Sumter County, Georgia Wills, Marriages

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 prison Andersonville 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.

Sumter County Databases Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers

• Sumter County Wills 1831-1900 (abstracts).
• Index to Sumter County Will Bk OO, 1838-1855.
• Brinkley, Benjamin H., deceased. Bond for Temporary Letters of Administration (1854).
• Powell, John, LWT (Digital Image)(1863).
• Powell, William, LWT (Digital Image) (1863).
• Sumter County Marriages 1833-1850
• Sumter County Marriages from newspapers 1885-1886

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