Secretary of State Division of Business Services Foreign Charters 1874-1971 Record Group
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SECRETARY OF STATE DIVISION OF BUSINESS SERVICES FOREIGN CHARTERS 1874-1971 RECORD GROUP 281 Processed by: Ted Guillaum Archives Technical Services Tennessee State Library & Archives Date Completed: 5-24-2001 MICROFILM ONLY INTRODUCTION Record Group 281, Secretary of State, Division of Business Services, Foreign Charters, 1874-1971, contains 180 cubic feet of documents filed by corporations from out of state doing business in Tennessee. These forms were filed with the Secretary of State and are arranged numerically, however, there is also an alphabetical index. Under Tennessee statute it is the ministerial duty for The Secretary of State to file corporate documents and to maintain a record of the filings. Every foreign (non- Tennessee) corporation that intends to conduct business in Tennessee must first register their corporation with the Secretary of State. To register the foreign corporation in Tennessee, the corporation would file a copy of its charter. A charter is the legal document that establishes the corporation as a legal entity. The registration includes a principal address for the corporation and a registered agent address for service of process. This record group was microfilmed and the originals disposed of according to the Tennessee State RDA for these records. SCOPE AND CONTENT Record Group 281, Secretary of State, Division of Business Services, Foreign Charters, contains 180 cubic feet of documents spanning the years 1874 through 1971. The record group consists of reports filed by corporations headquarted outside of Tennessee. The Division of Business Services originally maintained these records in numerical order but the numerical index evidently was abandoned at some point. The records are arranged in a new numerical system using the computer software called Microsoft® Access™. The container list consists of a numerical list and an alphabetical list printed from this computer software. Only the alphabetical list is available online. In the early stages of processing this collection an attempt was made to use the original index numbers found on the documents. When a gap in the charter numbers appeared, an entry of "N/A" was entered in place of the name of the corporation. After several large gaps and some individual gaps appeared, it was decided to discard the attempt of using the old numbers and assign the remaining documents all new numbers. The charter numbers are arbitrary numbers assigned for the purpose of searching the Access™ database. Four data fields make up the database, and they include the name of the corporation, the charter number, the year of incorporation, and the state of incorporation. Charters were filed for various reasons and therefore the names of a number of companies appear more than once. Reasons for refiling could include mergers, changes in operating officers, and increased value of the company. The year indicates the year the charter was filed with the Tennessee Secretary of State, not necessarily the original year of incorporation of the company. The state indicates the state of incorporation of the company. The most efficient way to locate a charter in this system is to first search the alphabetical list, find the document number, then locate the document by number on the microfilm. When using the computer searchable database it is possible to do a word search to find the name of the corporation, or to sort the data by the year or state of incorporation. During the creation of this database the use of "The" at the beginning of a name was not included in the name field. "Company" and "Incorporated" are always abbreviated throughout this database. Otherwise, the complete name of the company is included in the name field and will be found in its entirety in the searchable database. Long company names are limited to 37 characters in the paper print out. ALPHABETICAL LISTS: A-F G-N O-Z Name Year Charter # State of Inc. "Automatic" Finance Corp. 1926 360 DE "Automatic" Sprinkler Corp. of America 1954 5000 DE "Automatic" Sprinkler Corp. of America 1966 1980 OH "Automatic" Sprinkler Corp. of America 1967 2059 OH "Automatic" Sprinkler Corp. of America 1968 2118 OH "Automatic" Sprinkler Corp. of America 1968 2128 OH "Automatic" Sprinkler Corp. of America 1968 2159 OH "Gets-It", Inc. 1962 9663 IL "Urbane" Fire Insurance