Arms Co . , and eventually became the Winchester.

D uring the World War, the Winchester Company suppliedthe governm ent with Model 1917 (E nfield ) rifles fromAugust 1 , 1917, to Nov. 9, 1918, as well as innumerable otherequipment and munitions .

WINDSORMF G . 00.— Windsor, V t . , 1867- 68.

WING, Robert— Sharleston , S . C . ,1867 .

WINGER, Richard— Lancaster” County , Pa. , gunsmith to Committee of

Safety, 1775 -77.

WINGERT, William— Detroit,Mich . Active from 1845 to 1867 . Whenhe retired

,his shop at 10 Congress Street East, was taken over

by Fisher 8: Long . He made 3 -barrel rifles , single-barrel percussion rifles, and under-hammer pistols .

WINN, C. W.— Unlocated . F ull stock percussion rifle .

WIN NER, James— 104 Walnut St. , Philadelphia , Pa . ,1813 .

WINNER, NIPPES 8: 00.— Pennsylvania musket makers . Contractors

of July 20, 1808, for Model 1808 muskets , five years duration . O f these were delivered by Oct. 7, 1812 .

WINNIGER, Adams— Gunsm ith . Rockey Fork near Lucas , RichlandCo . Repaired firearms at B eamsMill, 1812 .

WINSHIP, Wynn— Gunsmith . Worked in Stockade,southeast of pub

lic square,Mansfield, Richland Co. , Ohio , War of 1812 .

WIN TABLE , Abraham— 437 North 3rd St. , Philadelphia , Pa . ,1816 .

WIN TAF E LD , Abel— Gunsmith . 437 N. Third, Phila .

, Pa. ,1819 .

WINTER, Gustave— D enver, Colo . , 1879-80.

WINTERS, Elisha— Chestertown ,Md musket maker to Committee ofSafety .Made 40stands of muskets per month .

WINTERSTEIN, E .— Trinidad

,Colo . ,

1874-80.

WITHER John andMichael— Strasbourg Township, Lancaster Co . ,

Pa before and after 1771- 79.

WITHERS,Michael— Lancaster County , Pa .Musket maker to Comm ittee of Safety , 1775 . Agreed to make muskets and bayonets at

Phhiladelrfi

i ia prices, and to confine himself and his workmen toat wor

WITHERS, William— Gunsmith . 5 B aker’s Court, Phila .

, Pa . 1819 .

WITMAN, Solomon— L ancaster, Pa . ,1857.

W.—

1§Inidentified . A plain percussion Kentucky rifle with factory

oc

W. K .— Unidentified . Early Kentucky rifle, fi intlock period .

W. L .-Unidentified .Maker of Kentucky rifle.

W. N .— Initials of W. North , U. S . Inspector of Arms within years

183 1- 1850.

W.

N".

fi: S.

— See Winner, Nippes 8: Co. , Nippes , D aniel, and Steinman ,o n .

WOLF— New York City . NO details.

WOLFE, LutherM.— Willshire , 0.Modern muzzleloading rifles .

WOLFE ,Mered ith— B orn inMcMinn Co . , Tenn . , Sept. 3 , 1833 ; died inChattanooga , Feb . 8, 1930. Apprenticed under John Selvridge at

240 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSHarris Creek, B radley Co . , Tenn . , in 1845 ; later married hisdaughter Elizabeth . U . S .Marshal of B radley Co. ; opened lockand gun repair shop at Chattanooga, 1881 ; made percussion rifles .Father of gunsmiths John, James , F rank, and Robert Wolfe .

WOLFF, C. H .— Pittsburgh, Pa .Member of firms:Whitmore 8: Wolff ;

Whitmore, Wolff 8: Co . ; Whitmore , Wolff , D uff 8: Co .

WOLFF 8: LANE— O r Wolfe 8: Lane, Pittsburgh, Pa . ,percussion

lock makers . Early period percussion lock mounted on a plain,

curly maple, fullstock rifle by J . 8: D . Little .

WOLFF 8:MASCHE K—Memphis, Tenn . , 1860.

WOLFF 8: WHITMORE— Pittsburgh , Pa . , gun- lock makers . See Whitmore 8: Wolff , and Whitmore, Wolff 8: Co .

WOLF HE IME R, Philip- Lancaster, Pa. , before 1783 .

