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Bank Info for NB Charter 4635 (1891 - 1936+)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The First National Bank of
Newport News, VA
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1891-1894 John Addison Willett Sr. Theodore Livezey
1895-1911 John Addison Willett Sr. Walter A. Post
1912-1918 John Addison Willett Sr. Homer Lenoir Ferguson
1919-1935 Samuel Harriss Plummer Homer Lenoir Ferguson
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 - 14000
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 5240
1882 Date Back 4x5 1 - 2664
1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 2334
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 6100
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 6101 - 40298
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 8614
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 2154
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 21145
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 5202
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Sep 14, 1891
  • Chartered Sep 19, 1891
  • Absorbed 11028 Mar 18, 1932 (Schmelz National Bank, Newport News, VA)
  • Conservatorship Mar 16, 1933
  • Licensed Mar 20, 1933
  • Bank was Open past 1935
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1891) $173,770
High Bal (1932) $11,502,234
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1898) $21,100
High Bal (1932) $300,000
Total Out (1934) $300,000
# Large Notes 258,144
# Small Notes 90,955
# Total Notes 349,099
$ Large Size $2,726,880
$ Small Size $1,090,810
$ Total Issued $3,817,690
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Sep-25-1891 $173,769.96 $0.00
Sep-30-1892 $265,597.38 $21,620.00
Oct-03-1893 $230,463.85 $22,500.00
Oct-02-1894 $224,304.71 $22,500.00
Sep-28-1895 $276,922.36 $22,500.00
Oct-06-1896 $329,074.75 $22,500.00
Oct-05-1897 $375,930.91 $21,787.50
Sep-20-1898 $520,168.49 $21,100.00
Sep-07-1899 $690,881.86 $66,500.00
Sep-05-1900 $727,360.27 $74,350.00
Sep-30-1901 $775,606.79 $74,300.00
Sep-15-1902 $868,400.87 $75,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $946,829.13 $74,000.00
Sep-06-1904 $1,059,122.89 $82,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $1,033,168.00 $99,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $1,131,704.00 $97,700.00
Aug-22-1907 $1,172,745.00 $97,500.00
Sep-23-1908 $1,121,245.00 $95,300.00
Sep-01-1909 $1,281,100.00 $97,700.00
Sep-01-1910 $1,188,196.00 $100,000.00
Sep-01-1911 $1,241,070.00 $98,500.00
Sep-04-1912 $1,358,731.00 $97,000.00
Aug-09-1913 $1,474,047.00 $94,900.00
Sep-12-1914 $1,441,329.00 $97,300.00
Sep-02-1915 $1,771,400.00 $98,100.00
Sep-12-1916 $2,170,662.00 $96,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $2,986,152.00 $98,300.00
Aug-31-1918 $5,392,364.00 $98,200.00
Sep-12-1919 $6,295,078.00 $93,400.00
Sep-12-1920 $6,335,103.00 $96,400.00
Sep-06-1921 $6,022,665.00 $98,500.00
Sep-15-1922 $5,296,053.00 $100,000.00
Sep-14-1923 $5,551,809.00 $194,900.00
Oct-10-1924 $5,758,838.00 $192,100.00
Sep-28-1925 $6,398,696.00 $184,000.00
Dec-31-1926 $6,935,456.00 $194,200.00
Oct-10-1927 $6,812,827.00 $186,000.00
Dec-31-1928 $7,162,709.00 $187,600.00
Dec-31-1929 $7,172,043.00 $200,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $7,549,954.00 $200,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $7,816,253.00 $200,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $11,502,234.00 $300,000.00
Dec-30-1933 $8,350,117.00 $300,000.00
Dec-31-1934 $9,111,013.00 $300,000.00
Dec-31-1935 $9,485,635.00 $0.00

 

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