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Bank Info for NB Charter 1111 (1865 - 1983)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The First National Bank of
Richmond, VA
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1865-1865 Charles B. Shaw Hamilton Gustavus Fant
1865-1865 Nathaniel August Hamilton Gustavus Fant
1866-1867 Samuel Anthony Glover Sr. Hamilton Gustavus Fant
1868-1868 Samuel Brown Smith Sr. A. Vance Brown
1869-1870 Samuel Brown Smith Sr. Isaac Davenport, Jr.
1871-1881 Samuel Anthony Glover Sr. Isaac Davenport, Jr.
1882-1890 Henry Cox Burnett Isaac Davenport, Jr.
1891-1896 Henry Cox Burnett Aubin Lee Boulware
1897-1901 Henry Cox Burnett Virginius Newton
1902-1903 John Maffitt Miller, Jr. Virginius Newton
1904-1911 John Maffitt Miller, Jr. John Barry Purcell
1912-1916 William Meade Addison John Barry Purcell
1917-1917 William Meade Addison John Maffitt Miller, Jr.
1918-1919 Alexander Fleet Ryland John Maffitt Miller, Jr.
1920-1935 James May Ball, Jr. John Maffitt Miller, Jr.
Other Known Bank Note Signers
  • No other known bank note signers for this bank
Bank Note History Links
Bank Note Types Issued (VanBelkum)
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments
Original Series 4x5 1 - 12825
Original Series 3x10-20 1 - 9130
Original Series 3x50-100 1 - 720
Series 1875 3x10-20 1 - 14182
Series 1875 3x50-100 1 - 40
1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 11500
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 31800
1902 Red Seal 4x5 1 - 30750
1902 Red Seal 4x10 1 - 16250
1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 10500
1902 Date Back 4x5 1 - 116500
1902 Date Back 4x10 1 - 113500
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 16468
1902 Plain Back 4x5 116501 - 238741
1902 Plain Back 4x10 113501 - 204969
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Apr 17, 1865
  • Chartered May 3, 1865
  • Assumed 1155 Dec 5, 1867 (National Exchange Bank, Richmond, VA)
  • Assumed 1125 by consolidation Sep 2, 1912 and its circulation (National Bank of Virginia, Richmond, VA)
  • Assumed 1754 by consolidation Feb 27, 1926 and its circulation with title change to The First and Merchants National Bank of (Merchants National Bank, Richmond, VA)
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see:
  • FDIC Bank History website
  • Merged into Sovran Bank, NA in Richmond, VA, Dec 31, 1983
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1866) $962,205
High Bal (1935) $71,253,767
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1892) $33,100
High Bal (1914) $2,288,200
Total Out (1924) $697,400
# Large Notes 2,391,500
# Small Notes 0
# Total Notes 2,391,500
$ Large Size $19,019,080
$ Small Size $0
$ Total Issued $19,019,080
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Oct-02-1865 $1,555,402.40 $85,600.00
Oct-01-1866 $962,205.42 $180,000.00
Oct-07-1867 $1,101,556.73 $179,955.00
Oct-05-1868 $1,440,507.19 $180,000.00
Oct-09-1869 $1,711,548.30 $444,500.00
Oct-08-1870 $1,687,524.75 $444,680.00
Oct-02-1871 $1,722,224.77 $365,800.00
Oct-03-1872 $2,220,216.76 $450,000.00
Sep-12-1873 $2,365,290.60 $450,000.00
Oct-02-1874 $2,446,849.38 $560,000.00
Oct-01-1875 $2,413,396.07 $560,000.00
Oct-02-1876 $2,247,503.62 $560,000.00
Oct-01-1877 $1,998,476.15 $450,000.00
Oct-01-1878 $2,071,255.64 $480,000.00
Oct-02-1879 $2,113,689.02 $480,000.00
Oct-01-1880 $2,306,421.47 $480,000.00
Oct-01-1881 $2,428,889.41 $480,000.00
Oct-03-1882 $2,959,836.70 $480,000.00
Oct-02-1883 $3,044,009.22 $480,000.00
Sep-30-1884 $2,759,790.57 $480,000.00
Oct-01-1885 $3,004,073.50 $480,000.00
Oct-07-1886 $2,957,453.37 $480,000.00
Oct-05-1887 $2,309,339.86 $45,000.00
Oct-04-1888 $2,463,988.84 $45,000.00
Sep-30-1889 $2,566,055.53 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1890 $2,892,505.70 $45,000.00
Sep-25-1891 $2,884,741.01 $45,000.00
Sep-30-1892 $3,090,901.45 $33,100.00
Oct-03-1893 $2,704,227.76 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1894 $2,859,025.18 $134,150.00
Sep-28-1895 $2,997,321.89 $134,150.00
Oct-06-1896 $3,058,764.56 $133,200.00
Oct-05-1897 $3,165,865.23 $222,800.00
Sep-20-1898 $3,237,452.89 $215,150.00
Sep-07-1899 $3,639,534.23 $214,000.00
Sep-05-1900 $3,707,089.09 $320,400.00
Sep-30-1901 $3,909,175.08 $325,200.00
Sep-15-1902 $4,580,312.89 $363,500.00
Sep-09-1903 $6,580,457.75 $599,900.00
Sep-06-1904 $6,068,235.54 $599,900.00
Aug-25-1905 $6,561,381.00 $600,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $7,940,023.00 $588,200.00
Aug-22-1907 $8,700,763.00 $1,000,000.00
Sep-23-1908 $8,277,882.00 $1,000,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $9,305,617.00 $955,250.00
Sep-01-1910 $9,599,744.00 $956,180.00
Sep-01-1911 $11,361,407.00 $951,200.00
Sep-04-1912 $20,658,443.00 $1,843,897.00
Aug-09-1913 $18,053,953.00 $1,869,500.00
Sep-12-1914 $20,210,683.00 $2,288,200.00
Sep-02-1915 $18,946,090.00 $1,761,500.00
Sep-12-1916 $23,891,923.00 $1,460,100.00
Sep-11-1917 $27,077,204.00 $1,051,100.00
Aug-31-1918 $31,078,848.00 $991,100.00
Sep-12-1919 $36,676,883.00 $981,090.00
Sep-12-1920 $37,026,731.00 $856,500.00
Sep-06-1921 $29,705,560.00 $880,500.00
Sep-15-1922 $32,237,023.00 $878,100.00
Sep-14-1923 $31,594,370.00 $880,500.00
Oct-10-1924 $31,970,624.00 $697,400.00
Sep-28-1925 $38,377,691.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1926 $52,051,682.00 $0.00
Oct-10-1927 $53,635,340.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1928 $46,069,182.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1929 $48,231,136.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1930 $46,644,273.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1931 $42,055,702.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1932 $47,442,873.00 $0.00
Dec-30-1933 $53,391,287.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1934 $59,851,675.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1935 $71,253,767.00 $0.00

 

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