WOLLF IN GE R, Frank—Mohnton, Wyomi ssing Creek , B erks Co ., Pa .Made rifle repairs .

WOME LSDORF— Unidentified . Silver inlaid, flintlock Kentucky rifle .

WOOD, Amos P.—North Hamden , N . Y . Percussion match and hunt

ing rifles .

WOOD, B . C .— Painted Post, N. Y. Percussion rifles of many types, in

cluding over-under, combination rifleshotguns, and multi-barrelrifles . Also made under-hammer pistols .

WOOD , D aniel— Rochester, N . Y . , in 1861 . D esigned improved telescope sight With range-finder reticule .

WOOD, J. B .— Norwich, N . Y . 1866 . Over-under percussion rifle

shotgun.

WOOD, J.M.— Unlocated .Marking on half stock Southern made rifle .

WOgs,

John— Roxbury,Mass . ,1775 . Arms maker to Committee of

ety .

WOOD, John— B os ton,Mass . ,1800.

WOOD ,Josiah— Norrington Township, Pa.Musket maker to Com

m ittee of Safety, 1775 -76 .

WOOD ,Luke— Sutton

,Mass . F lintlock rifles .Model 1808 musket lockplates are known marked “

L .WO OD ”and a five pointed star with

a circle in the center, stamped over the name .

WOOD , Win— Peebles, 0. Recent percussion rifles .WOOD, W. N .

— New York, N. Y. Percussion period .

WOODBURY, N . 8: CO .— Woodstock, Vt.Makers of underhammer

percuss ion half stock rifle .

WOOD S, Jam es — Lancaster, Pa . , about 1810- 1820. Fine flintlock Kentucky rifles .

WOODS, John— New York . Colonial gunsmith, who with ThomasAllen was returned to E ngland in December, 1775 , by GovernorWilliam Try on with the inducement of prepaid passage , 20guineas in cash an d employment at a government armory .

WOODS, Robert— Pennsylvania, about 1800. Beautiful flintlock Ken

tucky rifle .

WOODS, T .— Philadelphia, Pa. , 1810.

WORKMAN, J .— Hamburg, Pa. Ornate flintlock Kentucky rifle with

incised carving, 30 silver inlays .

WORL, H .— Pennsylvania, early flintlock period .

WORL, H .— Unlocated .Maker of over-under barels for percuss ion

rifles . Rifle lock, stock and furniture by D . Young .


242 AMERICAN GUNMAKERSYAHN E R LORE TTO . Bored and rifled barrels , made his ownlocks ; stocked in black walnut with plain inlays of brass , Germansilver

,silver, or dollars . Last gun made about 1945 , but still

makes repairs and sporting conversions .YATEg,A.

— And “1776 engraved on octagon, very heavy barrel

ri e.

YENAN, T.M.— Unlocated. Percussion sporting rifle .

YERIAN, Frederick— Gunsmith . Sharon Township, Noble Co Ohio .

Early period of Ohio.

YERIAN, John— Sharon , Ohio, 1879-82 .

YERIAN, L .M.— Cumberland, Ohio , 1883 - 1902 .

YE SLE T, H .— O r Yesley . Unidentified . About 1840.

YOCOM, Nicholas— Employed as musket barrel maker by JosephHenry in 1810.

YOCUM— Unlocated . Handsome, heavy flintlock Kentucky rifle, Silverand brass inlaid .

YOKUM, Nicholas 8: Son— Furnished iron for John Keim shops on

Wyomissing Creek, B erks Co. , Pa . ; succeeded Keim in business ;later sold out to F rankhn K . Schnader. See Keim , John .

YOME N S— Charlotte, N . C . See Youmans .YOST, Casper— Lancaster County, Pa . , active before and after 1773

78. Gunsmith to Committee of Safety in 1777 .

YOST, John— Georgetown,Md . Revolutionary War period .

YOST, John—Montgomery County,Md ., before and after 1771 -83 .Musket and rifle contractor to Committee of Safety in 1775 .

YOUMANS— Lancaster, Pa . Revolutionary War period.Members of

this family migrated to Charlotte, N. C .

YOUN G, Charles A.—Maker of 2- shot shotguns , 1901-02 .

YOUN G, D .—Middleburg, Snyder Co. , Pa. Early percussion period .

