1763 Powder Horn

1763 Powder Horn

Very rare and historically important American frontier powder horn with rare engraving, owners initials, 1763 date, pewter band pine plug and a bone tip with pewter ring. This powder horn comes with the history as found by George Carroll, Urbana, Ohio (deceased) in 1970s.

Powder Horn dated 1763 with engraved face and hex symbol to keep the evil spirits away. Found by George Carroll who purchased this horn from the John Washburn family. The Washburn family history records John as being captured at Black Fork on the Cheat River in Virginia and raised by the Delaware Native Americans at Hockhocking on the Virginia Frontier until he escaped. John Washburn, Frontiersman, settled on the Virginia Frontier along the Cheat River, from Culpepper Co., Virginia, around 1760. During the Revolutionary War he was a Sergeant in the Western Campaign under Colonel William Lowther at the forts along the Cheat and Monongahela Rivers to kill the Native Americans that had been killing and murdering settlers in the region.

Face surrounded by hex symbols was a design to ward of evil spirits. Early symbolism that dates to the 16th century in England.

Initials ‘JW‘ for John Washburn (1763)

From Collections of Sharon and George Carroll / Margie and Gordon Barlow   –  See “Virginia in the Revolutionary War” by Margie and Gordon Barlow