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Revision as of 00:58, 16 March 2013
United States 
Georgia Sumter County
Guide to Sumter County Georgia genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Sumter County, Georgia | |
| Map | |
 Location of Georgia in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | 26 December, 1831 |
|---|---|
| County Seat | Americus |
| Courthouse | |
| Address | Sumter County Courthouse PO Box 295 Americus, GA 31709-0295 Phone: 912.924.3090 Sumter County Website |
Contents |
County Courthouse
Sumter County Courthouse
PO Box 295
Americus, GA 31709-0295
Phone: 912.924.3090
County Health Department has birth, death and burial records;
Probate Court has marriage and probate records; Clerk Superior
Court has divorce, court and land records from 1831[1]
History
Parent County
1831--Sumter County was created 26 December 1831 from Lee County. County seat: Americus [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Marriages
1833-1850 Georgia Pioneers ($)
1885-1886 (from newspapers) Georgia Pioneers ($)
Military
Civil War
- Andersonville, Georgia. Andersonville Prisoner of War Database. Andersonville, GA, USA: National Park Service, Andersonville National Historic Site. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
- Andersonville, Georgia. Andersonville Prisoner of War Database. Andersonville, GA, USA: National Park Service, Andersonville National Historic Site. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
- Clavreul, H. Diary of Rev. H. Clavreul: With the Names of Dying Federal Soldiers to Whom He Ministered at Andersonville, Ga. July and August, 1864. Waterbury, Conn.: Connecticut Association of Ex-prisoners of War, 1910. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
- Clavreul, H. Diary of Rev. H. Clavreul: With the Names of Dying Federal Soldiers to Whom He Ministered at Andersonville, Ga. July and August, 1864. Waterbury, Conn.: Connecticut Association of Ex-prisoners of War, 1910. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
Newspapers
Probate
- Wills 1831-1900 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Will Book 00, 1838-1855 Georgia Pioneers ($)
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Sumter County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Sumter County, Georgia. Page 160 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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