YOUNG, Henry— Easton, Pa . , before and after 1770-80. Located at theintersection ofMinnisink Highway, main mountain thoroughfare,and O ld Sullivan Road .

YOUNG, J .—Michigan City,Mich . Halfstock percussion target rifle .

Possibly same as James Young, D etroit .YOUNG, Jacob— Unlocated , period of 1820. F lintlock Kentucky rifles .

YOUNG, James— D etroit,Mich., percussion period .

YOUN G, John— E aston , Northampton County , Pa. B efore and after1775 -88 . B rother of Henry Young . In association with JohnstonSmith, Pennsylvania rifle and musket maker contracted in F ebruary , 1776, to

.

furnish arms to the State of Virginia . With AdamF oulke in April, 1776, contracted to supply the Council of Safety( of Pennsylvania ) with 130 rifles . John Young was an expert engraver and at times had worked for his brother Henry .

YOUNG, John—Maryland . Armorer to the Colony 1728- 40.

YOUNG, Joseph— Harpers Run , W . Va .

YOUNG,Michael— Gunsmith . Government Stockade,Mansfield , Richland Co. , Ohio. War of 1812.

YOUNG, Nathaniel— Gunsmith . F airfi eld Co. ,Ohio

, 1803 .

YOUNG, P.— Pennsylvania . Revolutionary War period.

YOUNG REPE ATING ARMS00.— Columbus, Ohio . Hammerless Shot

guns.


YOUNG 8: SMITH— Unlocated . 6-shot percussion pepperbox.

YOUS,Joshua— Unidentifi ed . Percussion Kentucky rifle.

YOUST,John— Frederick Co.

,Md . Contracted to make muskets for

Council of Safety, inMarch, 1776 .

YOUTZ E — Gunsmith, Wihn ot, Stark Co. , Ohio .

ZARTMAN, Joshua— 77 North 5th St. , Newark, Ohio , active 1852-1886 .

ZETTLER BROS .-New York

,N. Y. 1868- 1918. 134 B owery in 1868 ;

224 Bowery to 1886 ; then 159 W. 23rd St. Percussion and breechloading target rifles .

ZIEGLER, H. D .— Portsmouth, Ohio , 1858- 65 . Listed as H . D . Ziegler 8:

CO . in 1866 .

ZIMMERMAN— Pennsylvania .

ZICHANG, A. O .— Syracuse

,N . Y . Famed for his accurate rifles . B orn

in Saxony, Germany in 1846 , of a long line of professional gunsmiths . Came to U . S . in 1876 and Shortly after found employment with Sharps Rifle Co.

, at B ridgeport, Conn . , which probablyinfluenced his frequent choice of Sharps-Borchard actions forhis best and most accurate rifles . From Bridgeport he went toSyracuse where he became associated with Nichols and Lefever ,and in 1879 opened his own shop, doing general gunsmithing andspecializing in fine target rifles . In 1919 he turned the management of the Shop over to his son , William O . Z ichang, but continued to use the shop and do some work until his death in 1925 .

ZICHANG, William O .— Syracuse gunsmith, son and successor of

A. O . Zichang.

ZOLLINGER, A.— Lagrange Co.

,Ind .

ZOOK, Da —Unidentifi ed .Maker of over-under, swivel breech , percussion rifle .

Z ORGE R, C .—

.Unidentified F lin tlock Kentucky rifles, about 1800.

Z ORGE R, Frederick— York, Pa . Revolutionary War period . Was on

guard dutyMarch 17 1778. Name on flintlock pistol. Listed as“Tenant Gun Smith .

G .,

— York Pa . Revolutionary War period . Name on flintlockr e

Z UCCARE LLE , N. B .— Pulaski

,Tenn . Arms maker .

Z UE N D ORF F , John— 106 East Houston St., New York, N. Y . , 1850-60.

Z UZ E R, J. G .— Arnheim

, Pa ., 1850.


F ULLER and STEUART— F irearms of the Confederacy .

GARDNER— Arms F abricators, Ancient andModern .

GLUCKMAN— United StatesMartial Pistols 8: Revolvers .

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KINGMAN— History of North B ridgewater .MATHE WS— History of Lehigh County, Pa. 1884 .MILWAUKEEMUSE UM— Bulletin of the N unnemacher Collection .MUZZLE BLASTS .

NEW HAVEN RE CORD S .

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