(Jamestown, North Carolina, b. 1823) octagonal 43-3/4 in. barrel stamped "EVAN JOHNSON", brass blade front sight, "VII" stamped behind standing notched rear sight, double set triggers, engraved lock plate with dog, walnut half stock with fourteen inlaid and engraved silver embellishments to stock and forend, brass buttstock, trigger guard, thimbles, forend cap,  59-1/4 in. overall lengthNote: Evan Johnson was a prolific gunmaker of the Jamestown School, for a similar example of his work refer to North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865 by William Ivey page 110 - Provenance: Private North Carolina Collection condition consistent with age and use, barrel in relatively good condition with minor wear and abrasions, wear, to barrel tang, heavy wear to barrel adjacent to lock plate, lock plate with heavy pitting and loose in stock, minor oxidation and dings to other metal elements, some illumination to stock under black light, stock with handling wear, abrasions, and scratches, 12-1/2 in. crack to wood grain at right side of forend, dark patina to areas of stock with some areas of discoloration, loss to silver embellishment to left side of stock, initials scratched into some of the silver embellishments,˜