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		Arnett, William C. - With Anna and Napolean Cox - Monongalia Co.
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	Samuel Colt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Samuel Colt (July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862), born in Hartford, Connecticut, was the inventor of the Colt revolver, and founder of the Colt Firearms company.
		Colt received a European patent for his revolver in 1835, and an American patent in 1836.
		Colt's new factory was based upon the American system of manufacturing he observed at Whitney's plant, but Colt advanced this system to create what would be recognized as the first industrialized firearm factory in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel_Colt (445 words)

	Connecticut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1836, Samuel Colt invented the revolver design which continues to be used to this day.
		Colt's Manufacturing Company hired Elisha K. Root to modernize production, making Colt weapons the first in the world with truly interchangeable parts.
		Another Colt engineer, William Mason, patented 125 inventions for manufacture of firearms, as well as steam pumps and power looms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Connecticut (4042 words)

	Connecticut's Heritage Gateway
		In 1836 Samuel Colt (1814-1862) conceived the idea for a repeating handgun whose rotating cylinder was turned by the action of the trigger.
		Colt appreciated the importance of developing machinery to produce standardized, interchangeable parts.
		Colt encouraged Root to mechanize revolver production whenever possible, and Root designed the advanced drop hammers, boring machines, gauges, jigs and fixtures that made the Colt revolver the first handgun in the world to be produced with truly interchangeable parts.
	www.ctheritage.org /encyclopedia/topicalsurveys/inventors.htm (3001 words)

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		WILLIAM A. HAY was the teacher this year and we became friends and remained friends as long as he lived.
		WILLIAM NEAL's lawyer got his case transferred to Grayson in Carter County on account, he said, of prejudice in Boyd County, and the case tried in Grayson and he was convicted and hanged there publicly by the Carter County Sheriff.
		WILLIAM HAY was the teacher most of the time and that was a help to me. The last year I won a book as a prize in spelling and a liberal allowance of candy - in a spelling match at the close of school near Christmas.
	ftp.rootsweb.com /pub/usgenweb/ky/elliott/mason/mason29.txt (23540 words)

	Colt Army 1860 Richards Conversion K D Lewitzka Collection of Classic Arms
		Smith and Wesson held a patent on the bullet, as we know it today, but apparently it was overturned by the US Government so as not to impede the development of firearms.
		In 1871, Colt employee Charles Richards was awarded a patent for converting Colt percussion models to breech loading cartridge revolvers.
		Then in1872, William Mason another Colt employee, was awarded a patent for an improvement to the original Richards patent.
	www.classic-arms.com /colt/colt_army_conv.html (213 words)

	Guns Magazine: The Single Action Army Colt's legendary Model P
		Colt watched this operation and was inspired to carve a wooden pistol with a revolving cylinder.
		The Colt Single Action Army that came from Mason's drawing board is such a beautiful design and sodifferent from anything Colt had produced up to that time that Mason surely needed extra inspiration to come up with it.
		In 1877, the Colt Model P was chambered in.44-40 as a companion piece to the Winchester Model 1873 levergun.
	www.findarticles.com /cf_dls/m0BQY/7_49/102274463/p1/article.jhtml (1557 words)

	Clonmel Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Whereas William BAKER stands indicted as of Summer Assizes, 1782 at Clonmel, in the county of Tipperary, for the murder of John NOWLAN.
		Now I the said William Baker, have surrendered and given myself up to the Sheriff of said county, in order to stand my trial on said indictment, before the next going Judges of Assize of the Munster Circuit, at Clonmel is said county, of which all persons concerned are to take notice.
		Henry O'HARA, William HAMILTON, and Hugh LYNAM, revenue officers, for the murder of Hugh WAXTED, when in the execution of their duty at the town of Newport, in the county of Tipperary; when, after a tedious and severe prosecution, they were honorably acquitted.
	www.rootsweb.com /~irltip2/gazette.htm (4119 words)

	Cimarron’s Richards-Mason Conversion Revolver
		Colt employees Charles B. Richards and William Mason had been granted patents for the conversion of the percussion revolvers, which were readily accepted by shooters of that era.
		The original.44 Colt was one of a very few.44 center fire cartridges to actually use bullets of.44 caliber, throwing a 210 grain bullet of.444 diameter.
		The rear sight on this revolver is a notch on the hammer as on the percussion Colt revolvers, and the original Richards-Mason sixguns.
	www.gunblast.com /Cimarron_Conversion.htm (1249 words)

