We had an unusual request from Mark Ackley, who is a family historian. He needs help to find an heirloom that was sold at auction.  The details of the powder horn in question are sketchy and the only known photographs of the horn are not the best. What we can see is a nice, right side horn with a cityscape engraving at the top. The horn has little twist and the low dome butt is held with domed tacks. There is additional engraving on the horn, but one cannot tell much from the photos. If you know the whereabouts of this horn, please use the form below. Regards, Rick Sheets HCH Webmaster

“My name is Mark Ackley. It is my intention to search for this powder horn and re-unite it with my family once again if possible. It has a story. The powder horn belonged to Daniel Ackley. Daniel was born in 1760, presumably in Little Egg Harbor, NJ. Daniel did serve in the Gloucester County Militia during the Revolutionary War serving in Captain James William’s Company of the New Jersey Militia. The horn was passed to one of his sons, Joshua Ackley who left it, eventually, to his granddaughter Elizabeth “Lucille” (Ackley) Evans Carroll. It is her hands that hold the horn in the picture. Unfortunately the powder horn was sold at a West Finley, PA estate auction in 1991; it has not been seen by the family since. Of note is that Daniel’s son, Joshua was responsible for building the “Ackley Covered Bridge” in 1832. The bridge was donated in 1937 by Lucille to Henry Ford and Thomas Edison for display at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan where it can be seen today.” If you know where this horn is, please use the form below.