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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: George Sutton on October 31, 2025, 09:22:21 PM

Title: Looking for info on a builder by the name of Workman, Clearfield Pennsylvania
Post by: George Sutton on October 31, 2025, 09:22:21 PM

Has anyone heard of a builder named Workman from the Clearfield, Pennsylvania area?

Title: Re: Looking for info on a builder by the name of Workman, Clearfield Pennsylvania
Post by: jaeren on October 31, 2025, 10:13:29 PM

American Gunsmiths by Frank M Sellers list a Workman , John , Hamburg,Pa  1838
flintlock rifles (Kauffman)

Ed

Title: Re: Looking for info on a builder by the name of Workman, Clearfield Pennsylvania
Post by: Wood Hick on November 01, 2025, 12:30:39 AM

I live 25 minutes from Clearfield. Do you think he would be percussion era?

Title: Re: Looking for info on a builder by the name of Workman, Clearfield Pennsylvania
Post by: jaeren on November 01, 2025, 01:10:31 AM

The book didn’t have much information. I found this on ancestry.


(https://i.ibb.co/Fk4DPDMt/IMG-2522.jpg) (https://ibb.co/BH2C1CxR)

Title: Re: Looking for info on a builder by the name of Workman, Clearfield Pennsylvania
Post by: George Sutton on November 01, 2025, 09:38:15 PM

Quote from: Wood Hick on November 01, 2025, 12:30:39 AM

I live 25 minutes from Clearfield. Do you think he would be percussion era?

Title: Re: Looking for info on a builder by the name of Workman, Clearfield Pennsylvania
Post by: George Sutton on November 01, 2025, 09:39:22 PM

Yes, he certainly would have been from n the percussion era.