	Hardy Family - aqwg102
		William Mason was born before 1530 in Perhaps, Staffordshire, England.
		Thomas Mason was born 17 Feb 1557 and was buried 14 Aug.
		William Sprague [Parents] was born 1578 in Owermoigne, Dorsetshire, England and was christened 1580 in Owermoigne, Dorsetshire, England.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~smithhouse/andergen/hardyfam/aqwg102.htm (435 words)

	Carved Grips For The Colt Single Action
		Before William Mason’s Single Action ("SA") patent invention improvement in 1872, Gustave Young and L.D. Nimschke engraved most of the magnificent predecessor Colts of various types.
		Carved grips on an engraved SA are equally striking under a magnifying glass or at a distance, such as in Colt’s famous "Patches" advertising poster from the 1920’s.
		Colt’s "Patches" and other ads continued to fuel the interest in the steerhead motif.
	www.tgca.net /carved_grips_for_the_colt_single.htm (1554 words)

	Erste Hinterlader-Revolver (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eine solche Waffe wäre schnell nachzuladen gewesen wie der Schofield von Smith and Wesson, aber ähnlich robust wie der weit beliebtere SAA Colts.
		Zu Lebzeiten hatte Samuel Colt Revolver dieser Bauart stets abgelehnt, der Abzug solcher Waffen erschien ihm für genaues Schießen zu schwergängig, die fehlende Spannrast zu unsicher.
		William Mason, der schon den Single Action Army konstruiert hatte, zeichnete auch für die Konstruktion des Colt Model 1877 verantwortlich.
	www.seldas-rudel.at /Herrchen/Revolver/Hinterlader/hinterladerrevolver.htm (2611 words)

	Mason_Biographies
		He also made many works of art of Mason, taught art in the school and was a beloved citizen.
		His father's dwelling was burned by accidental fire, when he was an infant, by which his life was exposed to imminent danger, from which he was saved by the courage and presence of mind of his elder sister, afterwards the wife of Mr.
		He came to Mason in November, 1790, and commenced the practice of physic and surgery, which he continued until disabled by the infirmities of age.
	home.earthlink.net /~georgeo/mason_biographies.htm (1222 words)

	The Family History of William Elmore (c.1760-1835) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		William was elected by the members of the Brunswick Blues 1 November 1862 to serve as second lieutenant.
		William was at Nottoway Bridge in Sussex County in 1864 when the 59th Regiment was guarding this very important point on the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad.
		William’s wife, Mary Augusta, who was born 27 October 1833, died 3 January 1914 and was buried in the Elmore Family Cemetery on the old Anderson Elmore farm, some two miles west of Alberta.
	www.virginians.com /topics/76.htm (9313 words)

	Masonic Family
		His plane was the Spirit of St. Louis and bore the Masonic insignia.
		Made a Mason "at sight" in the Philippines and became 32 deg in Manilla and life member of the Nile Shrine Temple, Seattle, Washington.
		William IV, King of England, made a Mason at Plymouth, England, March 9th.
	www.idahoaf.am /masonic_family.html (592 words)

	revolver (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Open Top revolvers were manufactured during the same period of time that gave us the percussion conversion models of Richard's and Richard's-Mason type but Open Top's were manufactured as an entirely new model and did not use parts interchangeable with the conversion models.
		On July2, 1872, William Mason another Colt employee, was awarded a patent for an improvement to the original Richards patent.
		The Richards-Mason conversions differed from the earlier guns in that the sight remained on the hammer nose, as it did in the percussion models.
	home-2.tiscali.nl /~pregter/revolver/revolver.htm (426 words)

	Links to Black Powder Revolvers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During this same period, Remington manufactured a cap & ball revolver which was actually a more practical weapon than the Colt, and those soldiers who could afford a Remington, bought them as their personal combat weapons.
		What made the Remington more desirable than the Colt was that the Remington had a top strap, making the gun stronger, and the cylinder removal and replacement system was much faster and more efficient than that of the Colt.
		Two employees of the Colt Firearms Co., Charles Richards and William Mason, obtained a patent on the means by which a cap & ball revolver could be converted to fire cartridges.
	www.angelfire.com /ny5/shenandoah/Black_Powder.html (1412 words)

