Revolutionary War American Fusil, French Sword, Hunting Pouch, and Knife (Carried by Lt Col Nicholas)

Revolutionary War American Fusil, French Sword, Hunting Pouch, and Knife carried by Lt. Colonel John Nicholas, Militiaman, Buckingham County, Virginia

REVOLUTIONARY WAR FUSIL

American stocked flintlock fusil that was carried by Lt Colonel John Nicholas of Buckingham County, Virginia during the Revolutionary War. This early American fusil would likely made by a local gunsmith using European barrel and hardware, an American gunsmith lock, trigger and some hardware.  It is stocked in beautiful American curly maple.  This wonderful American fusilhas a thin American fashioned brass side plate glowing with a floral design. This American fusil has a cast American brass trigger guard with a handmade trigger.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SWORD, HUNTING POUCH AND KNIFE

Included is a French Brass Hilted Revolutionary War Sword ca 1770, a bear hide hunting pouch with powder horn and a knife with forged blade with an iron guard and a dogwood grip.

Hard to find these original Revolutionary War fusils especially with the 250^th anniversary celebration of the American Revolutionary War only a couple of years away.

LT COL NICHOLAS

Lt. John Nicholas was in the military service in Captain Michael Cresap’s Company at Pittsburgh during the Dunmore’s War and as a Captain of Infantry in the Virginia line. He served as a Captain from the 1st of January in the year 1777 to the 5^th of June 1780, when he received commission of Lieutenant Colonel of a body of Buckingham County Militia raised for the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War. His militia fought in the North Carolina battles after the American defeat at Charleston, South Carolina and returned to Virginia to participated in the Siege of Yorktown,  at which time he was discharged from service and returned to his home in Buckingham County, Virginia.

This fine ensemble presents a fine collection of Revolutionary War memorabilia that the Nicholas Family sold to Mr. Charlie Yost, Albemarle County, Virginia in the 1970’s who sold to Gordon Barlow, Swoope, Virginia in 1982 for his collection.

From Margie and Gordon Barlow Collection  – See – “Virginia in the Revolutionary War” by Margie and Gordon Barlow