Hill County 50 cents (fifty cents) treasury warrant
Rating
Title
Hill County 50 cents (fifty cents) treasury warrant
County of Origin
Hill County
Place of Issue
Hillsboro
Currency Type
Treasury Warrant
Denomination
$0.50
Bank/Issuer
Hill County
Imprint
None
Date Issued
July [illegible] 1862
Decade
1860-1869
Notes
This treasury warrant was issued in Hillsboro by Hill County . A diamond design borders all edges of the note . The phrase '50 CENTS. ' is printed in the upper-half of the left border ; the phrase 'RECEIVABLE for County Dues , or payable in State or Confederate Paper. ' is printed in the lower-half . The abbreviation 'No. ' is printed in the upper-left corner of the note ; the number '466 ' is handwritten adjacent to it . The month and year that the note was issued , July 1862 , are printed on the note ; and illegible day is handwritten adjacent to them. The note is signed on the recto by James T . Ratcliff , Deputy County Clerk , and John S . Scofield , Chief Justice . Ratcliff's occupation is listed as attorney-at-law in the 1860 Census . Scofield was a charter member of the Hill County Medical Society and served as its president twice (Cleburne Times-Review) . In addition he was Hill County chief justice during the Civil War and was later vice president and director of the Sturgis National Bank as well as director of the Hillsboro Roller Mill (Cleburne Times-Review) . BC-168 .
Rarity
R.7
Signatures
J . T Ratcliff Dept County Clerk. ; Jno S Scofield Chief Justice .
Dimensions
5 x 14 cm
Digital Resource Type
Image
Digitization Process
Digitization process : scanned as 1200 ppi , 16-bits per channel , RGB.tif ; derivative created from recto and verso and resized as 3000 pixels on the long edge , 8-bits per channel RGB.jpg .
Upload File Name
rowe_barr_hillcounty_hillsboro_0000002_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
rowe_barr_hillcounty_hillsboro_0000002r.tif ; rowe_barr_hillcounty_hillsboro_0000002v.tif
Rowe Catalog Number
2
Digital Collection
Rowe-Barr Collection of Texas Currency
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
SMU Libraries
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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