	Mason Genealogy in North Carolina
		Daughter MARGRET Mason: I give one feather bed and furniture now belonging to it, and tis the true intent and meaning of this my last will and testament that she have no more of my estate, Either real or personal, and she therewith had be content.
		Grand Son Mason TISON: I give one {} Gun and one Cow and Calfe, them and their increase, Male and female, the increase as well {as} the Cow to be equally Divided between my grand Daughter KEZIA HERRINGTON and my grand son Mason* TISON as a Legacy.
		Henry Mason, the son of James Mason, was enlisted into the army on 27 June, 1812 by Capt. W.
	www.geocities.com /heartland/plains/6598/mason.htm (7511 words)

	Wilcoxen.com Mason Probate Records Page 2
		I, William Mason, Administrator of the estate of John Mason, deceased, swear that the foregoing is a true and complete Inventory of all the Personal Estate of said decedent, which has come to my knowledge; and also of the property taken by the Widow, on the 16
		I, William Mason, Administrator of the estate of John Mason deceased, swear that the foregoing Sale Bill is a true account of the sale of the personal Property of the decedent, not taken by the widow.
		I, Axly Cox with whom Mary Mason intermarried and now her husband hereby consent that said Mary continue to act and be the guardian of the heirs of John Mason late of Pike County Deceased.
	www.wilcoxen.com /family/Mason/masonprobate2.htm (776 words)

	Mason Combs of Hawkins County, Tennessee
		Note: It is not known where in North Carolina this payment was issued, nor for what (other than retroactively), nor where Mason was residing at this time, although the Surry-Wilkes NC area is likely (and/or that part of North Carolina which became Tennessee).
		Born: Jeremiah Combs, s/o Mason and Dorothy (1850-1860 Madison Co, AR Census).
		Mason Combs is not found in records (searched so far) of Russell County again after 1790.
	www.combs-families.org /combs/families/c-masjr.htm (2921 words)

	Mason Combs of Hawkins County, Tennessee
		Although Mason of Hawkins gives every indication of being the same individual who was Mason, Jr., b 1746/7, he is still not fully documented, and the collection of records continues...
		The Tories are defeated and William RIDGE (h/o Winnifred Combs) is killed, setting off a years-long legal battle having to do with slaves, minor children, confiscated estates and tangled relationships - with much of it recorded in the William RIDGE Estate File.
		marries Dorothy (Mason's son, Simon was born ca 1785, North Carolina, according to descendant researchers, but source unknown, and 1880 census records are still needed to confirm where Simon's still-living children stated their parents were born).
	www.combs-families.org /%7Ecombs/families/c-masjr.htm (2921 words)

	The Single Action Revolver
		We made a commitment to build the Single Action Revolver “under the Blue Dome” in Colt’s original factory.
		That commitment carries through in our effort to continue to produce here in Hartford - the best, most genuine, most historically accurate fire arms and Single Action Revolvers in the world – in our new state of the art factory in Hartford, Connecticut.
		USFA maintains the Douglas F. Donnelly collection, the largest Colt Archive of original documents which contain the original Ledger Books of the Founding of Sam Colt’s company in 1855.
	www.usfirearms.com /cat/single-action-revolver.asp (594 words)

	Selectman William Sprague I
		Soon after the death of her father[, Edward Sprague,] Alice married Richard Eames[, brother-in-law of William Sprague, our immigrant ancestor, both through this marriage and William's marriage to Richard's sister, Milliceant,] and moved to the Dorchester area to live near Puddletown.
		His sword which is named in his brother William's will, was preserved in one of the old Sprague houses in Hingham in 1828.
		He removed to Hingham, whither he went in a boat, landing on the side of the cove, on a tract of land afterward granted him by the town, and he became one of the first planters there.
	www.familytreelegends.com /trees/squiresprague/5/data/55 (3842 words)

	WCC \| Waffen \| 1850 - 1971
		1859 Colt führt einen modifizierten Anschlagschaft für Revolver ein.
		Februar vernichtet ein Großbrand Teile der Colt - Waffenfabrik in Hartford.
		1886 Fertigung der Colt S.A.A. - "Peacemaker" in verschiedenen Ausführungen.
	www.wcc.at /waffen/index2.php3 (648 words)

