James Doherty -- Rifle & Gun Maker

Doherty, James D., b. abt. 1812, Ireland, d. ________, rifle & gun maker. The adjacent ad ran in the Petersburg’s papers noting James Doherty as a “practical gun maker, on Bollingbrook Street, in the late 1850’s.

The 1850 Petersburg's census reported: James Doherty age 40, gunsmith; Mary Doherty age 40; M. J. Doherty, age 9, VA; James Doherty, age 14, N.Y.; Mary Doherty, age 6, VA; Ann Doherty, age 2, VA.

James D. Doherty, rifle & gun maker was listed in the 1860 Petersburg’s census, age 48, living in Centre Ward with Margaret, age 47, Ireland; M. Jas. Doherty, 24, New York, machinist; Mary J. Doherty, age 17; Margaret Doherty, age 14; Ann Doherty, age 12; Henry James, age 30, England, gunsmith