Burke County was formed in 1777 fro Rowan, which is bounded by Catawba, Cleveland, Rutherford, McDowell, Avery, and Caldwell counties.

This book traces the Raburn family from John Raban to Audrey Docia Raburn in the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Texas. It contains a short biography of each direct Raburn ancestor including maps, Family Group Sheets, Timelines and Notes. The Notes Section contains transcriptions of all found documents and published information with sources.

James Brittain II was born in Virginia about 1750. He was married to Delilah Stringfield about 1780 while he was living in North Carolina He served in the state militia in 1790. Some of his descendents moved west into Alabama, and later into Oklahoma and Texas.

Volume III contains 1,782 names of settlers; land records (entries, plats, grants); road papers; court minutes of wills; estates; orphans; civil and criminal cases; numerous other early records.