Stewart County Bank

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: September 9, 1903
Location: Dover, Tennessee (36.482, -87.845)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 6149bb00

Response Measures

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Description

Newspapers report the Stewart County Bank at Dover made a general assignment in early September 1903 (assignees named, liabilities exceed assets). Later reporting notes the bank was placed in the hands of a receiver and depositors sued stockholders. No run is mentioned in the articles. I corrected minor OCR issues (e.g., madb -> made).

Events (2)

1. September 9, 1903 Suspension

Cause: Voluntary Liquidation
Cause Details: Bank made a general assignment (liabilities ~$27,306; assets ~$11,534), indicating insolvency and voluntary assignment of assets to assignees.
Newspaper Excerpt: The Stewart County bank at Dover has made a general assignment and W. W. Brandon and E. T. Peck have been appointed assignees. The liabilities are placed at $27,306.06 and the assets at $11,534.40.
Source: newspapers

2. October 16, 1903 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: The depositors of the defunct Stewart County Bank at Dover, which was recently placed in the hands of a receiver, have entered suit against the stockholders, directors and assignees of the bank ... seeking to recover about $23,000 deposits.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (4)

1. September 10, 1903 The Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, AL

Article from The Montgomery Advertiser, September 10, 1903

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Article Text

Tennessee Bank Assigns. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 9.-The Stewart County bank at Dover has made a general assignment and W. W. Brandon and E. T. Peck have been appointed assignees. The liabilities are placed at $27,306.06 and the assets at $11,534.40. The June statement showed the institution to be in a healthy condition and the suspension has caused surprise. The bank was chartered about ten years ago,

2. September 10, 1903 Americus Times-Recorder Americus, GA

Article from Americus Times-Recorder, September 10, 1903

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Tennessee Bank Assigns. Nashville, Sept. 99.- The Stewart county bank at Dover has madb a general assignment and William M. Brandon and E. T. Peck have been appointed assignees. The liabilities are placed at $27,306.05, and the assets at $11,534.40. The June statement showed the institution to be in a healthy condition and the suspension a bank was has caused surprise. go, chartered about ten

3. September 17, 1903 The Bamberg Herald Bamberg, SC

Article from The Bamberg Herald, September 17, 1903

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Tennessee Bank Suspends. The Stewart county bank at Dover. Tenn., has made a general assignment and assignees appointed. The liabilities are placed at $27,306.05 and the assets at $11,534.40.

4. October 16, 1903 The Bolivar Bulletin Bolivar, TN

Article from The Bolivar Bulletin, October 16, 1903

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Bank Stockholders Sued. The depositors of the defunct Stewart County Bank at Dover, which was recently placed in the hands of a receiver, have entered suit against the stockholders, directors and assignees of the bank, seeking to recover about $23,000 deposits. The allegation is that the directors were guilty of negligence and the depositors seek to hold them and the stockholders individually liable for what they may have lost in the bank.