KENTUCKY RIFLES
MANUFACTURES
Makers name and know location where they manufactured Rifles and years they operated as a gunsmith or manufactured rifles.
FRANKLIN COUNTY PA
   
MAKERS NAME
LOCATION
YEAR
YEAR

ANDREAS ALBRECHT
HENRY ALBRIGHT
CHRISTIAN BLALSEY
CHRISTIAN BECK
JOHN BELL
FREDRICK BYERS
FREDRICK BYERS JR
THOMAS BULTER
NATHANIEL BOVY
HENRY CARLISE
JOHN CLARK
JOSEPH CLIPPINGER
SAMUEL CRISWELL
WILLIAM CURRY
DAVID DICKEY
GEORGE DUNKLE
E. ELDEN
MARTIN FRY
REUBEN FOX
ROBERT KNOX
M. FLAUTT
FRANCIS GIBSON
SAMUEL GALBREATH
PETER GUNTER
HENRY KOCH
JOHN H JOHNSON
JOHN KELLER
JOSEPH KLINE
JACOB KEFFER
ISAIAH KEEFER
RICHARD LAWRENCE
HENRY LECHLER
WILLIAM MEWHIRTER
JOHN MEWHIRTER
JOHN MCLEAN
JACOB NAVE
JOHN NOLL
GEORGE PIPER
JOHN ORWAN
PETER RESOR
JACOB RESOR
JEREMIAH S SENSENY
GEORGE SIEBER*
MICHAEL SHEETZ
SAMUEL SHILLITO
SAMUEL MILLER SHILLITO
GEORGE SCHREYER
ABRAHAM SCHWEITZER
JOHN SCHWEITZER
JACOB SCHWITZER
LEONARD SIFFORD
LEONARD SNIDER
ALEXANDER TAYLOR
JOHN WATERS
CALEB WORLEY
JOSHUA YOUS
JOHN ZOLLINGER


 

 

 

 

 

BETHLEHEM PA.
CUMBERLAND VALLEY PA
PLAINFIELD PA,
JONESTOWN PA
CARLISE PA.
ANTRIM TOWNSHIP PA
ANTRIM TOWNSHIP PA
CARLISE PA.
CARLISE PA.
SHIPPENSBURG
SHIPPENSBURG PA
FRANKLIN COUNTY PA
CARLISE PA
CARLISE PA.
MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP PA
SHIPPENSBURG PA
CHAMBERSBURG PA
CARLISE PA
METAL TOWNSHIP PA
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP PA
CHAMBERSBURG PA
TYRONE TOWNSHIP PA
LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP PA
LURGAN TOWNSHIP PA.
TYRONE TOWNSHIP PA.
WAYNESBORO PA
CARLISE PA.
FRANKFORD TOWNSHIP PA.
SHIPPENSBURG PA
WARREN TOWNSHIP PA.
ANTRIM TOWNSHIP PA.
CARLISE
SHIPPENSBURG PA
CHAMBERSBURG PA.
WEST PENNSBOURGH PA
METAL TOWNSHIP PA
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP PA
SHIPPENSBURG PA.
CARLISE PA.
FRANKLIN COUNTY PA
CHAMBERSBURG PA.
CHAMBERSBURG PA.
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP PA.
CHARLESTOWN WV.
CHAMBERSBURG PA.
MONGOMERY TOWNSHIP PA.
HANOVER TOWN PA
CHAMBERSBURG PA. CHAMBERSBURG PA.
CHAMBERSBURG PA
LETTERKENNNY TOWNSHIP PA
LEITERSBURG MD
PETERS TOWNSHIP PA.
CARLISE PA.
GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP PA.
GREENCASTLE PA
CARLISE PA.

1750
1796
1781
1807
1800
1783
1783
1759
1817
1827
1811
1821
1794
1780
1778
1828
UNKNOWN
1821
1818
1813
UNKNOWN
1820
1800
1801
1796
1832
1835
1828
1850
1829
1786
1797
1811
1836
1821
1804
1796
1817
1793
1796
1807
1846
1813
1817
1819
1846
1804
1795
1826
1833
1800
1799
1808
1779
1793
1854
1811

1802
1814
1790
1827
1850
1794
1796
1765
UNKNOWN
1847
1817
1850
1810
1783
1791
1846
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
1837
1813
UNKNOWN
1830
UNKNOWN
1882
1820
1861
1850
1863
UNKNOWN
1794
1814
1829
1814
1839
UNKNOWN
1824
1812
UNKOWN
1800
1809
1866
1821
1852
UNKNOWN
1864
1805
1831
1850
1864
1809
1823
1832
1862
1787
UNKNOWN
1860
1830

Many Makers worked in several different Town's , Townships or Counties during their life time . Many left Pennsylvania to show up later manufacturing or repairing in Ohio or other states .

