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BRANTLEY COUNTY HISTORICAL AND PRESERVATION SOCIETY,

P.O. BOX 1096, Nahunta, Georgia 31553

This page was updated March 7, 2011

OFFICIALS OF THE PAST

REPRESENTATIVE, SENATORS, SHERIFF, ORDINARY COURT, CLERK SUPERIOR COURT, TAX RECEIVER, TAX COLLECTOR, TAX COMMISSIONER, SCHOOL SUPERINTENDANT, COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUES, VOTING PRECINCTS, JUDICIAL COURT DISTRICTS, JUDGE SOLICITOR GENERAL

BRANTLEY COUNTY MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Joseph B. Strickland 1921 - 1926

James C. Strickland 1927 - 1931

William S. Courson 1931 - 1934

William Harley Jones 1935 - 1944

James Patrick Johns 1945 - 1948

William Harley Jones 1949 -

C. Winton Adams 1950 - 1952

Joseph B. Strickland 1953 - 1956

William B. Harris 1957 - Resigned Due to Health 

J. Floyd Larkins 1957 - 1962

J. Robert Smith 1963 - 1964

Hoke S. Wilson 1965 - 1966

Frances Houston Dist. 84 1966

S. D. Nimmer Dist. 84 1967 - 1968

Robert W. Harrison Dist. 66 1969 - 1970

Carl M. Drury Dist. 66 1971 - 1972

L. Jack Strickland Post 1 1973 - 1974

R. Bayne Stone 1975 -

Robert L. Harrison Post 2 1973 - 1974

Simon Grantham 1973 - 1974

*Paul Foster 1975 - 1978

Bobby A. Wheeler 1973 - 1978

Joel Greene 1975

BRANTLEY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUES

In 1929, the State of Georgia created a new board of authority for county administration, The Commissioners of Roads and Revenues. This board had authority for bonding and building the Brantley County Court House in 1930. Prior to this time, the Judge of the Ordinary County, William (Uncle Bill) Roberson had responsibility for most of the financial decisions.

1929 William S. Courson Chairman, Joseph B. Strickland Clerk. V. E. Rozier , D.T. Middleton, M. I. Hagin

1933 & 1937 Joseph B. Strickland Chairman, J.K. Larkins Clerk, Robert C. Harrell, Sr., R. A. Griffin, J. D. Highsmith

1941 Joseph B. Strickland Chairman, Robert C. Harrell, Sr., M. L. Anderson, Robert Drury, J. K. Larkins

1945 Joseph B. Strickland Chairman, Robert Drury, J. J. Herrin, T. W. Lastinger, Roy Harper

1949 J. Vernon Strickland Chairman, Roy Harper, R. Brown Brooker, T. V. Rhoden, D. W. Wainright Clerk

1953 R. Brown Brooker Chairman, Robert C. Harrell Clerk, C. H. Penland, T. V. Rhoden, Silas D. Lee

1957 R. Brown Brooker Chairman, Robert C. Harrell, C. H. Penland, Alfred Thomas, Jr., Silas D. Lee

1961 R. Brown Brooker Chairman, Robert C. Harrell, Louis Prescott, Silas D. Lee, Major Riggins

1965 R. Brown Brooker Chairman, 3 years, Banner J. Wainright Chairman, 1 year, Warren Eldridge, Owen Griffin

1969 George L. Stewart Chairman, Warren Eldridge, J. E. "Ebb" Strickland

1973 Delma F. "Dude"Herrin Chairman, L. Carlton Lee, J. F. Jacobs, Billy Lee, Joel Herrin

1977 John M. Wilson Chairman (Died in Office), John Bennett Appointed Chairman, L. Carlton Lee, Terry L. "Tag" Herrin, Melton "Tex" Bradshaw, John Nix

JUDICIAL COURT DISTRICT

Brantley County is located within the Waycross Judicial Circuit and has had the following individuals to serve as Judges and Solicitor General:

JUDGE SOLICITOR GENERAL

Thomas A. Parker--- Marcus D. Dickerson

J. W. Quincy ---Allen B. Spence

James I. Summerall--- John S. Gibson

Harry D. Reed--- David M. Parker

James D. Blalock--- John W. Bennett, Jr.

Marcus D. Dickerson--- John R. Walker

Walter Thomas--- Dewey Hayes

Cecil Roddenberry

Ben Hodges

Elie Holton