William White (1762–1811) was the second

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, serving from 1798 until 1811. White represented Lenoir County in the state legislature, first in the

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and then in the

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, from the county's creation in 1792 until the legislature appointed him Secretary of State in 1798. The same year he built the White-Holman House, listed on the

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in 1971. He was served as Intendant of Police (mayor) of Raleigh from 1803-1806. In 1811, White died in office. The legislature elected his former clerk, William Hill, to succeed him. White's father-in-law was Governor

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. White's daughter, Eleanor, married Governor David L. Swain in 1826.David Lowry Swain biography
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