Sumter County

Sumter County · dedicated 1954 · At the intersection of Dudley and Lamar streets in Americus.

This County, created by Act of the Legislature December 26, 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 east of Americus at Souther Field, Charles Lindbergh made his first solo flight in 1923 in a newly purchased government 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.

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