178- Connecticut Cent, Counterstamp "GROVE / J G" (Arms Maker, Hagerstown MD ?)

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178- Connecticut Cent (Date Unknown)
Countermarked "GROVE / J G"
The coin has been "worked" before being countermarked.
Issuer: Jacob Grove (?)
Occupation: Gun Maker ("Kentucky" Rifles)
Place of issue: Hagerstown, Maryland (?)
Brunk G-591.
Rulau E Mav 20F.
"GROVE" is in raised letters in relief within a serrated rectangular depression. The "J.G" is in raised letters in relief within a serrated double-circle (or heart-shaped) cartouche, letters are placed diagonally. The "J" is higher and to the left of the "G", and the "J" could be an "I".
Rulau states that this may be the maker's mark of a gunsmith named John Grove, maker of Kentucky rifles. There is a "J. Grove" listed in Sellers (American Gunsmiths) and Whisker (Arms Makers of Colonial America), who made flintlock "Kentucky" rifles in Hagerstown, Maryland. His name was Jacob Grove. Reference: Arms Makers of Colonial America, James B. Whisker (p.156).
From an online site:
Grove, Jacob (1759-1834) gunsmith and clockmaker. Middletown [part of Hagerstown].  Jacob's great-grandfather Hans Jacob Graef [changed to Grove] came from Switzerland and settled in Pennsylvania.  His grandfather, Hans, Jr., resided in the Keedysville area.  His father, Jacob I, resided in the Sharpsburg area.  Jacob II was born October 1, 1759 and was reared in Washington County.  He resided at the north edge of the village of Middletown [now Hagerstown]. During the Revolutionary War he guarded Hessian prisoners at the Frederick Barracks.  Remaining in the Middletown Valley he was a farmer and gunsmith. When the gunsmith Peter Reichter was leaving Elizabeth Town [Hagerstown] in 1790 he sold his gunsmith tools to Peter Resor and his house and shop to Jacob Grove.  He was married to Christina Storm and to this union were born 9 children.  Jacob II made a will on December 4, 1833, and he died September 3, 1834  [W. J. Grove, History of Carrollton Manor, pp. 327-33; Arms Makers of Maryland, p. 159; Maryland Longrifles, pp. 162-163]. I know of 4 Grove rifles. The one in KRA red book is still owned [to best of my knowledge] by the man whose name is on it in the book. The above is [again to my knowledge] 1st information on Grove. He is buried a few yards from the original Blair Witch [see that incredibly awful movie?] The workmanship is as good as any KY rifle around. MD made guns are often underestimated save for John Armstrong.
References: Sellers (1983: 127), Carey (1953: 46), Hartzler, Whisker.
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