General Info

Claiborne Holding Company is the parent company of First Century Bank, a full-service financial institution serving Claiborne, Hancock, Union and North Knox counties, Tenn. The bank provides small business loans to counties throughout all of east Tennessee. Near the end of the 19th century, in the fall of 1899, an infant bank was chartered in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee. This bank was Claiborne National Bank. Its first president, George Montgomery, guided the bank through many challenges and the bank prospered. In 1919, marking its 20th anniversary, the bank changed its name to Claiborne County Bank and retained this name for almost 70 years until First Claiborne Bank was established. Claiborne Holding Company is located in New Tazewell, Tenn.