Governed by a set of "articles" framed by themselves, to which they faithfully adhered, these firemen fined themselves and paid their fines, cheerfully or otherwise (they were mostly Scotsmen) when neglectful of their duty. A roster was kept each year, month by month, marking the members present or absent. The A's predominate. It was from these fines, plus others for neglect of duty that the Company's funds were formed. Many of these rosters have been destroyed, but enough remain to give an idea of the citizens who were members of the Sun Fire Company and lived near each other within a certain radius of the water front. * * * * * List of members of the Sun Fire Company of Alexandria for January 1777--being the first intact roster in the minutes: William Ramsay John Dalton Robert H. Harrison James Hendricks Thomas Fleming Richard Conway William Hartshorne James Kirk Patrick Murray Mathew Campbell James Buchannan William Hunter David Jackson (Doctor) John Mills John Carlyle John Harper (Capt.) George Gilpin Robert Mease McCrea William Rumney Richard Harrison William Wilson Thomas Kirkpatrick Andrew Steward James Stewart Josiah Watson William Herbert Robert Mease John Finley William Brown (Dr.) William Hepburn Cyrus Capper Robert Allison James Muir Robert Adam George Hunter Edward Owens _Added 1778_ Dennis Ramsay (Col.) John Fitzgerald (Col.) David Arrell Valentine Piers _Added 1780_ James Adam William Hunter, Jr. Colin MacIver David Steward (Doctor) Peter Dow Daniel Roberdeau (Gen.) _Added 1783_ [_Pages from 48 to 72 missing_] William Bird R. Hooe (Col. Robert T. Hooe) William Lyles (Col. Committee of Safety) Samuel Montgomery Brown Joseph White Harrison Jesse Taylor Charles Simms Dr. Elisha Cullen Dick _Added 1784_ John Sutton Henry Lyles John Hendricks (Col.) George Richards John Oliphant Michael Ryan (Col.) John Allison John Hawkins Daniel McPherso _Added 1785_ Thomas Williams Jonathan Swift Randle Mitchel William Baker (Doctor) William Lowry Michael Madden William Ramsay (Doctor) Edward Harper Jonah Thompson _Added 1786_ James Woodward (Capt.) W.H. Vowel Philip Marsteller Joseph Greenway William H. Powell Cleon Moore John Rumney John Potts Robert Donaldson _Added 1787_ Baldwin Dade Francis Peyton John Long John Love George Deneale _Added 1789_ Joseph M. Perrin Richard Harrison John Gill John Forster _Added 1790_