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Members of Governing Bodies: City of Charlotte

Note: A list of city officials for years prior to 1900 is included in the City Code, published 1902. A copy of this book may be consulted in the Carolina Room of the Public Library of Charlotte, or in the office of the City Clerk.

A complete list of city officials who served both before 1900 and up to the present is an official record of the City of Charlotte and on file in the office of the City Clerk.

A list of Council members who have served since adoption of the City Manager form of goverment in 1929 follows:
 

Aitken, G. Douglas, 1949-51

Mecklenburg Resolves

Charlotte Town, Mecklenburg County, May 31, 1775

THIS day the Committee of this County met, and passed the following RESOLVES:

Mayors of Mecklenburg Cities and Towns

Mayors of Charlotte

1851-52
   William K. Reid*
1852-53
   Alexander Graham*
1853-57
   William F. Davidson*
1857-59
   David Parks*
1859-61
   Jennings B. Kerr*

*Called Intendant instead of Mayor

 

1861-62
   William A. Owens
1862-63
   Robert F. Davidson
1863-64
   L. S. Williams
1864-65
   Samuel A. Harris

Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence

MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

MAY 20, 1775

  1. That whosoever directly or indirectly abetted or in any way, form or manner countenanced to unchartered & dangerous invasion of our rights as claimed by G. Britain is an enemy to this County - to America & to the inherent & inaliable rights of man.

Hornet's Nest

Hornets' Nest: the Story of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County was published in 1961 by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Although now dated in its approach and lacking in coverage of the latter part of the twentieth century, this book by William LeGette Blythe and Charles Brockmann continues to be a comprehensive source of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County history.