Uniontown National Bank & Trust, Uniontown, PA (Charter 12500)
Uniontown NB & TC, Uniontown, PA (Chartered 1924 - Liquidated 1930)
Town History
Uniontown is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 46 miles southeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Greater Pittsburgh Region. The population was 10,372 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat and largest city of Fayette County. Popularly known as "Beesontown", the "town of Union" was founded by Henry Beeson on July 4, 1776, the same day the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
In the late nineteenth century, the town grew based on the development of coal mines and the steel industry. Uniontown was the site of violent clashes between striking coal miners and guards at the local coke works during the bituminous coal miners' strike of 1894. Fifteen guards armed with carbines and machine guns held off an attack by 1,500 strikers, killing five and wounding eight.
As with most of Western Pennsylvania, Uniontown's economy waned during the region's deindustrialization of the late 20th century, when the steel industry restructured and many jobs went elsewhere, including offshore. This decline continued into the 21st century, and the population is about half its peak of 1940.
In 1967, Uniontown was the birthplace of the McDonald's Big Mac sandwich. In 2007, the Big Mac Museum was opened in North Huntingdon Township in Westmoreland County, to the disappointment of some Uniontown residents. For a list of notable persons from Uniontown, including General of the Army George C. Marshall, see the wiki links section below.
Uniontown had five National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and four of those banks issued National Bank Notes.
Bank History
- Organized February 4, 1924
- Chartered February 27, 1924
- Liquidated September 20, 1930
- Absorbed by 5034 (Second National Bank, Uniontown, PA)
- Circulation assumed by 5034 (Second National Bank, Uniontown, PA)
- Receivership November 6, 1933
Official Bank Title(s)
1: The Uniontown National Bank and Trust Company, Uniontown, PA
Bank Note Types Issued
A total of $1,202,400 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1924 and 1930. This consisted of a total of 240,480 notes (202,800 large size and 37,680 small size notes).
This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments 1902 Plain Back 4x5 1 - 50700 1929 Type 1 6x5 1 - 6280
Bank Presidents and Cashiers
Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1924 - 1930):
Presidents:
Cashiers:
- Isaac Jackson, 1924-1925
- Edward William McShane, 1926-1929
Other Bank Note Signers
- There are currently no known Vice President or Assistant Cashier bank note signers for this bank.
Wiki Links
- Pennsylvania Bank Note History
- General information on Uniontown (Wikipedia)
- General information on Fayette County (Wikipedia)
- General information on Pennsylvania (Wikipedia)
Sources
- Uniontown, PA, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniontown,_Pennsylvania
- Don C. Kelly, National Bank Notes, A Guide with Prices. 6th Edition (Oxford, OH: The Paper Money Institute, 2008).
- Dean Oakes and John Hickman, Standard Catalog of National Bank Notes. 2nd Edition (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1990).
- Banks & Bankers Historical Database (1782-1935), https://bbdata.banknotehistory.com