By: Lillian Powell, Dorothy Odom, and Albert Hillhouse, Pub. 1974, reprinted 1988 & 2023, 384 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-136-4. Burke County was one of the first 8 counties created by the Constitution of 1777 after Georgia broke from British control and became an independent state. During the short period 1733-1752 when Georgia was a Trustee Colony, and later a part of this geographical area was known as "Halifax District". In 17893 a portion of Burke was cut off to help c...