William S. Mhoon

William Spivey Mhoon was elected Treasurer by the legislature on December 20, 1830 when Robert H. Burton refused to serve. Mhoon served two, two-year terms, and he, too, declined to run for re-election. He had represented Bertie County in the House of Commons in 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831. Between 1825 and 1835 he served at the University of North Carolina on the Committee of Appointments to Manage the Western Lands. Also he was appointed as one of the initial commissioners to supervise the rebuilding of the State Capitol on Union Square in 1832.1

1 Jerry L. Cross, "Biographical Sketches of Seven State Treasurers" (Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1994), 1.

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