Texas Bank Note History

Featured Bank Note: $5 Series 1882 Brown Back, issued by First National Bank of Shiner, TX, signed by Philip Welhausen, Cashier and Wm. Green, Vice President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com

The Texas Bank Note History home page consolidates historical information on the National/Obsolete Banks, Bankers and Banking History of Texas. It also highlights What's New, along with some Famous Texas Banks & Bankers, and lists helpful Research Resources.

Texas National Banks that Issued Notes

The link below is a searchable, sortable list of the 917 Texas National Banks that issued notes during the National Bank Note Era (1863-1935). Information shown for each bank includes Charter#, Bank Name, Town, County, Open & Close Year, Bank Fate, Number of notes Issued and Total $ Issued. The charter number for each bank is a link to that Bank Info page on the SPMC U.S. National Bank lookup website.

• List of Texas National Banks that Issued Notes (1863-1935)

Texas County home pages

County Bank Note History home pages provide information on the Banks, Bankers and Bank Notes for that county during the National Bank Note Era (1863-1935), and also the Obsolete Bank Note Era (1782-1866) (if applicable for that county). All of the county's National & Obsolete Banks are listed with links to their Bank History pages. Prominent Bankers are also listed with links to their Banker Bio pages. Several Bank Notes are featured, as well as bank postcards and other bank related ephemera.

If you have a local County Historical Society/Museum, they may be interested in adding a link on their website to their County's Bank Note History home page in our wiki.

• (There are currently no Texas County home pages set up)

What's New in Texas Bank Note History

• Bank Histories:
  • First National Bank of Electra, TX (Charter 10050) (1911-1929)
  • Exchange National Bank, North Fort Worth, TX (Charter 8287) (1906-1914)
  • First National Bank/First-Taylor NB, Taylor, TX (Charter 3027) (1883-1990)
  • Merchants and Planters NB, Sherman, TX (Charter 3159) (1884-1989)
  • First National Bank, Corsicana, TX (Charter 3506) (1886-1988)
  • State National Bank, Corsicana, TX (Charter 11022) (1917-1989)
  • Orange National Bank, Orange, TX (Charter 6050) (1901-1970)
  • South Texas National Bank, Houston, TX (Charter 4350) (1890-1912)
  • Fort Worth National Bank, Fort Worth, TX (Charter 3131) (1884-1989)
  • Merchants National Bank, Fort Worth, TX (Charter 3631) (1887-1893)

• Banker Bios:
  • Gaston, William Henry (Dallas and Forney, TX)
  • Walsh, Charles Clinton (San Angelo, TX)
  • Wells, Oscar D. (Birmingham, AL)

• Other Articles:
  • Huntoon, Peter, Stroup, Adam, and Lofthus, Lee, "Sherman, Texas Bank Organized Especially to Utilize Aldrich-Freeland Emergency Currency", Chapter E10, Encyclopedia of U.S. National Bank Notes
  • Banking: Doing What We Do Best (Taylor, TX), (SPMC PM#252), p. 423. The City National Bank of Taylor, TX (Charter 5275)
  • Clark, Frank, Varieties of Small National Bank Notes of Republic National Bank and Trust Company, (SPMC PM#218), pp 98-105. Republic National Bank, Dallas, TX (Charter 12186)

Texas Bank Histories Index

The Bank Histories are organized alphabetically by Town, then by Bank Open Date. To find the Texas Bank you are looking for, select from the following Index list. You can also search the entire wiki for the Bank's town name or charter number using the Search Box in the upper right corner.

• Texas Bank Histories

Texas Banker Biographies Index

The Banker Bios are organized alphabetically by Last Name. To find the Texas Banker you are looking for, select from the following Index list. For an Index list of all Banker Bios for all States, use the Banker Biographies sidebar link. You can also search the entire wiki for the Banker's last name using the Search Box in the upper right corner.

• Texas Banker Biographies

Texas National Bank Stats, Lists & Graphs

The label for each of these Stats is a link to the corresponding pdf list of banks

• # Issuing Banks: 917

Issuing Banks wiki page

• # Non-Issuing Banks: 234
• # Large Size Issuers: 835
• # Small Size Issuers: 510
• # Territorial Banks: 0
• # Towns with Issuing Banks: 453
• # Counties with Issuing Banks: 207
• NBN Geo. Letter: S
• State Capital: Austin
• Statehood Date: December 29, 1845
• Texas National Bank Graphs & Lists
  • # of National Banks Chartered By Year
  • # of National Bank Failures (Receivership) By Year
  • # of National Bank Closures (Receivership/Liquidation/Closed) By Year
  • # of National Banks In Operation By Year
  • List of 40 National Banks with Lowest # of Notes Issued
  • List of Texas National Banks (Issued Notes) Sorted by Town by Charter#

Texas Counties Index

This index lists Texas counties that had towns with National or Obsolete Banks (1782-1935).

• Texas Counties

Texas Towns Index

This index lists Texas towns that had National or Obsolete Banks (1782-1935).

• Texas Towns

Texas Obsolete to National Bank Conversions

Texas did not have any Obsolete Banks that converted to National Banks.

Wiki Links

• Information on the origin and history of National Bank Notes (Wikipedia)
• General information on Texas (Wikipedia)

Texas Research Resources

• The Higgins Museum in Okoboji, IA has a Currency Related Research Library, as well as major collections of Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska National Bank Notes on display.
• 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).
• The National Bank Note Census, nbncensus.com
• OCC Annual Reports 1863-1935 (U.S. Treasury Dept: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency).

(The OCC Annual Reports are available online at the Currency Club of Chester County (PA) website).

• The Bankers Magazine 1846-1922 (New York: various publishers over the years).

(The Bankers Magazine volumes are available online at the Currency Club of Chester County (PA) website).

• Rand McNally Banker's Directories 1879-1935 (Chicago: Rand McNally & Company).
• Polk's Banker's Encyclopedias 1895-1935 (Detroit and New York: Polk Bankers Encyclopedia Co.).
• James A. Haxby, United States Obsolete Bank Notes 1782-1866 (4 volumes) (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1988).
• Paper Money Journal, 1962-present (Published by the Society of Paper Money Collectors, spmc.org). Many articles over the years about the history of National & Obsolete Banks and Bankers. An archive of all back issues with search capabilities is online for SPMC members at spmc.org.
• FDIC, Bank Find History website.
• Texas State Historical Association