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Bank Info for NB Charter 3236 (1884 - 1936+)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Charleston National Bank
Charleston, WV
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1884-1885 Charles P. Mead George S. Couch
1886-1887 E. A. Reid Charles P. Mead
1888-1891 E. A. Reid L. Pritchard
1892-1912 H. L. Pritchard L. Pritchard
1913-1913 J. D. Foster, Jr. L. Pritchard
1914-1914 J. D. Foster, Jr. A. M. Prichard
1915-1918 J. S. Hill Isaac Loewenstein
1919-1935 Reid Elmer Eskins Isaac Loewenstein
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
1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 8925
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 9742
1902 Red Seal 4x5 1 - 8000
1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 10000
1902 Date Back 4x5 1 - 46165
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 35334
1902 Plain Back 4x5 46166 - 147537
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 35335 - 102924
1929 Type 1 6x5 1 - 43430
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 20184
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 6012
1929 Type 2 5 1 - 71376
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 39492
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 12144
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Jul 31, 1884
  • Chartered Aug 16, 1884
  • Absorbed 8569 Mar 31, 1915 (National City Bank, Charleston, WV)
  • Assumed Union Trust Company, Charleston by consolidation Mar 30, 1929
  • Assumed 4412 and its circulation by consolidation Mar 30, 1929 (Citizens National Bank, Charleston, WV)
  • Assumed 4667 and its circulation Nov 15, 1930 (Kanawha National Bank, Charleston, WV)
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see:
  • FDIC Bank History website
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1884) $71,661
High Bal (1934) $23,633,461
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1884) $14,000
High Bal (1932) $1,000,000
Total Out (1934) $1,000,000
# Large Notes 1,148,512
# Small Notes 540,768
# Total Notes 1,689,280
$ Large Size $9,422,540
$ Small Size $4,230,060
$ Total Issued $13,652,600
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Sep-30-1884 $71,660.95 $14,000.00
Oct-01-1885 $156,842.43 $36,000.00
Oct-07-1886 $256,548.22 $27,000.00
Oct-05-1887 $299,412.49 $16,875.00
Oct-04-1888 $333,276.92 $16,875.00
Sep-30-1889 $528,087.89 $16,875.00
Oct-02-1890 $626,609.03 $22,500.00
Sep-25-1891 $696,638.05 $22,500.00
Sep-30-1892 $645,033.69 $22,500.00
Oct-03-1893 $551,443.64 $22,500.00
Oct-02-1894 $636,468.64 $22,500.00
Sep-28-1895 $739,025.19 $45,000.00
Oct-06-1896 $752,556.19 $45,000.00
Oct-05-1897 $795,896.13 $45,000.00
Sep-20-1898 $1,003,778.33 $81,000.00
Sep-07-1899 $1,497,771.58 $81,000.00
Sep-05-1900 $1,428,006.45 $102,600.00
Sep-30-1901 $1,944,447.60 $250,000.00
Sep-15-1902 $1,660,768.80 $300,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $2,072,463.24 $50,000.00
Sep-06-1904 $2,080,098.66 $130,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $2,207,560.00 $205,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $2,791,437.00 $330,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $2,872,217.00 $330,000.00
Sep-23-1908 $2,698,470.00 $452,400.00
Sep-01-1909 $2,746,063.00 $493,500.00
Sep-01-1910 $2,911,797.00 $500,000.00
Sep-01-1911 $2,946,146.00 $500,000.00
Sep-04-1912 $3,001,828.00 $471,850.00
Aug-09-1913 $3,179,540.00 $463,200.00
Sep-12-1914 $3,249,169.00 $495,400.00
Sep-02-1915 $3,755,315.00 $500,000.00
Sep-12-1916 $4,472,765.00 $500,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $6,458,608.00 $500,000.00
Aug-31-1918 $5,978,351.00 $500,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $7,936,387.00 $500,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $9,811,670.00 $500,000.00
Sep-06-1921 $8,957,363.00 $500,000.00
Sep-15-1922 $9,838,835.00 $491,800.00
Sep-14-1923 $10,421,433.00 $487,900.00
Oct-10-1924 $8,932,677.00 $490,200.00
Sep-28-1925 $8,887,066.00 $500,000.00
Dec-31-1926 $11,926,351.00 $500,000.00
Oct-10-1927 $9,560,361.00 $500,000.00
Dec-31-1928 $11,240,572.00 $492,100.00
Dec-31-1929 $16,839,818.00 $592,420.00
Dec-31-1930 $20,005,837.00 $875,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $18,942,705.00 $875,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $18,734,048.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-30-1933 $19,737,039.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1934 $23,633,461.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1935 $22,216,923.00 $0.00

 

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