| Name | Street | Town | State | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker, Sherrard & Company | Lancaster, Dallas County | Texas | 1862 | 1864 |
| Patent | Date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Contract | for |
|---|---|
| State of Texas, April 11, 1862 | 1,500 .36 caliber and 1,500 .41 caliber revolvers at $40 each. However, the contact
was cancelled before production started |
| Product |
|---|
|
J.H. Sherrard was engaged in Tucker, Sherrard & Company, Sherrard, Tailor & Co and
Clark, Sherrard & Co. By the September 1862, Labon Tucker had withdrawn from the company and it became Taylor, Sherrard & Co. It seems that the first company made no revolvers and only a few were completed by the second. A large amount of unfinished parts were left over from the operations of these two companies and these parts were taken over by Clark, Sherrard & Co. This last company managed to finish about 400 revolvers after the Civil War. .44 caliber percussion revolver DRAGOON, 7 ¾ " round barrel, 6-shot cylinder. Approximately 400 produced and sold to individuals right side .44 caliber percussion, number 81 with low rise hammer, captured at Gettysburg. One cylinder is blown out. There are 5 known revolvers that have a low rise hammer all of them are in the 50 serial number. This revolver with number 81 ist the only one with low rise hammer an a higher serial number. right side cylinder left, right and number on ramrod low rise hammer some details cylinder blown out left side |
