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Sumter County Genealogy Records Available to Members 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 Sumter 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).
Traced Families:
Sumter County Families
Barwick
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Sumter County Wills, Estates, Marriages
Sumter County was founded in 1832 by 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.SEE OUR VIDEOS ON RUMBLE
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