A Guide to the Records of the Farmers Mutual Fire Association, 1895-1979
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 38627
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
Farmers Mutual Fire Association Records, 1895-1979. Accession 38627, Business Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Martha G. DuBose, Frederick, Maryland, 23 October 2001.
Biographical/Historical Information
The Farmers Mutual Fire Association of Chester, Virginia was originally incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia on 10 August 1895 as the Farmers Mutual Benefit Association of Virginia, and its offices were located in Richmond.
The Association was reorganized under and amended charter and by-laws on 24 February 1898, and the office was moved to Chester. George E. Robertson was the first president, and Charles N. Friend was elected general agent, secretary and treasurer, which offices he held until his death on 16 June 1919.
The company insured dwellings, churches, stores, public garages, mills, motels, public halls, barns, grain, hay, livestock, machinery, and farm implements. Originally, the Association issued perpetual policies, and assessments were made as losses occured. Later, the company adopted the plan of issuing one, three, and five year policies with assessments being made yearly in advance.
In 1952, the charter was again amended, and the name of the company was changed to the Farmers Mutual Fire Association. It operated state-wide, but its principal area of business was within ten counties surrounding Chesterfield. Its assets were liquidated in 1979.
Scope and Content Information
Records, 1895-1979, of the Farmers Mutual Fire Association of Chester, Virginia. Includes accounts and receipts, bank books, cancelled checks, charters and by-laws, correspondence, financial reports, minutes, distribution and receipt ledgers, and liquidation papers.
Organization
Organized into the following three series: Series I. Correspondence and Subject Files; Series II. Minutes; Series III. Ledgers.
Contents List
- Box 1 Folder
1-14
Accounts and Receipts, 1897-1913
- Box 1 Folder
15
Accounts and Receipts, n.d.
- Box 1 Folder
16
Applications for Membership and Insurance, 1928, 1931
- Box 1 Folder
17
Bank Books - Bank of Powhatan
- Box 1 Folder
18
Bank Books - Bank of Virginia
- Box 1 Folder
19
Bank Books - Chesterfield County Book
- Box 1 Folder
20
Bank Books - First and Merchants National Bank
- Box 1 Folder
21
Bank Books - Petersburg Savings and American Trust Company
- Box 1 Folder
22
Bank Books - Petersburg Savings and Trust
- Box 1 Folder
23
Bank Books - Southern Bank and Trust
- Box 1 Folder
24
Bank Books - Blank Policies
- Box 1 Folder
25-33
Cancelled Checks
- Box 2 Folder 1
Charter and Bylaws
- Box 2 Folder 2
Corporation Registration Fee Receipts
- Box 2 Folder
3-16
Correspondence, 1897-1914
- Box 2 Folder
17
Correspondence, 1929
- Box 2 Folder
18
Correspondence, 1950-1959, 1962
- Box 2 Folder
19
Financial Reports, 1920, 1930-1935
- Box 2 Folder
20
Liquidation Papers, 1979
- Box 2 Folder
21
Miscellaneous
- Box 2 Folder
22
Northern Neck Mutual Fire Association
- Box 2 Folder
23
Promissory Notes
- Box 2 Folder
24
Stock Certificates, 1896
- Box 3
Minute Book #1, 1895-1924
- Box 3
Minute Book #2, 1925-1951
- Box 3 Folder
1-13
Minutes, 1952-1964
- Box 4
Distributions, 1940-1948
- Box 4
Distributions, 1949-1953
- Box 4
Distributions, 1955-1962
- Box 5
Distributions, 1963-1970
- Box 5
Distributions, 1971-1976
- Box 6
Receipts, 1943-1952
- Box 6
Receipts, 1953-1960
- Box 7
Receipts, 1961-1965
- Box 7
Receipts, 1966-1970
- Box 7
Receipts, 1971-1976
- Box 8
Policyholder, 1962-1977
- Box 8
Assets, Liabilities, Income, Losses, and Operating Expenses, 1976-1979