Burt-Stark House

Burt-Stark House is a South Carolina historical marker in Abbeville, Abbeville County, dedicated 1979.

Abbeville County · dedicated 1979 · 306 North Main St., Abbeville

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Front: When Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, left Richmond after its fall in April 1865, he traveled south, trying to reach and rally the remnants of his army. On May 2, he spent the night at the home of Col. Armistead Burt. In 1971, Burt's great-niece Mary Stark Davis gave this historic house and all its furnishings to Abbeville's Historic Preservation Commission. Reverse: Here, at the home of Colonel Burt, President Jefferson Davis held the last Confederate Council of War on May 2, 1865. He met with Secretary of War Breckenridge, Gen. Braxton Bragg, and 5 brigade generals; all agreed the only hope was for Davis to elude nearby U.S. cavalry and escape west. Though Davis passed safely through South Carolina, he was seized in Georgia on May 10th.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Abbeville County Historic Preservation Commission

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