Hillegas, J.

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Hillegas, J.   Pottsville Pennsylvania 1810 1830


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Kentucky Rifles of average quality. He did not developed his own style.

Double barrels rifles with on lock and barrels that revolve by hand. Both barrels are bored in one piece of iron. Such guns were often made with one barrel smooth-bored so that ball-and buck, or bird shot, or bullet could be used in it.

Joseph Hillegas appeared in the Pottsville assessment list in 1838. In 1841 he became a resident of Orwigsburg but maintained business in Pottsville.