Armistead Burt

Armistead Burt (November 13, 1802 – October 30, 1883) was a planter, slaveholder and U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

[1] Born at Clouds Creek, near Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina, Burt moved with his parents to Pendleton, South Carolina.

One of his brothers was future Civil War officer Erasmus Burt.

He moved to Abbeville, South Carolina, in 1828 and continued the practice of law.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses).