First National Bank (Burlington, NC)

Episode Information

Episode UID
864901558
Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
86490 national
Charter Number
8649
Start Date
October 1, 1929*
Location
Burlington, North Carolina (36.096, -79.438)

Metadata

Model
gemini-3-flash-preview (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
7ef9fe6d697a056c

Response Measures

None

Receivership Details

Depositor recovery rate
100.0%
Date receivership started
1931-12-24
Date receivership terminated
1933-03-01
Share of assets assessed as good
54.6%
Share of assets assessed as doubtful
44.7%
Share of assets assessed as worthless
0.7%

Description

The article confirms the First National Bank of Burlington suspended business in October 1929.

Events (3)

1. April 18, 1907 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. October 1, 1929* Suspension
Cause Details
The article mentions the suspension occurred in October but does not specify the immediate trigger.
Newspaper Excerpt
First National bank suspended business here last Oc
Source
newspapers
3. December 24, 1931 Receivership
Source
historical_nic

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from The Greenville News, February 14, 1930

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Article Text

Bank Of Chesnee In Examiner's Hands SPARTANBURG, Feb. The Bank of Chesnee, of Chesnee, 20 miles northwest of here placed its affairs in the hands of the state bank examiner at directors meeting at o'clock tonight. The institution lost a number of deposits when the Dollar Savings bank and the Carolina National bank of closed December 30, but the directors were able to restore confidence and stabilize matters until today when the failure of the Rutherford county banks and the American State bank at Gaffney. rendered the situation too acute for the Chesnee bank to continue operations. The deposits, at close of business yesterday, amounted to $228,793.26 showing decrease of about $106,000 since the published statement of December 31, 1929; capital stock of the bank was $50,000. surplus $20,000 and bills payable none.


Article from Burlington Daily Times, August 8, 1930

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Article Text

Bern. Aug. the State Banking New today to could about giving facilities. Chief Examiner John Mitchell was expected later in the the Citizens Bank Trust company and the EastBank and Trust company. closed their doors here yesterday. leaving Bern only Industrial Five branches this section also First National bank suspended business here last OcOfficials of the two banks today reiterated that the and that measPresident Swan. of the declared his bank would closed had officials not been under the impression that reopen immediately. public confidence was Directors of the Eastern late yesthe possibilities of reopening.