This book is an abstracted transcription of the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions records January 1799 - November 1805. 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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