and rifling tools, etc. The half-ton of iron at £28 a ton, must have been bar iron,26 which, though it might have been imported, was probably first obtained at Rutter's Forge (1716), along the Manatawny Creek (now in Berks County), later at Pine, Pool or McCall's Forges (1725) along the same creek

gunmaker was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on March 8, 1812. His ancestors on the parental side were French �Huguenots, who had come to what is now Lancaster County as early as 1716 and had settled in the Paradise Township region. His father, Jacob, who died in 1835, was a farmer near Lancaster and

. "Lebanon Twp. Triennial Assessment list Dauphin County Court House. Year 1785-1808. 'Franklin County Court House Records—Chambersburg, Penna. "Reference GA-K76 Historical Society of Berks County. "Hopewell Forge Journal—Year 1784--Historical Society of Penna. "Same as and Orphan's Court Record File #9-C