Sumter County Records

Sumter County Court House. Sumter County was founded in 1832 from Lee County and was the site of 3 hospitals for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. The famous confederate prisonAndersonville was located here where many northern soldiers died as a result of cruel treatment. The surrounding town and plantations, suffering themselves, share food with the prisoners but history fails to give this account. County Seat: Americus. Early Settlers: Oliver Griffith, Samuel Bivins, Wright Brady, Lewis Bruner, John Cowart, Ebenezer Cottle, James Cato, William Dupree, John Fletcher.

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Sumter County Databases Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers

Sumter County Marriages

Sumter County Marriages 1833-1850
Sumter County Marriages from newspapers 1885-1886.

Wills

Sumter County Wills 1831-1900 (abstracts).

Indexes to Probate Records

Index to Sumter County Will Bk OO, 1838 to 1855.
Index to Sumer County Annual Returns, Vouchers, Appraisements, 1850 to 1870

Miscellaneous Wills and Estates

Brinkley, Benjamin H., deceased. Bond for Temporary Letters of Administration (1854).
Powell, John, LWT (Digital Image)(1863).
Powell, William, LWT (Digital Image) (1863).