- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Sumter County historical marker
- Creator:
- Jackson, Edwin L.
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Sumter County
Counties--Georgia--Sumter County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Americus, 32.07239, -84.23269
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Sumter County Courthouse, Americus
Text of marker: "SUMTER COUNTY. This County, created by Act of the Legislature December 16, 1831, is named for Gen. Thomas Sumter of South Carolina who fought in the French & Indian Wars and Revolution. At Andersonville was located the famous unjustly criticized Confederate prison camp. Five miles N. East of Americus at Souther Field, Charles Lindbergh made his first solo flight in 1923 in a newly purchased Gov't. surplus plane. Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff John Kimmey, Clerk of Superior Court Jacob W. Cobb, Clerk of Inferior Court Simmons C. Morgan and Coroner Larken Glover. 129-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_sumter-county
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_sumter-county
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
