George Montgomery White

George Montgomery White was an American politician in North Carolina that was a two-term member of the North Carolina House of Commons from Bladen County.

Biography

George Montgomery White was born on March 25, 1828, and was the son of Griffith John White and Mary Jane Hendon. He is listed as a freshman at the University of North Carolina in the 1849–1850 academic year and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1853. White was reported to have obtained a North Carolina Superior Court license in 1855. He was considered to be a lawyer of prominence and was a leader of the bar in the Cape Fear region. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons from Bladen County from 1854 to 1857.
He died on June 26, 1860, aged 32 years, 3 months, and 1 day.

White married Victoria Harrison Lewis in 1858.
His brother William Hendon White was later elected as the democratic sheriff of Bladen County after the American Civil War, but was removed by reconstruction officials. William "became conspicuous during war times and in the violent scenes which characterized the reconstruction period."