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Sumter County, Georgia
| March 29, 1540 |
After passing through a swamp, De Soto crosses a river, probably in Sumter County
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Sumter County, Georgia |
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Hernando deSoto |
| August 14, 1734 |
Thomas Sumter born, near Charlottesville, Virginia. Both Fort Sumter and Sumter County, Georgia are named in his honor
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Thomas Sumter |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| December 26, 1831 |
Sumter County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| June 1, 1832 |
Thomas Sumter died, near Stateburg, SC
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Thomas Sumter |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| December 22, 1832 |
Americus is incorporated and made the seat of Sumter County |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| December 21, 1863 |
Sidney Winder orders construction to begin on Camp Sumter near Andersonville, Georgia
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Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| May 18, 1923 |
Charles Lindbergh completes his first solo flight at Souther Field |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| May 18, 1923 |
Charles Lindbergh completes his first solo flight at Souther Field |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| October 1, 1924 |
Jimmy Carter born, Plains, Georgia
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Sumter County, Georgia |
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Jimmy Carter |
| October 4, 1955 |
George Mathews of Americus, in association with Bell Systems, demonstrates a photovoltic (sun-powered) phone, the Bell Solar Battery, in the rural Georgia town.
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| February 24, 1957 |
About 100 members of the Ku Klux Klan visit Koinonia Farms after a Sumter County newspaper erroneously reports that the owner endorsed the applications of two black men to Georgia State College of Business Administration (now Georgia State College). They advice the owners it would be a good time to leave the county
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| April 21, 1958 |
Up to 2 inches of hail fell on Ben Hill and Sumter Counties. There was no reported damage.
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Ben Hill County, Georgia |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| March 5, 1997 |
Yasser Arafat travels to Plains, GA (Sumter County) to meet former President Jimmy Carter
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Jimmy Carter |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| April 9, 1998 |
The National P.O.W. Museum opens at Andersonville, GA
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Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| March 1, 2007 |
Sumter County Regional Hospital in Americus is struck by a tornado, killing 2. |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| June 11, 2011 |
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Leonard Pope rescues
Bryson Moore from a pool in Americus, Georgia.
Bryson had fallen into the deep-end and was underwater. |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
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