Randolph Bank & Trust history

1807 First Superior Court session was held in Randolph County in April.

1808 Naomi Wise drowned in Deep River at Randleman by Jonathan Lewis.

1809 First recorded reference to “new town of Liberty” in Randolph County deed registering transaction between John Brown & Jacob Warren.

1816 Town of New Salem was organized.

1819 Early libraries were incorporated in New Salem, Caraway and Ebenezer along with 32 in the state.

1820 Elisha Coffin purchased Morris mills on Deep River, now site of Franklinville.

1821 Bethel Friends Meeting established.

1822 First Bible School in North Carolina held at Springfield near Archdale; sponsored by Allen U. Tomlinson of Archdale who conducted school for 40 years.

In 1824 he moved to Asheboro and began the practice of law.

1825 State Literary Board was established.

1827 Asheboro City Cemetery was used for the first time (Marsh family plot).

1833 First newspaper published in the county: “Southern Citizen”, edited by Benjamin Swaim, printed in New Salem; later moved to Asheboro..

1834 Asheboro Methodist Episcopal Church, South, established.

Second factory in the county built at Franklinville in 1838 by Elisha Coffin, Henry B. Elliott, Henry Kivett and John Miller.

1839 Union Institute (so-called because it represented the united effort of local Quakers and Methodists) was founded at Trinity by Professor Brantley York, born in Sandy Creek area.

Island Ford Factory built in Franklinville in 1845, is the third.

1847 Franklinsville was first chartered as town, named for former N.C. Governor Jesse Franklin.

Union Factory built in Randleman by Jesse Walker, William Clark, Joseph Newlin, James Dicks and William Hinshaw in 1848.

1850 Asheborough Presbyterian Church established, located on the corner of the Fayetteville Road and present-day Worth Street opposite the present Court House (the site is now the parking lot and drive-through for Wachovia Bank).

1851 129-mile-long plank road built from Winston-Salem to Fayetteville, the longest in the world.

1855 St Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church in Randleman established.

1857 Poplar Ridge Friends Meeting established.

1793 Uwharrie Friends Meeting purchases lot; probably already established; meeting discontinued by 1860.

In December 1861 they were sent to guard the Confederate prison established at Salisbury, NC; after this assignment the troops were assigned to other units and few students remained at Trinity.

1864 Peace candidates win all contested elections in Randolph, from sheriff to legislature and Confederate Congress.

1867 Friends from a Baltimore Friends Meeting established a model farm in northwest Randolph near Archdale.

1869 O. R. Cox purchased Cedar Falls Manufacturing Company with nine other shareholders.

1879 Naomi Factory built by J. E. Walker, John H. Ferree, J.0.

1880 Enterprise Factory established at Coleridge by James A, Cole, E. A. Moffitt and Daniel Lambert,

1881 Worth Manufacturing Company built at Worthville, Doctor John M. Worth, President; T. C. Worth and Hal M. Worth.

1882 First woman bookkeeper in county: Mrs.

1884 Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad (30 miles in County through Liberty and Staley with branch line to Ramseur) built.

1886 Liberty Baptist Church established in March.

1890 Randleman was largest town in the county, with population of 1,754.

1891 Sophia Post Office established.

1894 Directory lists 8 lawyers (all in Asheboro), 4 hotels and 12 boarding houses, 7 roller mills, 85 grist mills, 30 saw mills, 45 ministers, 2 weekly and monthly newspapers, 34 physicians, 81 post offices, 8 academies and 136 public schools.

1895 Ramseur incorporated on March 31; named for General Stephen A. Ramseur.

1897 Asheboro Telephone Company organized for providing telephone service.

1899 Randolph Book Club organized in Asheboro.

1902 Asheboro Baptist Church organized, on Church Street.

1903 Asheboro Holiness Church organized; located first on Church Street, then moved to Hoover Street,

1905 Randleman Savings and Loan Association Chartered.

1906 Randolph County Court House built on Worth Street.

1907 Randolph Telephone Company formed to serve Liberty area.

Eugenia Moss McCain became first female Post Master in Asheboro; served for 42 years (until 1908). John Randleman and John H. Ferree bought Union Factory and changed name to Randleman.

1909 Brick building erected for Asheboro Graded School.

1910 First manufacturing company established in Liberty: Picker-Stick and Nove1ty Company (now Liberty Chair Company). Municipal water and sewer system installed in Asheboro.

Norfolk Southern Railroad Co. purchased franchise in 1912.

1914 National Chair Company established by C. C. Cranford.

1917 Asheboro Hosiery Mills, Inc., established.

In 1918, a new charter was received and its name was shortened to Franklinville.

