WHITE COUNTY TREASURER'S
1816 - PRESENT
MICHEAL S. BROCKETT
WHITE COUNTY TREASURER OF THE PAST
White County's 17th Treasurer, Michael S. Brockett, was one of very few White County men to survive the tragedy of the USS General Lyon which took the lives of 47 local men. The General Lyons Steamer was a 1026-ton Screw steamer for use during the American Civil War.
On March 31, 1865, only days before the end of the war, the USS General Lyon ship hit rough water off Cape Hatteras and a fire erupted in the engine room. The fire spread quickly throughout the ship, killing most of the people on board. There was a large number of discharged Union soldiers on the ship that were returning from war. Many of these men were part of the 56th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
The 56th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 200 men on that tragic day. Only 5 men from this Regiment survived.
On board the vessel were approximately 500 Americans, including paroled prisoners of war, refuges and other civilians. There were many women and children who lost their lives that day. Of these lives lost were 47 White County men. To date, this was the worst day of loss for White County men in war history.
MICHAEL S. BROCKETT survived the tragedy and came home to White County. He was later elected as White County Treasurer.
DANIEL HAY................................1816-1819
BENJAMIN R. SMITH...........................1819
JOHN MCHENRY........................1819-1824
JAMES HIGGINSON...................1824-1828
GEORGE MCHENRY....................1828-1830
DAVID PHILIPS...........................1830-1832
NATHANIEL BLACKFORD..........1836-1838
MILTON B. GOWDY.....................1838-1840
WILLIAM LITTLE........................1840-1844
JAMES T. RATCLIFF....................1844-1849
D. HAY.........................................1849-1851
JOSEPH MEADOR......................1851-1853
J. B. BYRAM................................1853-1857
J.S. ANDERSON..........................1857-1859
THOMAS J. RENSHAW..............1859-1863
A. R. LOGAN................................1863-1867
MICHAEL S. BROCKETT.............1867-1869
JAMES B. ALLEN........................1869-1871
B. F. LOGAN................................1871-1877
JAMES H. SHIPLEY....................1877-1878
E. W. GASTON.............................1878-1882
A. S. HARSHA.............................1882-1886
S. J. WILSON..............................1886-1890
THOMAS J. MATTHEWS...........1890-1894
L. S. BLUE...................................1894-1898
WILLIAM A. RAGLIN...................1898-1902
GEORGE W. CLARK....................1902-1906
JOHN WILSON...........................1906-1910
JESS GRISSOM..........................1910-1914
FRED PUNTNEY..........................1914-1918
CHARLES FRAZIER....................1918-1924
EDWIN SPENCE..........................1924-1926
W. W. WILLIAMS.........................1926-1930
EDWIN SPENCE..........................1930-1933
MARTIN ZIEGLER.......................1933-1934
PAUL A. ZIEGLER........................1934-1938
W. L. GOWDY...............................1938-1942
BAYLUS HARGRAVE...................1942-1946
ROSCOE DUCKWORTH..............1946-1950
WALTER BROWN........................1950-1954
W. D. MORRIS.............................1954-1958
RAYMOND SPENCE...................1958-1962
J. T. GWALTNEY..........................1962-1966
CHARLES FRAZIER....................1966-1970
CHESTER CARTER.....................1970-1986
EUGENE GARRETT.....................1986-1998
DENISE BURNETT.......................1998-2014
PAMELA ARMSTRONG..............2014-2022
MICHEAL BAXLEY..............2022-PRESENT
