Several rifles built in Hampshire County circa 1835 were on display today at the Peach Festival in Romney, West Virginia. Including rifles made by George Young, Zebulon Sheetz, James Rinehart and John W Rinehart.
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Native American, Old Trapper Blanket Rifle
“ Native American” guns—barrels shortened & brass tacks and straps of rawhide wrapped and bound around the wrist and the barrel &...
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A well-used, nearly two-hundred-year-old long rifle bearing the characteristics of those crafted in the Valley of Virginia and the surroundi... -
Adam Greenawalt was born in Pendleton County in 1799. Adam was the son of George Greenawalt and Barbra Lough. Adam married Mary Ann Sites... -
William Britton was born in Maryland in 1794. Worked at Harpers Ferry Arsenal. In the 1850 Hampshire County census, present-day...
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