Co. 1924 22790 France 100 Church Street Co. 1964 18238 NJ 101 Oakland Corp.18246 1965 18246 NJ 1035 Corp. 1960 22570 MI 1801 Spielbusch Avenue, Inc. 1967 7390 OH 2001 Sanford Street Corp. 1968 22484 DE 2001 Sanford Street Corp. 1968 22492 DE 211 Corp. 1966 22410 PA 2828 N. Haskell Realty Corp. 1963 22754 NV 3 M Business Products Sales, Inc. 1965 21714 DE 31 Flavors Stores Realty, Inc. 1967 22444 CA 3805 Corp. 1964 21683 PA 429 New Street Corp. 1965 8369 OH 430 Mountain Avenue Corp. 1962 8170 NJ 4701 West Greenfield Avenue Corp. 1964 8231 IL 7-Eleven Food Stores, Inc. 1962 21014 DE A & K Insulation Co. 1960 1535 KY A & K Petroleum Co. 1956 12265 DE A & M Millinery Co. Inc. 1948 932 AL A & P Tires, Inc. 1967 2020 AL A Dierks & Co., Inc. 1956 6605 NY A M Life Insurance Co. 1966 1944 MA A R M, Inc. 1968 2116 TX A Two 5 Corp. 1956 1280 DE A-B-I, Inc. 1964 1791 TX A. & A. Lumber Yards, Inc. 1924 314 AL A. & J. Engel, Inc. 1969 2216 NY A. Armanino & Son, Inc. 1963 1718 CA Page 1 Name Year Charter # State of Inc. A. B. Burton Co., Inc. 1948 2840 VA A. B. Burton Co., Inc. 1964 3485 VA A. B. C. Meats, Inc. 1969 2208 TX A. B. C. Trailer Truck Co. Inc. 1923 296 DE A. B. Crump Construction Co. 1921 4019 GA A. B. Culbertson & Co. 1960 5367 TX A. B. Culbertson & Co. 1966 4743 TX A. B. Culbertson Trust Co. 1961 5435 TX A. B. Culbertson Trust Co. 1963 5546 TX A. B. Dick Co. 1966 6835 IL A. Booth & Co. 1899 2369 IL A. Booth & Co. 1903 2318 IL A. C. Becken Co. 1945 2771 IL A. C. Horn Co., Inc. 1953 10225 NY A. C. Horn Contracting Co. 1961 10639 NY A. C. Horn Corp. 1946 4624 NY A. C. Horn Sales Corp. 1946 4611 NY A. C. Lawrence Co. 1938 12802 ME A. C. Lawrence Leather Co. 1933 12764 ME A. C. Luther Properties 1955 13278 TX A. C. Miller Co. 1947 14344 DE A. C. Stamford, Inc. 1953 21819 GA A. C. West & Son, Inc. 1963 24765 FL A. D. Adair & McCarty Bros., Inc. 1932 519 GA A. D. Adair & McCarty Bros., Inc. 1934 526 GA A. D. Chapman & Co. 1941 4492 IL A. E. Anderson Construction Co. 1963 1737 NY A. E. Anderson Construction Corp. 1964 1802 NY A. E. Burgess Co., Inc. 1964 3474 AL A. E. Finley & Associates of North Carolina, Inc. 1965 8392 NC A. E. Finley & Associates, Inc. 1963 8225 FL A. E. Liquidating Corp. 1967 2061 DE A. E. McBee Co. 1907 13714 KY A. E. S. Associates, Inc. 1966 1988 MI A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co. 1968 21604 DE A. E. Stanley Manufacturing Co. 1968 21542 DE Page 2 Name Year Charter # State of Inc. A. E. Stanley Manufacturing Co. 1968 21551 DE A. F. Spengler Co., Inc. 1943 20321 NY A. Farnell Blair Co., Inc. 1950 8320 NV A. G. Boone Co. 1944 2706 DE A. G. Boone Co. 1953 2987 DE A. G. Boone Co. 1966 24924 DE A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. 1967 7381 DE A. G. Kaddis Screw Products Co., Inc. 1959 12327 NY A. G. Rhodes & Son, Inc. 1947 19348 GA A. G. Spalding & Bros. 1928 19885 IL A. Geisel Manufacturing Co. 1894 7801 MO A. Guthrie & Co. 1936 8774 MN A. Guthrie & Co., Inc. 1933 8718 MN A. Guthrie & Co., Inc. 1937 8792 MN A. Guthrie & Co., Inc. 1940 8840 MN A. H. Guion & Co. 1942 9176 NC A. I. C. Leasing Corp. 1963 1743 DE A. J. Bayer Co. 1957 3151 CA A. J. Krank Manufacturing Co. 1928 12051 MN A. J. Krebs Co. 1923 12006 GA A. J. Miller, Inc. 1958 14787 MI A. J. Sheldon & Co. 1922 19729 VA A. J. Wardrep Sons Co. 1927 24107 DE A. K. Adams & Co. 1926 459 GA A. K. Adams & Co., Inc. 1949 968 GA A. K. Adams Co. 1927 369 GA A. L. Greenburg Iron Co. 1911 7793 IN A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co. 1894 11934 IL A. N. Palmer Co. 1928 13477 IA A. N. Palmer Co. 1965 18383 IA A. Nabakowski Co. 1953 16169 OH A. Nabakowski Co. 1961 16525 OH A. Nash Co. 1928 15837 OH A. Nash Co. 1937 15926 OH A. P. Green Fire Brick 1955 9382 MO A. P. Green Fire Brick Co. 1947 8867 MO Page 3 Name Year Charter # State of Inc. A. P. Green Fire Brick Co. 1949 7944 MO A. P. Green Fire Brick Co. 1950 7969 MO A. P. Green Fire Brick Co. 1957 9449 MO A. P. Green Fire Brick Co. 1957 9457 MO A. P. Green Fire Brick Co. 1958 9482 MO A. P. Green Fire Brick Co. 1959 9526 MO A. P. Green Fire Brick Co. 1960 9571 MO A. P. Green Fire Brick Co. 1962 9626 MO A. P. Green Fire Brick Co. 1963 9679 MO A. P. Green Fire Brick Co. 1965 9881 MO A. P. Green Fire Brick Co. 1965 9896 MO A. P. Green Refractiories Co. 1967 9987 DE A. P. Green Refractories Co. 1965 9897 MO A. P. Green Refractories Co. 1966 9905 MO A. P. Green Refractors Co. 1967 9937 MO A. P. Green Services, Inc. 1959 9549 MO A. P.