Burke County, Georgia 1755-1855, the Families Of.

By: Robert Scott Davis & Silas Emmett Lucas, Pub. 1981, Reprinted 2017, 824 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-211-2.

Burke County was created in 1777 as one of the original 7 counties of the state. Information in this volume includes: English Crown Grants in St. George Parish in GA 1755-1775; Landowners of St. George Parish, GA; State Land Grants in Burke, Jefferson and Screven Counties, GA; Remnant of the 1798 Federal Direct Tax Digest of Burke County, GA; Land Lottery Records of Burke County, GA 1805-1832; 1820, 1830, 1840 & 1850 Federal Census of Burke County; 1820 Burke County Manufacturers Census; 1840 Schedules of Mines, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures; 1850 Lists of 6 schedules for the 1850 Census; Legend for 1850 Free Schedule; 1850 Slave Schedule of Burke County; 1850 Mortality Schedule of Burke County; 1850 Social Statistics of Burke County; 1850 Agricultural Schedule of Burke County; and 1855 Federal Tax Digest of Burke County.