- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Sumter County
- Creator:
- Inscoe, John C., 1951-
- Date of Original:
- 2002-10-03
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, 32.03997, -84.19704
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Sumter County, Georgia. Sumter County, in southwest Georgia, was established by an act of the state legislature on December 26, 1831, just four years after the Creek Indians vacated the region when the state acquired the territory from them in the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs. Sumter, the state's eightieth county, was created entirely from Lee County, now situated to its south. The county was named for General Thomas Sumter (1734-1832) of South Carolina. At the time of the county's creation, the general was ninety-seven years old and the last surviving general of the American Revolution (1775-83).
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/sumter-county/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Sumter County," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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