Zebulon Sheetz

                                                                                     

Zebulon Sheetz was the youngest son of Henry Sheetz of Shepherdstown.  Henry and his brother Phillip were gunsmiths during the American Revolution.  Zebulon's brothers, Frederick, Otho, Thomas, & Henry Jr., were gunsmiths in Hampshire County beginning in 1793. In the town of Fort Ashby, present-day Mineral County. 

Zebulon worked with his brothers until about 1820, when he set up his own shop on Cold Stream Road near Capon Bridge. In 1835, he migrated to Monticello, Indiana, becoming one of the founders. Zebulon died there in 1868. 

                                                                                 

                                                       South Branch Intelligencer 1835

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