Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

Use microfilm copy, Augusta County (Va.) Reel 244.

Preferred Citation

Aetna Insurance Company Vouchers, 1857-1861. Local government records collection, Augusta County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Augusta County under the accession number 43658.

Historical Information

Based out of Hartford, Connecticut, the Aetna Insurance Company sold its first life insurance policy in 1850. In 1853, the company was incorporated as the Aetna Life Insurance Company with former Connecticut judge Eliphalet A. Bulkeley as its first president. In 1861, the company began offering participating life insurance policies, and at the end of the Civil War, Aetna was one of the nation's biggest life insurance providers. Today, Aetna is a diversified health care benefits company providing a range of health care insurance products and related services including dental, pharmacy, group life, and disability insurance.

Aetna Insurance Company established an insurance agency in Staunton, Virginia, in the mid-nineteenth century. Alexander F. Kinney served as an agent for the company. Kinney, a Virginia resident born about 1836, was also a bank teller and a circuit court clerk for Augusta County.

Scope and Content

Aetna Insurance Company Vouchers, 1857-1861, record the disbursements of the company for such expenses as advertising, express or freight charges, taxes, return premiums, etc. All vouchers were signed by Aetna's agent Alexander F. Kinney.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Aetna Insurance Company.

Subjects:

• Insurance agents--Virginia--Augusta County.
• Insurance companies--Connecticut--Hartford.
• Insurance companies--Virginia--Augusta County.

Geographical Names:

• Augusta County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Business records--Virginia--Augusta County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Augusta County.
• Vouchers--Virginia--Augusta County.

Added Entry - Personal Name:

• Kinney, Alexander F.