Bradford National Bank, Greenville, IL (Charter 9734)

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Bradford National Bank of Greenville, Illinois, ca2021.
Bradford National Bank of Greenville, Illinois, ca2021. Courtesy of Google Maps

Bradford National Bank, Greenville, IL (Chartered 1910 - Open past 1935)

Town History

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Needed: a contemporary postcard or photo of the bank.

Greenville is a city in Bond County, Illinois, 51 miles east of St. Louis. The population as of the 2010 census was 7,000. It is the county seat of Bond County.

Greenville celebrated its Bicentennial in 2015 as one of the oldest communities in Illinois. It is home to Greenville University, the Richard Bock Museum, the American Farm Heritage Museum, the Armed Forces Museum and the Demoulin Museum and a federal prison, Federal Correctional Institution, Greenville (FCI Greenville). It is also home to internationally known companies, including Nevco Scoreboard, the largest privately owned scoreboard company in the world, and DeMoulin Brothers, the world's oldest and largest manufacturer of band uniforms.

Greenville was founded by George Davidson in 1815 in what was then the Illinois Territory, when he purchased 160 acres along the bluff overlooking Little Shoal Creek, in what was then still part of Madison County. Davidson built a tavern near the present-day intersection of Main and Sixth streets, and by 1816 he was selling individual lots. The federal government established its first federal post office in Greenville in 1819. It was incorporated as a town in 1855 and as a city in 1872. At one time, it had neighborhoods called New Jerusalem, Piety Hill, Cobtown, and Buzzard Roost. A few possible reasons have been put forth for the naming of the town. Some think the town was named after Greenville, North Carolina, which had been named after Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. Others say that Greenville was named by early settler Thomas White because it was "so green and nice". A third possibility is that Greenville was named after Green P. Rice, the town's first merchant.

Greenville had two National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and both of those banks issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The Bradford National Bank of Greenville, IL

Bank Note Types Issued

1902 Plain Back $20 bank note with printed signatures of H.W. Riedemann, Cashier and Myrtle L.T. Bradford, President.
1902 Plain Back $20 bank note with printed signatures of H.W. Riedemann, Cashier and Myrtle L.T. Bradford, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com
1929 Type 1 $10 bank note with printed signatures of H.W. Riedemann, Cashier and W.A. Joy, President.
1929 Type 1 $10 bank note with printed signatures of H.W. Riedemann, Cashier and W.A. Joy, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com

A total of $1,465,490 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1910 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 118,104 notes (94,608 large size and 23,496 small size notes).

This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:

Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 8100
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 8101 - 23652
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 2762
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 712
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 2131
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 521

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1910 - 1936):

Presidents:

Cashiers:

Other Bank Note Signers

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