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Powder horn

Description: Powder horn with knobby end; proximal end has grooved wooden cover attached with square brads; brass end cover is also grooved; leather strap has metal buckle with two sharp pointed locking teeth; strap and buckle look later, strap is black
Date: unknown
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Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Pistol

Description: Percussion "sling gun" or "gambler's gun" with ramrod missing; stock has been modified by carving a groove in the handle so that hemp rope will not slide off when concealed; barrel is engraved and inlaid with silver, wood and metal
Date: unknown
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Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Percussion shotgun

Description: A composite gun made from various parts: blacksmith- made trigger guard; copper ramrod holders; wooden ramrod. Stamped on stock at butt: “LEVYON MADE MC LAWS PLANTA. 1841”; lockplate: “GOLCHER”; barrel: “_____PHILAD___”; possibly "slave made”"
Date: 1841
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Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Ramrod

Description: Double barrel percussion rifle (a) with ramrod (b) owned by William Franklin Carnes, a Methodist minister, who was born in 1845 and died in 1921
Date: unknown
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Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
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