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Mutual Assurance Society Records

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society

P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

248 WFCHS 

Inventory created by Archives Staff 04/1986. Last revised 04/2018.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

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EXTENT: 0.5 linear feet

CREATOR: Mutual Assurance Society (Winchester, Va.)

DATE: 1746-1838

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Mutual Assurance Society Records collection contains insurance policies dating from 1746 to 1838belonging to dwellings in Winchester and Frederick County, VA, and some neighboring counties The policies include policyholder’s names. Information about this collection is arranged in two tables. The first table lists properties alphabetically by street name. The second lists policyholders alphabetically by last name.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Street names, house numbers, and county boundaries have changed since the time of these records. The addresses in this inventory are approximate modern equivalents to the location of insured properties. Buildings on a nearby street may be included on a policy.

Most of the documents in this collection are the Form of the Declarations for Assurance, in which an owner applying for insurance describes property and attests to its use and value. Some are actual policies or revaluations, which have their own numbers but refer to earlier Declaration numbers or policy numbers. Occasionally there is a duplication of numbering. 

CITE AS: Mutual Assurance Society Records #248 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA 

ORGANIZATION

Box 1 – Winchester, VA – Insurance Records by Address

Address

Policy Holder

Date

Number

Amherst Street (Winchester, VA)

223

Norton, John H.

1796

83

Boscawen Street (Winchester, VA)

21-25 East

Baker, Henry

1796
1797

52
101

220-222 East

Young, Adam

1796

97

223 East

Aulick, Charles

1796

71

?

Norton, George F.

1796

86

47 West Boscawen St.

Walker, James

1796

95

Braddock Street (Winchester, VA)

123 North

Hall Bennett

1797

106

123 North

Doster, William

1805

607

135 North

Spiry, Nicholas

1796

89

303 North

Magill, Archibald

1805

99

Lot 7, corner of Boscawen

Holliday, William

1796

79

North Cameron Street (Winchester, VA)

117

Kehoe, Peter

1796
1803

81
2191

120

Magill, Charles

1796

23

139

Caldwell, Joseph

1796

45

200

Beatty, Henry

1796

75

217-225

Balmain, Alexander

1796

76

South Cameron Street (Winchester, VA)

19, 29

Bush, Philip

1796

41

30

Ham, Peter

1805

101

38

Beatty, Henry & George
Ham, Peter

1796
1805

74
613

203

Senseney, Peter

1796

36

400 block

Kremer, Conrad

1796
1805

82
609

500 block

Baldwin, Cornelius

1796
1805

58
610

West Cork Street (Winchester, VA)

4-126 West Cork St.

Schultz, John

1796

88, 252

214

Waite, Obed

1796
1806

96
837

Fairmont Avenue (Winchester, VA)

201 (Angerona)

Poor House (incomplete)
Wolfe, Lewis (for the Overseers of the Poor)

1797
1806

104
177

South Kent Street (Winchester, VA)

204

Spery, Jacob

1796

90

North Loudoun Street (Winchester, VA)

112

Anderson, Nathan

1797

105

116-120

Hoover, Philip

1796

54

126-130

Linn, George

1796

55

131-133

Kean, John

1796

49

131-133

Conrad, Daniel & Kean, Ann

1805

611

134

Deaderick, David

1796

77

134

Gamble, Joseph

1800
1804

132
2190

135

Brady, John

1796

72

136

Gamble, Joseph

1796

78

141-145

Gray, Robert

1801

134

160

Littler, Isaac

1796

92

164

Sperry, John

1796

38

167

Daugherty, Patrick

1796

47

168 North Loudoun St

Walker, James

1796

94

170-186

Hoff, Lewis

   

170-187
170-188

Hoff, Catherine, et al.

1805

614

171-185

Caldwell, Joseph

1796

46

210

Holliday, James

1796

44

330

Magill, Archibald

1796
1805

51
100, 580

405

Peyton, John

1796

21

406

Peyton, John

1796

22

406

Armistead, Addison & Mary

1806

892

407

Clark, William L.

