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Bank Info for NB Charter 1595 (1865 - 1985)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The First National Bank of
Mobile, AL
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1865-1867 Lloyd Bowers Charles Wood Gazzam, (Jr.)
1868-1870 Lloyd Bowers Moses Waring
1870-1894 Lloyd Bowers James Henry Masson
1895-1903 Charles Dillard Willoughby James Henry Masson
1904-1917 Charles Dillard Willoughby Henry Hall
1918-1920 Junius Winfield Woolf Henry Hall
1921-1935 Junius Winfield Woolf Daniel Perrin Bestor, 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 3x1-2 1 - 6060
Original Series 4x5 1 - 3150
Original Series 3x10-20 1 - 8590
Series 1875 3x10-20 1 - 3584
Series 1875 500 1 - 292
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 8996
1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 3000
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 20000
1902 Plain Back 4x5 1 - 8585
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 20001 - 89778
1929 Type 1 6x5 1 - 40932
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 22190
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 6070
1929 Type 2 5 1 - 68250
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 38388
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 11220
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Sep 1, 1865
  • Chartered Oct 18, 1865
  • Absorbed 10732 Mar 9, 1916 (National City Bank (No Issue), Mobile, AL)
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see:
  • FDIC Bank History website
  • Closed (Merger) Aug 30,1985. No further info on FDIC website
  • Notation on Organization Report:
  • New bank
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1871) $745,531
High Bal (1929) $24,483,102
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1895) $40,000
High Bal (1928) $1,000,000
Total Out (1934) $1,000,000
# Large Notes 527,264
# Small Notes 533,010
# Total Notes 1,060,274
$ Large Size $6,108,400
$ Small Size $4,237,290
$ Total Issued $10,345,690
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Oct-01-1866 $1,340,558.80 $87,500.00
Oct-07-1867 $816,789.91 $177,794.00
Oct-05-1868 $830,548.63 $177,175.00
Oct-09-1869 $772,055.61 $174,109.00
Oct-08-1870 $799,231.44 $175,698.00
Oct-02-1871 $745,531.04 $269,416.00
Oct-03-1872 $777,245.48 $270,000.00
Sep-12-1873 $798,823.23 $269,100.00
Oct-02-1874 $854,905.88 $269,400.00
Oct-01-1875 $820,217.99 $270,000.00
Oct-02-1876 $792,762.44 $270,000.00
Oct-01-1877 $753,957.78 $270,000.00
Oct-01-1878 $810,423.22 $270,000.00
Oct-02-1879 $821,986.56 $270,000.00
Oct-01-1880 $809,717.50 $270,000.00
Oct-01-1881 $811,366.84 $270,000.00
Oct-03-1882 $864,121.65 $270,000.00
Oct-02-1883 $862,043.84 $270,000.00
Sep-30-1884 $779,477.19 $180,000.00
Oct-01-1885 $1,079,393.90 $180,000.00
Oct-07-1886 $1,182,002.90 $180,000.00
Oct-05-1887 $1,217,647.73 $113,000.00
Oct-04-1888 $1,281,366.24 $64,000.00
Sep-30-1889 $1,511,640.83 $70,000.00
Oct-02-1890 $1,494,194.47 $45,000.00
Sep-25-1891 $1,457,771.93 $45,000.00
Sep-30-1892 $1,568,369.56 $45,000.00
Oct-03-1893 $1,563,785.33 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1894 $2,029,107.09 $45,000.00
Sep-28-1895 $2,247,328.71 $40,000.00
Oct-06-1896 $2,093,174.62 $72,000.00
Oct-05-1897 $2,079,911.17 $72,510.00
Sep-20-1898 $2,485,745.71 $90,700.00
Sep-07-1899 $2,903,951.42 $70,430.00
Sep-05-1900 $3,075,221.28 $85,850.00
Sep-30-1901 $3,001,421.83 $105,000.00
Sep-15-1902 $3,084,542.38 $105,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $2,948,473.09 $105,000.00
Sep-06-1904 $3,037,927.47 $105,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $3,117,503.00 $105,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $3,538,739.00 $105,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $3,238,818.00 $105,000.00
Sep-23-1908 $2,772,616.00 $105,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $2,617,244.00 $105,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $3,249,990.00 $105,000.00
Sep-01-1911 $3,849,449.00 $200,000.00
Sep-04-1912 $4,550,113.00 $300,000.00
Aug-09-1913 $4,917,274.00 $293,000.00
Sep-12-1914 $5,063,077.00 $298,195.00
Sep-02-1915 $4,947,068.00 $295,695.00
Sep-12-1916 $8,268,822.00 $299,995.00
Sep-11-1917 $9,333,871.00 $300,000.00
Aug-31-1918 $10,793,614.00 $300,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $12,978,635.00 $300,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $15,752,483.00 $294,800.00
Sep-06-1921 $13,488,561.00 $296,500.00
Sep-15-1922 $13,682,046.00 $296,300.00
Sep-14-1923 $15,040,967.00 $298,100.00
Oct-10-1924 $16,158,884.00 $300,000.00
Sep-28-1925 $18,193,036.00 $296,200.00
Dec-31-1926 $20,060,619.00 $300,000.00
Oct-10-1927 $22,132,583.00 $296,400.00
Dec-31-1928 $23,249,916.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1929 $24,483,102.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $22,478,282.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $21,122,639.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $19,572,749.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-30-1933 $19,648,260.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1934 $20,192,636.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1935 $21,791,391.00 $0.00

 

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