WHIT, J. R. — Gunsmith. Seneca Co., Ohio. Bored gun barrels and repaired arms during War of 1812.
WHITE, E. B. — Unlocated. Maker of percussion under-hammer pepperbox pistol with bootleg grip
WHITE, H.— Gunsmith, Jackson, Jackson Co., Ohio, 1851-65.
WHITE, H. W. — Jackson, Ohio. Percussion Kentucky rifle.
WHITE, Horace — Springfield, Mass., arms maker to Committee of Safety 1775-76.
WHITE, J. — Uniontown, Pa., from about 1815. Smallbore rifles. (Same as, or related to John White of Uniontown, Pa.?)
WHITE, J. A.— Gunsmith. Jackson, Jackson Co., Ohio, 1854-58.
WHITE, John— New Lisbon, (now Lisbon) Columbiana, County, Ohio. Active in the early part of 19th Century.
WHITE, John— Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa., about 1790-1810.
WHITE, John— Gunsmith. New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio.
WHITE, L. B. — Underhammer percussion pistol.
WHITE, Nicholas — Frederick Town, Md., musket maker, associated with Thomas Crabb, Jacob Metzger and Christopher Barnhizle in a contract under Act of July 5, 1798, for 1,000 Charleville pattern (Model 1795) muskets at $13.40 per stand. Of these 235 delivered by June 10, 1801.
WHITE, Peter — Annapolis, Md., rifle maker of the Revolutionary War period.
WHITE, Peter— Colerain Township. Bedford Co., Pa., 1825.
WHITE, Peter— Highly ornamented flintlock rifles. Said by Uriah Fisher to have been the first gunsmith in Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa. Possibly the same as Peter White above.
WHITE, Rollin — Arms inventor and designer was born at Williams town, Vt, June 6, 1817. During 1849-57 he resided at Hartford, Conn., where he worked for two of his brothers, contractors to Colt, in 1849. He did contract work for Colt from 1849 until 1852, when he left Colts on their abandonment of the contract system in their shops. Lived at Davenport, Iowa, from 1857 to 1863, when because of frequent visits East, necessary because of his patent interests, he moved to Springfield, Mass. In 1864 he pur chased a residence in Lowell and engaged in the invention of arms as well as many other mechanical devices, such as a loom, wrenches, spinning spindles, drawing punches, a torpedo, car tridges, etc. About 1866 he heard that a Lowell revolver manu facturing firm had without his consent assumed his name in con nection with their trade name, Rollin White Arms Company, which he caused them to abandon, they changing to Lowell Arms Co. Rollin White died at Lowell March 22, 1892. Rollin White's patent of "a cylinder bored end to end" pur chased by Smith & Wesson, had paid him a royalty of 50 cents per arm, but since the terms of the contract stipulated that White had to defend his patent against infringements, most of the royalties were absorbed in law suits to defend the patent, which expired on April 3, 1869. White succeeded in obtaining Congressional legislation for its extension, but the measure was vetoed by President Grant, because the control of the patent had deprived the Union armies of cartridge re volvers during the Civil War.
WHITE, ROLLIN ARMS CO.— Lowell, Mass. Established about 1864, to manufacture cartridge revolvers which infringed on the Rollin White patents controlled by Smith & Wesson, and 8,642 revolvers were turned over to Smith & Wesson for sale. The firm assumed the name of Rollin White without author ity or permission from Mr. White. On Rollin White's protest on the use of his name, the firm's name was changed to Lowell Arms Co.
WHITE, W. H.— Jackson, Ohio, 1851-65.
