By: Edith Warren Huggins, Pub. 1987, reprinted 2020, 202 pages, Index, E-BOOK, ISBN #978-1-63914-588-1. Burke County was formed in 1777 from Rowan, which is bounded by Catawba, Cleveland, Rutherford, McDowell, Avery, and Caldwell counties. Records contained within this volume: 1,782 names of settlers; land records (entries, plats, grants); Road Papers; Court Minutes of Wills; Estates; Orphans; Civil and Criminal Cases and numerous other early records.