City of Williamsburg, Virginia

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Colonial Period

John Holloway, 1722-1723

(Record Incomplete)

Abraham Nicholas, 1735-1736
Edward Barradall, 1736-1737
John Harmer, 1737-1738
Dr. George Gilmer, 1746-1747
Dr. John Amson, 1750-1751
John Blair Jr., 1751-1752
John Holt, 1752-1753
George Gilmer, 1753-1754
John Randolph, 1755-1756

(Record Incomplete)

John Prentis, 1759-1760

(Record Incomplete)

Thomas Everard, 1766-1767
Dr. James Cocke, 1767-1768
George Wythe, 1768-1769
James Blair Jr., 1769-1770
John Randolph, 1770-1771
Thomas Everard, 1771-1772
Dr. James Cocke, 1772-1773
John Blair Jr., 1774-1774
John Dixon, 1774-1775
Dr. William Pasteur, 1775-1776

POST COLONIAL PERIOD

(Record incomplete)

William Holt, 1776-1777

(Record incomplete)

Samuel Griffin, 1779-1780
William Holt, 1782-1783
William Finnie, 1783-1784

(Record Incomplete)

Philip Barraud, 1787-1788

(Record Incomplete)

John Bracken, 1796-1797

(Record Incomplete)

John Bracken, 1800-1801
John Henderson, 1801-1802

(Record Incomplete)

Robert Anderson, 1812

(Record Incomplete)

Robert Anderson, 1828
W.W. Webb, 1829
Thomas Coleman, 1830
William M. Moody. 1830
Thomas G. Peachy, 1831-1832
(Record Incomplete)

Henley Taylor, 1835-1836

(Record Incomplete)

Beverly Tucker, 1838-1839
Robert Saunders, 1859
R.M. Garrett, 1859-1863
Lemuel Bowden, 1862-1863
W.R.C. Douglas, 1863-1864
John H. Barlow, 1864-1867

POST WAR PERIOD

Robert Saunders, 1868
Robert F. Cole, 1868
John D. Munford, 1869
William A. Durfey, 1870-1879
John A. Henley, 1879-1896
John L. Mercer, 1896-1904
E.W. Warburton, 1904-1916
Dr. John M. Henderson, 1916-1928
John Garland Pollard, 1928-1929

Council-Manager Period

George Preston Coleman, 1929-1934
Channing M. Hall, 1934-1947
Vincent D. Mcmanus, 1947-1948
Dr. Henry M. Stryker 1948-1968
Vincent D. Mcmanus, 1968-1970
Vernon M. Geddy Jr., 1970-1984
Robert Walker, 1984-1988
John Hodges, 1988-1992
Trist B. McConnell 1992-1996
Gilbert Granger, 1996-1998
Jeanne Zeidler, 1998-Present

The majority of this list was composed by Lois S. Bodie, Former Clerk of the Council. This list was compiled by searching through the old city council minutes. Many of the older minutes of council were written in long-hand, and the Mayor was often not present at the council meetings. These factors may contribute to some inaccuracies in this list.