William Holtzworth (-1837). gunsmith. From 1815 through 1830, William Holtzworth was taxed as a gunsmith in Lancaster city. In 1831 he was taxed as a carpenter and in 1832 as a joiner. He was not listed after 1831 in Lancaster city. [tax]. William Holtzworth worked in Adams County from about 1831 until he died in 1837. The estate papers of a William Holtzworth fshow a gunsmith shop on his property in downtown Gettysburg. This would be now 116 -122 Chambersburg Street. There were gunsmith tools in the estate. His shop was rented out in 1841 by James Glocher a Philadelphia lock maker who was in Gettysburg a few years only. There is an ad in the paper that says Golcher is taking up the Holtzworth place in town. Holtzworth is buried in Gettysburg’s Evergreen Cemetery
If you have my [or even Sam Dyke's] book on Lancaster Co gunsmiths ypu may wish up update.
