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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

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