This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UiB.2ACI/1366.1 Message Board Post: No, Burke County boundaries were stable throughout the 1830s. In 1841 they carved Caldwell County out of it. But Morganton is in the middle of the county; not even close to a state line.