This book is an abstracted transcription of the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions records October 1791 - October 1798. Burke County was formed from the western section of Rowan County in 1777. Morganton was chosen as the county seat. Originally Burke County included parts of Lincoln, Rutherford, Buncombe, Yancey, Caldwell, McDowell, Avery, Catawba, Alexander, Watauga, Madison, Mitchell, and Avery Counties. In early North Carolina history,...
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