Jonathan Mandeville John Carson Seton Bernard Ghequiere James Lawrason Gustavus Brown Campbell (Doc.) Joseph Riddle _Added 1793-4-6_ James Douglas John D. Orr (Doc.) Stephen Cook (Doc.) Robert Young Henry Rose (Doc.) Leven Powell, Jr. James McRea Augustine J. Smith (Doc.) Jesse Wherry Robert Hamilton John Dunlap Charles R. Scott Abraham Faw _Added 1798_ William S. Thompson 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: