A cikin rashin sauran wakilan gwamnati, Burnett ya zama mai mulkin mallaka na Charleston har sai an watsar da garin a shekara ta 1889.
Tabbas, wani nau'i mai rikitarwa na jumla shi ne "A cikin rashin sauran wakilan gwamnati, Burnett ya zama'' de facto'' shugabancin Charleston har sai an bar garin a kusa da 1889, a lokacin da ya bar Charleston kuma ya zama Justice of Peace a kusa da Pearce. "