Sumter County, South Carolina Genealogy

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Parent County
1798--Sumter County was created in 1798 from Camden District. County seat:  Sumter 

Neighboring Counties

 * Calhoun
 * Clarendon
 * Florence
 * Kershaw
 * Lee
 * Richland

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Sumter

Probate
The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has microfilms or typescripts of wills, inventories, bills of sale, power of attorneys, bonds, notes, administrations, judgments, and sales records. They have placed Will Transcriptions for 1782 to 1855 online. Index searchable by name and the image is available.

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