Joseph Saul
James Russell
William Hodgson
Nicholas Voss
Amos Allison, Jr.
Charles I. Stur
John T. Ricketts
Cuthbert Powell
John Ramsay
William Byrd Page
Joseph Mandeville
Guy Atkinson
Jacob Hoofman
Antony Vanhavre
Peter Wise, Jr. (Doctor)
Thomas Magruder
James Bacon
John Watts
Alexander Kerr
Walter Jones
Thomas Swann
_Added 1799_
William Groverman
John Dunlap
_Added 1800_
Michael Flannery
(Note: _Not all members at the same time._)
By the turn of the century, the city of Alexandria boasted three fire
companies whose membership rosters included the most responsible
citizens. The year 1774, marking the formation of the Sun Fire Company,
also saw the organization of the better-known Friendship Fire Company,
claiming Washington as honorary member. The Star Fire Company was
founded in 1799.
Alexandria property owners were quick to realize the advantages of
membership in the Mutual Assurance Society, established in December 1794
and offering protection "Against FIRE on BUILDINGS in the State of
Virginia." At the Alexandria office, leading citizens enthusiastically
subscribed to a plan so soundly conceived and efficiently administered
that the company which pioneered it is in operation to this day. The
archives of the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia constitute a mine
of valuable information for the researcher. From General Washington's
own files derives a broadside listing early subscribers throughout the
state.[136] The Alexandria section includes a number of citizens whom we
know to have been conscious of the ever-present danger of fire:
_Number_
_Buildings_
_Name_ _Insured_ _Value_
Wm. Hartshorne 3 7000
John Potts 4 10000
Isaac McPherson 8 17700
Rob. Hamilton 4 6000
J. B. Nickols 6 2000
Ch. Simms 4 3000
Lemuel Bent 1 400
Thomas Rogerson 2 1000
R. T. Hooe
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