Sumter County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Sumter County

County Courthouse
Sumpter County Courthouse Washington Street Livingston, AL 35470 Phone: (205) 652-2291

Probate Judge has a few birth records from 1888-1918 marriage and probate record from 1833, land records and historical voters maps

Parent County
1832--Sumter County was created 18 December 1832 from the Choctaw Cession of 1830. County seat: Livingston

Record Loss
1901 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research
 * http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Choctaw
 * Greene
 * Kemper County, Mississippi
 * Lauderdale County, Mississippi
 * Marengo
 * Noxubee County, Mississippi
 * Pickens

Cemeteries
BillionGraves


 * Brewersville Cemetery, Belmont
 * Brown Cemetery, Livingston
 * Henagan Cemetery, Livingston
 * Lee Cemetery, Epes
 * Livingston Memorial Gardens, Livingston
 * Maye Cemetery, Livingston
 * Myrtlewood Cenetery, Livingston
 * New Prospect Cemetery, Livingston
 * Odd Fellows Cemetery, Gainesville
 * Old Cemetery, Gainesville
 * Old Cemetery of African and American Minorities of African Descent, Boliger
 * Roy Cemetery, Epes
 * Shady Grove Cemetery, Livingston

Additional Sumter County cemeteries are included in Alabama Cemetery Records at FamilySearch Books Online - free.

Court Records
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Alabama, Sumter County Circuit Court Files (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Land and Property
To place a grant or deed on a map within context of see:


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Sumter County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2007. This is a definitive work and can be used as an index to land grants. Digital version at HistoryGeo.com ($). Website includes free surname index..

Taxation

 * 1865-1866 - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Sumter County is in District 2.

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * Dec 1916–May 1918 - Index for White Birth Records in the Alabama State Archives found at ALGenWeb - free.

Marriage

 * 1816-1957 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Incomplete.


 * http://theusgenweb.org/al/sumter/marriages.html Marriages] at ALGenWeb - free.

Death

 * 1881-1952 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * Sumter County Deaths at ALGenWeb - free

Societies
Sumter County Historical Society p.o. Box 213 Livingston, Alabama 35470

Libraries
Hightower Memorial Library 630 Ave. A York, Alabama 36925 Telephone: 205-392-2004

Ruby Pickens Tartt Public Library 201 Monroe St. Livingston, Alabama 35470

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS 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.
 * USGenWeb Archives Project ~ contains record transcriptions from Bibles, obituaries, court records and more.
 * Sumter County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Sumter County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Sumter County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)