Burt,Erasmus R. Born c.1820,Edgefield C0., SC. Reared in AL. physician and farmer in Oktibbeha and Noxubee Cos.,MS,prewar. State representative. "Father" of the Mississippi Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. State auditor 1859-61. Capt. of vol.militia. Md Lucy,sister of Gen. John T. Morgan. Capt Co K,18th Ms,April 22 1861. MWIA Balls,Bluff,died Oct 26,1861. Buried Greenwood Cemetery,Jackson,MS. His middle name is given as "Arthmala" by a descendent,and it is possible he used R as a phonetic initial for his unusal middle name.
Obit from book---Confederate Colonels
A biographical register
Bruce S Allardice
2008
Burt,Erasmus R. Born c.1820,Edgefield C0., SC. Reared in AL. physician and farmer in Oktibbeha and Noxubee Cos.,MS,prewar. State representative. "Father" of the Mississippi Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. State auditor 1859-61. Capt. of vol.militia. Md Lucy,sister of Gen. John T. Morgan. Capt Co K,18th Ms,April 22 1861. MWIA Balls,Bluff,died Oct 26,1861. Buried Greenwood Cemetery,Jackson,MS. His middle name is given as "Arthmala" by a descendent,and it is possible he used R as a phonetic initial for his unusal middle name.
Obit from book---Confederate Colonels
A biographical register
Bruce S Allardice
2008