By: Edith Warren Huggins, Pub. 1987, Reprinted 2020, 190 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-621-5.
Burke County was formed in 1777 from Rowan, which is bounded by Catawba, Cleveland, Rutherford, McDowell, Avery, and Caldwell counties. Contents within this volume: More Land records; Tax Lists; Court Minutes; 1786-1787 Census, three versions of the 1790 Census; 1800 Census; Tax Returns; Sales; Jurors; County officials; Military Records; Wills; Estates; Marriages; and other valuable original records.