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History of the Office of Clerk of Court

The office of the Clerk of Court was established in 1821 by the territorial governor, none other than Andrew Jackson. Within two days of Jackson accepting possession of Florida, the governor appointed a clerk of court and assigned duties to him, not the least of which was to aggressively obtain the land records from the Spanish officials who had those records.

The Clerk and Governor had such resistance to obtaining the land records that they had the former Spanish governor arrested and every since then, the Clerks' job has been challenging!

In those early days, as new counties were created and clerks appointed, many times the court had to use the clerk's house to hold court until the county could build a courthouse! The funding mechanism for the early territorial Florida Clerks was the fee system, where users of the courts pay filing fees, copy fees, etc. to fund the office. This system is still the major office funding source today.

In the first state constitution, the office of the clerk of court was established and the duties defined, and this has been combined with other statutory functions set out in Florida Statutes.

The Clerks of Wakulla County

Name of Clerk Date Service Began
Brent X. Thurmond 1/07/1997
J. Harold Thurmond 1/03/1989
Beatrice Dugger 6/23/1988
Carlton Tucker 1/02/1973
Moody Pearce 1/08/1957
Gilbert J. Langston 1/07/1941
L. L. Pararo 1/04/1921
J. M. Towles 1/07/1913
H. N. Walker 1/05/1909
J. M. Towles 1/03/1901
John J. Harrell 12/30/1892
Joseph W. Duval 12/08/1888
George R. Smith 3/16/1887
Nat R. Walker 1/25/1878
James W. Smith Sr. 10/27/1873
John H. Hogue 2/09/1871
W. W. Walker 8/14/1868
David Lewis 10/29/1863
Herndon L. Henderson 10/31/1857
John C. Mound 10/27/1855
T. J. M. Richardson 11/01/1853
William W. Mound 3/11/1851
Charles Ingram 2/22/1850
George L. Bryant 1/20/1847
A. R. Alexander 6/30/1846
Joseph Woodruff 12/27/1845
Amos M. Alexander 4/16/1843