
1882 Date Back $10 Note
Charter #6055 Signed by S.B. Conner, cashier and Cary A. Hardee, president

1882 Date Back $20 Note
Charter #6055 Signed by S.B. Conner, cashier and Cary A. Hardee, president

1882 Value Back $5 Note
Charter #6055 Signed by S.B. Conner, cashier and Cary A. Hardee, president

1882 Value Back $10 Note
Charter #6055 Signed by S.B. Conner, cashier and Cary A. Hardee, president. This is the only $10 Value Back note known on the entire state of Florida

1902 Plain Back $5 Note
Charter #6055

1902 Plain Back $10 Note
Charter #6055

1902 Plain Back $20 Note
Charter #6055

1929 Type 1 $5 Note
Charter #6055 Signed by G.W. Harmony, cashier and E.S. Conner as president

1929 Type 1 $10 Note Charter #6055

1929 Type 1 $20 Note
Charter #6055

1929 Type 2 $10 Note
Charter #6055

1929 Type 2 $20 Note
Charter #6055
First National Bank of Live Oak was issued a charter on December 19, 1901 after an organization date of only nine days prior. Cary A. Hardee served as President of the First National from 1907 to 1926, during this time he also served as Governor of the state of Florida from 1921 to 1925.
Cary Augustus Hardee – Florida Governors
Cary Augustus Hardee (1876–1957)
Twenty-third governor January 4, 1921 to January 6, 1925Oil on canvas, C. Verne Klintworth, ca. 1921-1925Cary Hardee was born in Taylor County on November 13, 1876. Educated in Florida’s public schools, he was a teacher until 1900, when he was admitted to the bar and began practice in Live Oak. Before becoming governor in 1921, Hardee served as State’s Attorney, a member of the Florida House of Representatives, and speaker of the House.During Hardee’s administration, constitutional amendments were adopted that reapportioned the legislature and prohibited the levying of state income and inheritance taxes. Leasing of convicts to private businesses also was outlawed during his administration.Although a lawyer, Hardee was better known in later years as a banker in Live Oak. He was defeated in 1932 for the Democratic nomination for governor and died in Live Oak on November 21, 1957.
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