WHITE COUNTY TREASURER'S

1816 - PRESENT

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

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.

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.