Armistead Burwell

Armistead Burwell

Armistead Burwell lived in the early 1800s in Dinwiddie County, Virginia as a planter. Burwell owned over fifty slaves, one of whom was Elizabeth Keckly, who is best known for being the modiste and close friend to Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln.

Armistead Burwell was the biological father of Elizabeth Keckly. [cite book
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