By: Pat Bryant, Pub. 1974, reprinted 2025, 252 pages, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-338-2. Burke County was one of the 8 original counties of the state. Prior to that time, under the Royal Province of Georgia, it was called St. George Parish. Many of Georgia's great Irish families came from this parish. Burke County is the parent to Jefferson, Screven and Jenkins Counties. The grants in this book are listed in alphabetical order giving such information as name of person with grant, acreage, location, date of grant, Book & page number, and neighbors when know. Many of the early records for Burke County are lost or destroyed and these records should help that researcher looking for early settlers in this area of Georgia.