Demuth, John

Name	Street	Town	State	From
Demuth, John	East King Street	Lancaster county	Pennsylvania	1794
Demuth, John		Frederick County	Pennsylvania	1796
Demuth, John		Easton, Northampton County	Pennsylvania	End of 18th century

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On January 2, 1792, Secretary of War Henry Knox asked General Edward Hand, who was living in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to contact for the first 1,000 rifles at 12$ each. The rifle should be .50 caliber with 42" rifled barrel, the lock to have a fly, with a patch box to be spring opened with abutton release. Additional 2,000 rifles were ordered and delivered in 1794. Finally the Government received 3,476 rifles made by different gunsmiths. The correspondence between Knox and Hand is published under - Gonter, Peter. Totally 104 rifles were delivered by John Demuth. See also Continental Rifles, Account of when received and when forwarded by order of General Hand, Lancaster, February 7, 1794. 1794 delivery 1st part of 50 rifles 1794 delivery 2nd part of 54 rifles 1796, apprenticeship records show Henry Koch was trained by Demuth. Moravian Church Records reveal Johann Demuth was married to Catharina and a daughter, Sophia Theresia, was baptized on August 27, 1797. Pennsylvania long rifle marked J.D. on the barrel which is attributed to John Demuth. Gun was sold in 2002 for $ 6200.

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On January 2, 1792, Secretary of War Henry Knox asked General Edward Hand, who was living in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to contact for the first 1,000 rifles at 12$ each. The rifle should be .50 caliber with 42" rifled barrel, the lock to have a fly, with a patch box to be spring opened with abutton release. Additional 2,000 rifles were ordered and delivered in 1794. Finally the Government received 3,476 rifles made by different gunsmiths. The correspondence between Knox and Hand is published under - Gonter, Peter.

Totally 104 rifles were delivered by John Demuth. See also Continental Rifles, Account of when received and when forwarded by order of General Hand, Lancaster, February 7, 1794.
1794 delivery 1st part of 50 rifles
1794 delivery 2nd part of 54 rifles

1796, apprenticeship records show Henry Koch was trained by Demuth.

Moravian Church Records reveal Johann Demuth was married to Catharina and a daughter, Sophia Theresia, was baptized on August 27, 1797.

Pennsylvania long rifle marked J.D. on the barrel which is attributed to John Demuth. Gun was sold in 2002 for $ 6200.