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Bank Info for NB Charter 2044 (1872 - 1997)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Bank of Charleston National Banking Association
Charleston, SC
2 The South Carolina National Bank of (3/1/1926)
Charleston, SC
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1873-1878 William Burrows Burden Archibald Simpson Johnston
1879-1879 Theodore Augustus Honour Sr. William Crocker Courtney
1880-1885 Ernest Henry Pringle, (Sr.) William Crocker Courtney
1886-1888 Ernest Henry Pringle, (Sr.) BG Rudolph Septimus Siegling
1889-1893 Morton W. Wilson BG Rudolph Septimus Siegling
1894-1916 Morton W. Wilson Ernest Henry Pringle, (Sr.)
1917-1922 George William Walker Ernest Henry Pringle, (Sr.)
1922-1923 George William Walker Ernest Henry Pringle, Jr.
1923-1925 George William Walker Robert Scott Small
1926-1930 Charles Neyle Fishburne Robert Scott Small
1931-1935 Albert Percy Lyons Jr. Julian Mitchell (Jr.)
Other Known Bank Note Signers
Bank Note History Links
Bank Note Types Issued (VanBelkum)
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments
1: Original Series 3x1-2 1 - 3000
1: Original Series 4x5 1 - 8000
1: Original Series 3x10-20 1 - 5241
1: Original Series 50-100 1 - 453
1: Series 1875 4x5 1 - 1550
1: Series 1875 3x10-20 1 - 1496
1: 1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 18500
1: 1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 23660
1: 1882 Date Back 4x5 1 - 18500
1: 1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 10442
1: 1902 Date Back 4x5 1 - 18250
1: 1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 11300
1: 1902 Plain Back 4x5 18251 - 139503
1: 1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 11301 - 93595
2: 1902 Plain Back 4x5 1 - 58837
2: 1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 1 - 32105
2: 1929 Type 1 6x5 1 - 42234
2: 1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 21636
2: 1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 5968
2: 1929 Type 2 5 1 - 63884
2: 1929 Type 2 10 1 - 35600
2: 1929 Type 2 20 1 - 9670
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Sep 4, 1872
  • Chartered Sep 10, 1872
  • 1: Assumed 12702 by consolidation Jun 20, 1925 (Exchange NB (No Issue), Charleston, SC)
  • 1: Assumed 12865 by consolidation Mar 1, 1926 with title change (Norwood-Carolina NB (No Issue), Charleston, SC)
  • 2: Conservatorship Mar 14, 1933
  • 2: Licensed Aug 19 1933
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see:
  • FDIC Bank History website
  • Merged into Wachovia Bank, NA, Winston-Salem, NC Jun 1, 1997
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1879) $409,257
High Bal (1935) $37,737,527
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1876) $45,000
High Bal (1932) $1,025,000
Total Out (1934) $1,000,000
# Large Notes 1,658,622
# Small Notes 528,182
# Total Notes 2,186,804
$ Large Size $13,307,700
$ Small Size $4,150,160
$ Total Issued $17,457,860
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Sep-12-1873 $1,230,919.02 $337,500.00
Oct-02-1874 $1,303,733.81 $337,500.00
Oct-01-1875 $1,528,574.60 $337,500.00
Oct-02-1876 $1,031,849.86 $45,000.00
Oct-01-1877 $1,037,427.88 $45,000.00
Oct-01-1878 $1,009,237.13 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1879 $409,256.72 $45,000.00
Oct-01-1880 $655,265.63 $45,000.00
Oct-01-1881 $1,180,497.58 $45,000.00
Oct-03-1882 $790,221.12 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1883 $942,775.21 $45,000.00
Sep-30-1884 $884,974.77 $45,000.00
Oct-01-1885 $1,080,326.19 $45,000.00
Oct-07-1886 $1,370,800.24 $45,000.00
Oct-05-1887 $1,358,856.54 $45,000.00
Oct-04-1888 $1,683,286.31 $45,000.00
Sep-30-1889 $1,544,641.16 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1890 $1,644,407.97 $45,000.00
Sep-25-1891 $1,662,292.26 $45,000.00
Sep-30-1892 $1,672,635.55 $45,000.00
Oct-03-1893 $1,737,582.16 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1894 $1,849,791.90 $45,000.00
Sep-28-1895 $2,110,232.53 $90,000.00
Oct-06-1896 $2,085,827.82 $45,000.00
Oct-05-1897 $2,030,103.26 $45,000.00
Sep-20-1898 $2,059,212.97 $126,000.00
Sep-07-1899 $2,371,925.30 $207,000.00
Sep-05-1900 $2,273,404.18 $300,000.00
Sep-30-1901 $2,788,414.41 $300,000.00
Sep-15-1902 $2,976,101.42 $300,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $3,305,799.92 $300,000.00
Sep-06-1904 $3,000,364.17 $300,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $2,941,321.00 $300,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $3,354,609.00 $300,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $3,566,302.00 $300,000.00
Sep-23-1908 $3,624,964.00 $300,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $3,556,191.00 $300,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $4,487,180.00 $300,000.00
Sep-01-1911 $4,541,260.00 $300,000.00
Sep-04-1912 $4,685,884.00 $300,000.00
Aug-09-1913 $4,694,360.00 $300,000.00
Sep-12-1914 $5,391,324.00 $318,000.00
Sep-02-1915 $5,602,854.00 $318,000.00
Sep-12-1916 $6,216,693.00 $318,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $7,237,716.00 $338,000.00
Aug-31-1918 $11,413,494.00 $427,400.00
Sep-12-1919 $13,688,690.00 $481,700.00
Sep-12-1920 $14,183,634.00 $976,600.00
Sep-06-1921 $8,314,382.00 $988,200.00
Sep-15-1922 $11,238,425.00 $1,000,000.00
Sep-14-1923 $9,630,668.00 $986,300.00
Oct-10-1924 $10,185,760.00 $1,000,000.00
Sep-28-1925 $14,340,906.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1926 $28,445,820.00 $1,000,000.00
Oct-10-1927 $29,697,432.00 $984,400.00
Dec-31-1928 $33,712,269.00 $983,450.00
Dec-31-1929 $32,681,184.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $34,101,964.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $27,445,768.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $23,060,850.00 $1,025,000.00
Dec-30-1933 $13,974,204.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1934 $16,526,736.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1935 $37,737,527.00 $0.00

 

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