1920 First street paved in Asheboro.

1921 Gregson Manufacturing Company founded in Liberty,

Brokaw Estate purchased in Trinity Township; used as. hunting lodge by William Gould Brokaw; sold in 1922 after Manor house burned.

1923 First woman laboratory technician from Asheboro: Miss Lillie Pearl Wood.

1924 McCrary Hosiery Mill began operation.

1926 Asheboro Rotary Club organized.

In 1931 this Company was bought by the Central Telephone Company.

1935 First golf course in the county: Asheboro Municipal Golf Course on Country Club Drive built with WPA money.

1940 Oaklawn Cemetery started in Asheboro.

1942 Liberty Public Library established.

1947 Radio Station WGWR erected; first radio station in county.

1951 Asheboro High School building on Park Street completed.

September 1952 — Randolph Federal Credit Union opens on Randolph Air Force Base with nine members and $45 in deposits.

St Joseph’s Parish (Roman Catholic Church) established in Asheboro; new Church building opened in 1954.

1955 Ramseur won first place in its population class in the Carolina Power and Light Company’s “Finer Carolina” program.

1956 Republicans reassume majority control of the County Commissioners; newly-elected Ira L. McDowell is named chairman.

1958 Randolph County Center for Exceptional Children opened in Asheboro at American Legion Hut.

August 1959 — The field of membership is amended to include Brooks Air Force Base and the Brooks Branch is opened.

1960 Rampon Products established by J. M. Ramsey, Jr.

Merged with First Union National Bank in 1961 on November 10th.

1962 Land purchased for camp by Thomasville District of the United Methodist Church near Mt.

In 1964 this library was moved to the new Asheboro Library building.

Randolph Industrial Education Center opened for trade school training; renamed Randolph Technical Institute on October 2, 1965; later Randolph Community College.

1968 Eastern Randolph High School opened near Ramseur.

Tip Top Hosiery Mill operated by Arthur Ross, Sr., started operations in Asheboro; closed in 1970.

1973 Public libraries established in Archdale and Seagrove.

February 1976 — The Randolph Main Office is moved into building #290 at Harmon Drive on Randolph AFB.

1978 Randolph Bank and Trust Company opens in Asheboro.

Fellowship’s offices were housed in a building that served as RBFCU’s Windcrest Branch from 1981-91.Oct.

1982 In March, Belk-Yates Department Store moves from its 50-year location on Sunset Avenue to the newly-opened Randolph Mall.

November 1987 — The Live Oak Branch opens with the credit union's first drive-up ATM and safe deposit boxes.

January 1989 — The Summit Branch opens at Summit Parkway and Loop 410 in its temporary home in the Corporate Square Building in San Antonio.

1990 — RBFCU introduces the "star and contrails" as the credit union’s corporate logo.

June 1991 — The CashBack Mastercard® credit card is introduced.

June 1993 — RBFCU welcomes the credit union's 100,000th member.

1994 — RBFCU begins offering vehicle buyer’s checks for use in the United States and overseas to help members save time and money when purchasing a vehicle.

October 1995 — RBFCU enters the Austin market after a merger with Central Texas Catholic Credit Union, adding about 2,500 members.

September 1996 — The San Marcos Branch relocates to a new building at 1203 Thorpe Lane.

20, 1997 — The Schertz Branch opens, easing congestion at the Live Oak and Randolph branches and serving hundreds of new-housing residents who moved into the FM 3009 and IH-35 area.

April 1999 — NetBranch Online is introduced as a fully interactive online branch that allows members to transact their financial business using a computer.

The new Randolph County Court House, under construction since 2000, opens the first week of July.

February 2001 — A second location in New Braunfels, the Oak Run Branch, opens.

20.January 2002 — RBFCU announces its 50th anniversary celebration, featuring branch commemorations throughout the year to thank members for their membership and unmatched loyalty.

May 2003 — RBFCU breaks ground for a San Antonio branch at Rigsby and Loop 410 South.

January 2004 — The electronic bill payment service known as ePay is introduced, which allows credit union members to pay bills using NetBranch Online.

August 2006 — RBFCU introduces a youth account, the Super Stars, the mascots of which are a brother and sister from a family of superheroes who go on adventures with their friends and teach the value of saving.Sept.

February 2008 — Randolph-Brooks Real Estate Center sets an all-time high by closing $34,339,000 in real estate loans.

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March 21, 2012 — RBFCU opens the Steiner Ranch Branch inside a Randalls supermarket store in Austin.

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June 2016 — RBFCU surpasses $6 billion in total deposits.

22, 2018 — RBFCU enters its fourth major market, providing service to members in Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend with the opening of the Cimarron Branch.Oct.

March 2019 — The financial-advice website Bankrate.com names RBFCU one of the top 10 credit unions in the United States.