	Paine, Mason, Jennings, Douglass, Bennett, Thompson, Smith, White, Williams--wills by NCRoots.com
		Eldest son William when 16 years to be exr; son Edward 700 acres in Stafford; my eldest dau.
		Mary Neale, Jane and Lucy CARTER colt and beds; sons Presley and Richard 1/5 of estate each; son in law Presley Neale and Daniel McCarty exrs MASON=========================== MASON, John, 16 Jan. 1725; 23 Feb. 1725.
		William THOMPSON Snr; leaves his estate to a negro woman and her 8 mulatto children and appoints Mrs.
	www.ncroots.com /Wills.htm (2565 words)

	Bradly Civil War Letters
		William Steal Reeves gave to each of his children 160 acres of land.
		William C. Bradley was born on May 22, 1859.
		James Steely says there is a large gray horse Running with some of william thompson's horses and he has bin their ever sense last spring was a year and he went there shod.
	truittb.home.texas.net /WWBradly.htm (13967 words)

	US Books
		COLT CAVALRY and ARTILLERY REVOLVERS JOHN A. KOPEC and H. STERLING FENN, engl.
		Samuel Colt persöhnlich und auch später die Firmenleitung verschenkte oft wertvolle Coltwaffen in Kästen an bekannte Persöhnlichkeiten zu Reklamezwecken.
		COLT’S S.A.A. REVOLVER; THE LEGEND, THE ROMANCE, and THE RIVALS; DOC O’ MEARA; engl.
	www.usbooks.de /pistolen_colt.htm (1643 words)

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		William Phelps got a land grant and 2 CONT William Florence's land was in the same area of the county.
		William and son John with his family and William's daughter Frances 2 CONT "Frankie" Nolan and her family, left Culpepper County, Va and went to NC., 2 CONT stayed there for a short while then moved on to Wilkes County, Georgia with 2 CONT son Thomas.
		They had three sons: 2 CONT Joseph, (born abt 1712), William, (born abt 1710), and George (born circa 2 CONT 1714, because of the lack of birth records, these dates are a best guess.) 2 CONT Flourance." (The exact date of their marriage is not known, but it probably 2 CONT was around 1705.
	www.genealogyforum.com /gedcom/gedcom7a/gedr7196.ged (15604 words)

	Lawrenceville Masonic Lodge # 131, Famous Masons (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Franklin, Benjamin - American printer, author, diplomat, philosopher, scientist and was one of the 13 Masonic signers of the Constitution of the United States.
		Mason, William Castein - A physician from Harvard University.
		In addition, there have been a few who were thought to be Masons simply because of their affiliation with other Masons.
	lvlodge131.org /lvlodge6.html (5490 words)

	RootsWeb: MASON-L [MASON Surnames] Will of Wm. H. Mason, Culpeper Co., VA, 1849
		I William H. Mason of the County of Culpeper and the State of Virginia being
		This last will and testament of William H. Mason dec'd, was produced to the
		Mason, Culpeper Co., VA, 1849 by "Kathleen Bowen" < >
	archiver.rootsweb.com /th/read/MASON/2001-03/0985905404 (599 words)

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		Henry Burg, 1.0 William Burg, 1.0 COUNTY OF BEDFORD-1773.
		William Brown, 15.0 Archibald McKee, 15.0 David Heney, 15.0 William Darraugh, 15.0 Michael Byerly, 15.0 Alexander McGrue, 15.0 Daniel Williams, 15.0 Hugh Michial, 15.0 Peter Ekely, 15.0 George Shilling, 15.0 James Parks, 15.0 Robert Vance, 15.0 Casper Mattaphor, 15.0 George Mathias, 15.0 Samuel Wardin, 15.0 John Muffly, 15.0 James White, 15.0 UNCULTIVATED LAND.
		William Thomas, 1.2.6 Ditto, 1.2.6 Samuel Miller, 1.2.6 John Mason, 1.2.6 Charles Wilson, 1.2.6 Adam Grant, 1.2.6 John Ormsby, 2.5.0 ---- Brown, 1.2.6 William Beard, 7.6 George Croughan, 410.0 PITT TOWNSHIP.
	ftp.rootsweb.com /pub/usgenweb/pa/bedford/taxlist/1773-tax.txt (1349 words)

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