ADAMS COUNTY PA.
   
MAKERS NAME
LOCATION
YEAR
YEAR

JOHN ALTLAND
ISSAC BERLIN
DAVID COOLEY
ADAM ERNST
JACOB FONDERSMITH
SAMUEL GOLBRECHT
ANDREW KOPP
GEORGE KOPP
JOHN MEALS
JOHN NITCHMAN
FREDRICK STOVER
JOHN SHRIVER
JACOB SELL
FREDRICK SELL
JOHN SETTEL
HENRY TOPPER
JOSIAH TOPPER *

DOVER TOWNSHIP
BERWICH TOWNSHIP PA
TYRONE TOWNSHIP PA
BERWICK TOWNSHIP PA
GERMANY TOWNSHIP PA
GERMAN TOWNSHIP PA
PARDISE TOWNSHIP PA
PARDISE TOWNSHIP PA
TYRONE TOWNSHIP PA
TYRONE TOWNSHIP
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
MOUNT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP
MOUNT JOY TOWNSHIP PA
GERMAN TOWNSHIP
CASHTOWN PA
CUMBERLAND TOWNSHIP
YOUNGSTOWN OHIO

UNKNOWN
1799
1802
1803
1819
1810
 UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
1825
1813
1833
1804
1793
1816
1831
1802
1839

UNKNOWN
1831
1831
1811
1821
1831
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
1852
1822
1842
1830
1814
1840
1873
1838
1851

* Son of Henry Topper found later manufacturing in Ohio

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA MAKERS
SOMERSET-FAYETTE-WASHINGTON-WESTMORLAND-COUNTY'S
   
MAKERS NAME
LOCATION
YEAR
YEAR
FREDRICK BIDDLE
GEORGE BIDDLE
JACOB EARNEST
MICHAEL EDWARDS SR
MICHAEL EDWARDS JR
WILLIAM EDWARDS
GEORGE KETTERING
BENJAMIN TROUTMAN
DANIEL TROUTMAN
PETER WHITE
JOHN WHITE
GEORGE WHITE

CHAMBERSBURG PA
CHAMBERSBURG PA.
HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY PA.
WASHINGTON COUNTY PA.
WASHINGTON COUNTY PA.
FAYETTE COUNTY PA
SOUTH HAMPTON TOWNSHIP
LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP PA
CUMBERLAND VALLEY PA
CUMBERLAND VALLEY PA
UNION TOWN PA

1805
1808
1815
1807
1807
1834
1825
1810
1850
1823
1828
1834

1815
1815
1884
1826
1860
1836
1836
1817
1867
1844
1829
1858

MARYLAND
WASHINGTON -FREDRICK- ALLEGANY COUNTY's

    
MAKERS NAME
LOCATION
YEAR
YEAR
JOHN ARMSTRONG
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
ROBERT ARMSTRONG
SAMUEL ARMSTRONG
JAMES ARMSTRONG
JOHN BLACKBURN
JOHN BRANT
HIRAM CLARK
JACOB CHRIST
WILLIAM GREINER
ERNEST DEITZ
JOHN DEMUTH
JOHN GONTER
CAPT. CHRISTIAN HAWKEN
WILLIAM HAWKEN
GEORGE HAWKEN
JOHN HAWKEN
GEORGE KREPS
JOHN GEORGE & JACOB NICKOL
GEORGE MARKER
DANIEL MARKER
DANIEL MARKER JR
JAMES MARKER
PAUL MARKER
PETER MARKER
JACOB MARKER
GEORGE PIPER
MARTIN RIZER
MARTIN RIZER JR
JACOB RIZER
MATHIAS SHROYER
JOHN STONESIFER
BENJAMIN TROUTMAN
JOHN WHETSTONE *
NICHOLAS WHITE
EMITTSBURG MD
EMITTSBURG MD
EMITTSBURG MD
EMITTSBURG MD
EMITTSBURG MD
EMITTSBURG MD
FUNKTOWN MD
CUMBERLAND MD
GRACEHAM MD
HAGERSTOWN MD
HAGERSTOWN MD
FREDRICK COUNTY MD
HAGERSTOWN MD
HAGERSTOWN MD
HAGERSTOWN MD
HAGERSTOWN MD
HAGERSTOWN MD
HAGERSTOWN MD
HAGERSTOWN MD
MYERSVILLE MD
MYERSVILLE MD
MYERSVILLE MD
MYERSVILLE MD
MYERSVILLE MD
SHARPSBURG MD
SHARPSBURG MD
HAGERSTOWN MD
ALLEGANY COUNTY
ALLEGANY COUNTY
CUMBERLAND MD
EMITTSBURG MD
TANEYTOWN MD
CUMBERLAND MD
HAGERSTOWN MD
FREDRICKTOWN MD
1797
1820
1801
1818
1814
1804
1812
1814
1786
UNKNOWN
1790
1783
1821
1809
1840
1790
1779
UNKNOWN
1801
1790
1797
1826
1832
1817
1826
1826
UNKNOWN
1779
1785
1800
1801
1770
1807
UNKNOWN
1775
1824
1824
UNKNOWN
1834

UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
1831
1846
1798
UNKNOWN
1801
1821
1880
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
1818
1802
1822
UKNOWN
UNKNOWN
1883
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
1850
UNKNOWN
1794
1800
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
1796
1808
UNKNOWN
1806

* Later found as a gunsmith in Virginia

VIRGINIA
FREDRICK--BERKLEY--SHENANDOAH--HAMPSHIRE COUNTYS
   
MAKERS NAME
LOCATION
YEAR
YEAR
ADAM HAYMAKER
HENRY BRINKER
HENDERSON BISHOP
JOHN BISHOP
HENRY DELONG
JACOB ENTLERS
JACOB ENTLER
JOHN GRANDSTAFF
GEORGE W GLAZE
J.J. GOOD
JACOB KLINE
E LANGHAM
WILLIAM LIGGETT
SIMEON LAUCH
SIMEON LAUCH JR
JACOB LAUCH
JOHN LAUCH
WILLIAM LAUCH
CAPTAIN JACOB REED
WILLIAM RIDDLEBERGER
JAMES RINEHART
OTTO SHEETZ
HENRY SHEETZ
FREDRICK SHEETZ
JACOB SHEETZ
JOHN SHEETZ
PHILLIP SHEETZ
MICHAEL SHEETZ
THOMAS SHEETZ
ZEBULON SHEETZ
O & Z SHEETZ
HENRY SPITZER
CHARLES SPITZER
WILLIAM SPITZER
HENRY TOPPER
GEORGE YOUNG
FREDRICK COUNTY VA
FREDRICK COUNTY VA
JEFFERSON COUNTY VA
JEFFERSON COUNTY VA
MECHLENBERG COUNTY VA
JEFFERSON COUNTY VA
SHEPHERDSTOWN VA
SHENANDOAH COUNTY VA
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY VA
BLOOMERY VA
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY VA
MECHLENBERG COUNTY VA.
SHENANDOAH COUNTY VA
WINCHESTER VA
WINCHESTER VA
WINCHESTER VA
WINCHESTER VA
WINCHESTER VA
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY VA
SHENANDOAH COUNTY VA
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY VA
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY VA
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY VA
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY VA
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY VA
BERKLEY COUNTY VA
BERKLEY COUNTY VA
CHARLESTOWN VA
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY VA
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY VA
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY VA
NEW MARKET VA
NEW MARKET VA
NEW MARKET VA
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY VA
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY VA

1764
1764
UNKNOWN
1873
1781
1737
UNKNOWN
1812
1770
UNKNOWN
1820
1795
1812
1760
1803
1794
1790
1796
UNKNOWN
1812
1730
UNKNOWN
1847
1847
1847
1776
1776
1812
1820
1828
1816
1795
1807
1815
1820
1832

1806
1784
1873
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
1813
UNKNOWN
1853
1823
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
1815
1864
1875
1826
1826
1780
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
1860
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
1821
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
1840
1862
1884
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN

For more information on this subject we recommend the following books :
GUNSMITHS OF PEN-MAR-VA. By William S Bowers.
GUNSMITHS OF MARYLAND BY Daniel D Hartzler & James B Whisler.
U.S. MARTIAL SINGLE SHOT PISTOLS BY Daniel D Hartzler & James B Whisler.

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