Sumter County SC Genealogy

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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Sumter Records by Type Birth Records (8) Cemetery Records (214) Census Records (47) Church Records (21) City Directories (16) Court Records (4) Death Records (10) Histories and Genealogies (6) Immigration Records (1) Land Records (6) Map Records (13) Marriage Records (8) Military Records (8) Miscellaneous Records (2) Newspapers and Obituaries (43) Probate Records (8) School Records (31) Tax Records (1)

Overview of Sumter County Records

• Sumter County was created in 1798 from Camden District.
• Birth and death records from 1915 to the present, as well as marriage records from 1950 to the present can be obtained from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control .
• The Sumter County Health Department has birth and death records starting in 1915.
• The Sumter County Probate Judge has marriage records starting in 1911 and probate records starting in 1774.
• The Sumter County Clerk Court has divorce records, court records starting in 1795, and land records starting in 1801.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.