1838

10870

408

Baker, Joseph

1838

10866

410

Daugherty, Patrick

1796

48

South Loudoun Street (Winchester, VA)

2

Holliday, William

1798

130

10

Holliday, William

1798

129

11

Dowdall, James Gamul

1796

35

19, 21, 25

Becker, Heinrich

1796

53

21

Dowdall, James Gamul

1796

34

21, 25

Dowdall, James Gamul

1796

33

22-24

McCleary, Jane & Isabella

1804

2196

28

Douglass, Adam

1796

56

41

Smith, Mahlon

1796

43

54 South Loudoun St.

Eger, Elizabeth

1796

50

114

Neill, Abraham

1796

25

116-122

Bush, Henry

1796

37

124-132

Ball, William

1796

73

204-208

Lauck, Peter

1796

19

217

Lauck, Abraham

1796

42

311

Lauck, Simon

1796

57

522

Baldwin, Cornelius

1796
1805

59
612, 102

612-614

Crebs, Conrad

1796

40

Piccadilly Street (Winchester, VA)

40-44 East

Norton, George F.

1796

85

40 West

Macky, Robert

1796
1805

24
608

132 West

Schultz, John

1796

87

Rouss Avenue (Winchester, VA)

Opposite courthouse

Holmes, Hugh

1796

26

Washington Street (Winchester, VA)

303-306 South

Holmes, Hugh

1802

138

407 South

White, Robert Jr.

1796
1805

27
117, 813

Box 2 – Other Counties (in the Lower or northern Shenandoah Valley, VA and WV) – Insurance Policies by Address

Address

Policy Holder

Date

Number

Berkeley County (now West Virginia) – Martinsburg, WV

John Street

Oferrall, John

1803

158

John Street

Heirs of John Oferall 1

1815

570

Kings Street

Gorrell, Abraham

1806

828

Queen Street

Oferrall, Ignatius

1796

69

Queen Street

Strayer, Adam Jr.

1815

1813

Clarke County, Virginia

Annfield

Page, Matthew

1803
1805

2292
748

Berryville

Smith, Charles

1805

865

Elmington

Washington, Whiting

1803

2294

Fairfield

Washington, Fairfax

1803
1805
1806

2293
869
90

Janeville

Page, Robert

1803
1805
1811

2223
771
402

Frederick County, Virginia

Abraham’s Creek (mill)

Littler, Isaac

1796

91

Paxton (Cedar Creek Grade)

Singleton, James

1808

91 (190?)

Stephensburg

Hening, John

1805

138

Woodville (Sunnyside)

White, Alexander

1797

102

Woodville (Sunnyside)

White, Sarah & Robert

1805

1156

Individual properties – 1796-1826, 66 leaves (photocopy of microfilm), not indexed

List of policy holders beginning in 1796, giving microfilm location at Virginia Department of Historic Resources, 1977, 22 leaves (photocopy)

Loudoun County, Virginia – Leesburg, Virginia

Cornwall Street

Sim, Thomas L.

1803

2059

Loudoun & King Streets

Emery, George

1796

114

Loudoun Street

Dowling, Daniel

1803

2251

Mill Valley Plantation

Brown, Daniel

1803

2313

Shenandoah County – Woodstock, Virginia

King or Main Street

Dulaney, William H.

1805

485

Warren County – Front Royal, Virginia

(?)

Buck Thomas & James Moore

1802

141

(?)

Buck, Thomas
2 versions of this document

1802

143

Chester Street

Henry, Daniel

1805

143

Chester Street

Buck, Thomas & James Moore

1805

145

Market Street

Carson, William

1805

142

Belleair

Buck, Thomas

1802
1805

137
866,867,868

         

 All Insurance Records by Name of Insured

Note: Arranged in alphabetical order by name of insured.  Addresses are in Winchester, Va. unless otherwise noted.

Name

Location

Number

Anderson, Nathan

112 North Loudoun

105

Armistead, Addison & Mary

406 North Loudoun

892

Aulick, Charles

223 East Boscawen

71

Baker, Henry

21-25 East Boscawen

52, 101

Baker, Joseph

408 North Loudoun

10866

Baldwin, Cornelius

522 South Loudoun
500 block South Cameron

59, 102.612
58, 610

Ball, William

124-132 South Loudoun

73

Balmain, Alexander

217-225 North Cameron

76

Beatty, Henry

200 North Cameron

75

Beatty, Henry & George

38 South Cameron

74

Becker, Heinrich

19, 21, 25 South Loudoun

53

Brady, John

135 North Loudoun

72

Brown, Daniel

Loudoun County – Mill Valley

2313

Buck, Thomas

Front Royal (2 versions
Belleair Plantation

143
137,866,867,
868

Buck, Thomas & James Moore

Front Royal

141, 145

Bush, Henry

116-122 South Loudoun

37

Bush, Philip

19, 29 South Cameron

41

Caldwell, Joseph

139 North Cameron
171-185 North Loudoun

45
46

Carson, William

Front Royal – Market Street

142

Clark, William L.

