Sumter County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Sumter County

Guide to Sumter County Georgia genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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

Parent County
1831--Sumter County was created 26 December 1831 from Lee County. County seat:  Americus

Neighboring Counties

 * Crisp
 * Dooly
 * Lee
 * Macon
 * Marion
 * Schley
 * Terrell
 * Webster

Church Records
Mount Zion Church


 * 1797, 1828-1880 - Mount Zion Church Baptism Index 1797, 1828-1880. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1836-1956 - Mount Zion Church Marriage Index 1836-1956. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Civil War

 * 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 ($).

Probate Records

 * Wills 1831-1900 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Index to Will Book 00, 1838-1855 Georgia Pioneers ($)

Marriage

 * 1832-1857 - Sumter County Marriage Books 1 thru 3 Index 1832-1857. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1833-1850 - Sumter County Marriage Index 1833-1850 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1849-1850 - Sumter County Marriage Book A2 Index 1849-1850. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1857-1872 - Sumter County Marriage Books 4 and 5 Index 1857-1872. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1869-1895 - Sumter County Marriage Index 1869-1895. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1869-1902 - Sumter County Marriage Books 6 and 10 Index 1869-1902. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1874-1888 - Sumter County Marriage Books 7 and 8 Index 1874-1888. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1885-1886 - Sumter County Marriage Index 1885-1886 (from newspapers) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1888-1895 - Sumter County Marriage Book 9 Index 1888-1895. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Sumter County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)