Burke County, North Carolina

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Burke County, North Carolina
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Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
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Founded	1777
County Seat	Morganton
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Burke County, North Carolina
201 S Green Street
P O Box 219
Morganton, NC 28680
Phone: 828-438-5450

Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913
marriage, land and military discharge records from 1865;
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1865^[1]

Burke was formed from Rowan 8 Apr 1777

History

Parent County

1777--Burke County was created 8 April 1777 from Rowan County. County seat: Morganton ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1865--Many court records and most land records burned by Federal troops.

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Avery
• Caldwell
• Catawba
• Cleveland
• Lincoln
• Mcdowell
• Rutherford

Resources

Cemeteries

• Burke County cemetery listings at FindAGrave -user-submitted burial records
• Burke County cemeteries - compilation of resources on the Burke County, NCGenWeb site
• NC Tombstone Transcription Project - Burke county cemeteries

Census

• Census records on the NCGenWeb Archives

For tips on accessing Burke County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.

Court

• Burke County court records at the NCGenWeb Archives

Education

• Book: The North Carolina School for the Deaf at Morganton, 1894-1944 (1945) - free online
• Burke County students at NC colleges - list via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Land

• Deeds 1855-1985 -- Search on the Burke County Register of Deeds website
• Deeds of Burke County -- NCGenWeb Archives

Local Histories

• Book: Catawba Valley and highlands : Burke County, Western North Carolina (1896) - via the Internet Archive

Maps

• Burke County Maps - via NC Maps Digital Collection

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Burke County for European settlers included:^[3]

• Old Cherokee Path pre-historic
• Jonesboro Road 1769
• Rutherford's War Trace 1776

Military

Civil War

Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.

-1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, usually known as the Bethel Regiment.

-6th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

-11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

• Burke county newspapers - a listing of newspapers published in the county & libraries that hold them; via the Library of Congress.
• Burke County residents in the newspaper - name listing of people from the county as located in misc. newspaper articles; time span varies. Articles indexed in the NC People in the Papers database.
• North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project - contains full-text papers from 1752-1890s. Search for your Burke County ancestors.

Probate

• Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Burke County, North Carolina Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

• Burke County Births - search on the website of the Burke County Register of Deeds
• North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964 - search this name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state; via FamilySearch

Marriages

• Burke County Marriages - search on the website of the Burke County Register of Deeds
• North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979 - search this database of marriages from across the state - images included; via FamilySearch
• Burke County marriages - may be included throughout Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register & State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searchable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website.
• Burke County Marriages 1774-1854 North Carolina Pioneers
• North Carolina Marriages to 1799, a database, available to members North Carolina Pioneers

Deaths

• Burke County Deaths - search on the website of the Burke County Register of Deeds
• Deaths of Burke County - list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s.
• North Carolina Death Certificates, 1906-1930 - search a statewide collection of freely available death certificates - images are included; via FamilySearch

Societies and Libraries 

• Burke County Public Library
• Burke County Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Hickory North Carolina Family History Center
• Morganton North Carolina Family History Center

Web Sites

• Burke County NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
• Burke County NCGenWeb Archives
• Family History Library Catalog
• North Carolina Pioneers North Carolina Pioneers

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Burke County, North Carolina p. 507. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. (FHL Book 973 D27e 2002) WorldCat entry., and William E. Myer, Indian Trails of the Southeast. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971), 12-14, and the book's pocket map "The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the early Colonial Period" (1923). (FHL Book 970.1 M992i) WorldCat entry.