407 North Loudoun

10870

Conrad, Daniel (& Ann Lean)

131-133 North Loudoun

611

Crebs, Conrad

612-614 South Loudoun

40

Daugherty, Patrick

167 North Loudoun
410 North Loudoun

47
48

Deaderick, David

134 North Loudoun

77

Doster, William

123 North Braddock

607

Douglass, Adam

28 South Loudoun

56

Dowdall, James Gamul

11 South Loudoun
21 South Loudoun
21, 25 South Loudoun

35
34
33

Dowling, Daniel

Leesburg – Loudoun Street

2251

Dulaney, William H.

Woodstock – Main Street

485

Eger, Elizabeth

54 South Loudoun

50

Emery, George

Leesburg – Loudoun & King Streets

114

Gamble, Joseph

134 North Loudoun
136 North Loudoun

132, 2190
78

Gorrell, Abraham

Martinsburg – Kings Street

828

Gray, Robert

141-145 North Loudoun

134

Hall, Bennett

123 North Braddock

106

Ham, Peter

30 South Cameron
38 South Cameron

101
613

Hening, John

Frederick County – Stephensburg

138

Henry, Daniel

Front Royal — Chester Street

143

Hoff, Catherine, et al.

170-186 North Loudoun

614

Hoff, Lewis

170-186 North Loudoun

80

Holliday, James

210 North Loudoun

44

Holliday, William

2 South Loudoun
10 South Loudoun
Lot 7, Braddock Street

130
129
79

Holmes, Hugh

303-306 South Washington
Rouss Avenue

138
26

Hoover, Philip

116-120 North Loudoun

54

Kean, Ann

131-133 North Loudoun

611

Kean, John

131-133 North Loudoun

49

Kehoe, Peter

117 North Cameron

81, 2191

Kremer, Conrad

400 block South Cameron

82, 609

Lauck, Abraham

217 South Loudoun

42

Lauck, Peter

204-208 South Loudoun

19

Lauck, Simon

311 South Loudoun

57

Linn, George

126-130 North Loudoun

55

Macky, Robert

40 West Piccadilly

24, 608

Magill, Archibald

330 North Loudoun
303 North Braddock

51,100,580
99

Magill, Charles

120 North Cameron

23

McCleary, Jane & Isabella

22-24 South Loudoun

2196

Moore, James

Front Royal

141, 145

Neill, Abraham

114 South Loudoun

25

Norton, George F.

40-44 East Piccadilly
(?) Boscawen

85
86

Norton, John H.

223 Amherst

83

Oferrall, Ignatius

Martinsburg – Queen Street

69

Oferall, John

Martinsburg – John Street

158, 1822

Page, Matthew

Clarke County – Annfield

748, 2292

Page, Robert

Clarke County – Janeville

2223, 771, 402

Peyton, John

405 North Loudoun
406 North Loudoun

21
22

Poor House

201 Fairmont Avenue

104, 177

Schultz, John

4-126 West Cork
132 West Piccadilly

88, 252
87

Senseney, Peter

203 South Cameron

36

Sim, Thomas L.

Leesburg—Cornwall Street

2059

Singleton, James

Paxton, Cedar Creek Grade

91

Littler, Isaac

Mill, Abraham’s Creek
160 North Loudoun

91
92

Smith, Charles

Berryville

865

Smith, Mahlon

41 South Loudoun

43

Sperry, John

164 North Loudoun

38

Spery, Jacob

204 South Kent

90

Spiry, Nicholas

135 North Braddock

89

Strayer, Adam Jr.

Martinsburg – Queen Street

1813

Waite, Obed

214 West Cork

96, 837

Walker, James

168 North Loudoun
47 West Boscawen

94
95

Washington, Fairfax

Clarke County – Fairfield

2293, 869, 90

Washington, Whiting

Clarke County – Elmington

2294

White, Alexander

Frederick County – Woodville

102

White, Robert Jr.

407 South Washington

27, 117, 813

White, Sarah & Robert

Frederick County – Woodville

1156

Wolfe, Lewis

201 Fairmont (Poor House)

177

Young, Adam

220-222 East Boscawen

97