The first Burge in Georgia as far I know was Drury Burge son of John
Burge and brother of Richard Burge of the Fairfield Dist. South
Carolina. I have provided his application for a land grant to the group
He turned down the grant and moved back to Virginia via South Carolina.

The next Burge in Georgia was a John Burge.  He was listed among
Washington County "Headright and Bounty Grants" 1789- 1793. Fire
destroyed all records in this county in 1855.

John Rains was in Washington County in 1784. His family was the only
Rains family there.

1788 Rev Michael Burge joined the Methodist Church in South Carolina. He
was sent to the Catawba Indians in the Waxhaws. He later moved to
Georgia then to Mississippi.

1790 Aug 2nd Surveyors Records book D-E  1788-1793 - John Burge property
adjoined Peak and Lamon.

1793 page 86 grant book cccc John Burge 379 acres.

1794 to 1871 William Burge buried in the Sardis Cemetery in Cobb County
Georgia. His wife  Mary is also buried there

1820-1870.  I have a note that John Burge drew land in Cobb County,
however, I don't have a date.

1796 In Capt. Kirks District, Hancock County, Georgia.  John Burge had
143 acres of pine land, adjacent to Pehitom? on Buffalo Creek.

1796 Hancock County Willie Burge Witnessed deed of Haddon Parham to John
Lewis Jr.

1798 Book C  page 38 John Burge to Robert Rains.

1798 Book C page 120 Willie Burge to Laban Wright.

1800 Book E page 6 Willie Burge to Lundy Huff.

1800 - As you know Richard Burge moved from Fairfield Dist SC to Warren
County Georgia with his widowed mother Francis.  His father in law Jesse
Bird Sr. was already there.  There are records that he obtained land in
Burke County in 1794.

1800 Richard Burge son of Richard and Amy Byrd. See 1850 Census.

Aug. 18,1804 a John Burge was married to Winnie Thurman in Warren Co
Georgia.   Several other marriages of interest In 1803 to 1805 are the Heaths,
Parham, Rains, Wynne, Wright, Perry, Peebles, and the Dunn family. These
families are from Bristol Parish Virginia.

1804 Hancock County Tax list Willie Burge 6 slaves lived on Sandy Run
Creek.

1805 Warren County Georgia  Tax list Francis Burge widow of Richard
Burge as having 11 slaves and 100 acres of land next door to the Wynne
family on Redlick Creek.

1805 Warren County Georgia Tax list Richard Burge one poll one slave and
no land.

1805 Warren County Georgia Tax list
Bynum Burge no poll no slaves and no land

1805 Warren County Georgia Tax list
John Burge as a defaulter.

1805 Georgia land lottery
Bynum Burge draws #2012 BB in Warren
John Burge draws #2139  in Washington
Richard Burge draws #2003 in Warren
Willie Burge draws #1160 in Hancock

1806 John Burge born in South Carolina. Came to Georgia prior to 1850.
History of Crisp Co. Georgia.

1806 March 27 Warren County marriage records.  Nancy Burge Heath married
Anson Highfield.

1807 Georgia Land Lottery
Grantee - Frances Burge (Widow) Carters Militia District Lot No. 141
District No. 25 County Warren

1808 William Burge paid taxes in Hancock County

1808 Matthew Burge paid taxes in Hancock County Georgia.

1808 - 1823 Jones County History page 30.  William Burge $40.00 to the
use of William Burge Jr. to paid for the care of James Drawn. Minutes of
Inf Court County affiars.

1809 Hancock County Book H page 550 Willie Burge to John Knight

1813 Warren County Circuit Court Michael Burge and Elijah Bird

1813 Nov. 10-17 Jeremiah Private in Capt Henry Lanes Co. (MR 1779-1834)
page 225

1814 Aug 14 John Burge Ens 1 C.M. company Oglethorpe Co G.M.

1814 July 14 Nathan Burge Pvt. 2nd Co FCM 13 Regt Washington Co. MR
1784- 1815 Washington County.

1821 Rev Michael Burge was in Warren County (a Rev. Soldier) Came to
Georgia from South Carolina then went to Mississippi

1823-1851 Newton County, Georgia Will Book 1. L.W.&T. of Willie Burge
transfered from Morgan County to Newton County at Sept. term 1824.
Willie Burge to my beloved wife Vandy, all of my estate real and
personal during her life or widowhood... to sons Thomas & Wiley Burge &
James Burge $1000 when they arrive at age 21... to daughters Eliza and
Nancy Burge when they arrive at age of 21, $1000... daughter Patsy Lam
and son Hamilton Burge, neighbor shall have any part as I have given
them $1000... Richard Lam, Hamilton Burge, James Hodge, Exers 5  June
1821 Willie Burge (Seal) witt.  Proven 4 Nov. 1822

More to come.  Richard took his family to Tennessee in 1813/1814. His
sons Richard, Henry, Wright and William all born in Georgia.

Ken Moore