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	Thomas Sumter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		General Thomas Sumter (August 14, 1734 - June 1, 1832) was a hero of the American Revolution and went on to become a longtime member of the Congress of the United States.
		Sumter was born in Virginia came to South Carolina at age 30 and settled in Stateburg in the Camden district.
		Sumter would be most famous throughout history, however, for another of his namesakes — Fort Sumter, a defended US Army outpost at the entrance to Charleston Harbor the shelling of which precipitated the beginning of the American Civil War.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Sumter (377 words)

	Sumter Heritage & History
		The city of Sumter is the seat of Sumter County and the largest city, the eighth largest metropolitan area in the state of South Carolina.
		General Sumter was one of the models for Mel Gibson's character in the 2000 movie, "The Patriot" (along with Francis Marion and Andrew Pickens, also from South Carolina), and his service to his country continued for the duration of his long life.
		Sumter has a rich African-American heritage dating back more than 200 years to the "King's Highway," the main route from Charleston to what was then known as the "Carolina Backcountry." From their beginnings on the plantations of Statesburg, Sumter's African-Americans have risen to the heights of accomplishment in the fields of politics, education and entertainment.
	www.sumter-sc.com /VisitingUs/Tourism_Heritage.aspx (1786 words)

	SUMTER - LoveToKnow Article on SUMTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		SUMTER, a city and the county-seat of Sumter county, South Carolina, U.S.A., 42 m.
		Sumter is served by several divisions of the Atlantic Coast line and by the Southern railways.
		Sumter was founded in 1800 and was named in honor of General Thomas Sumter; it was first chartered as a city in 1887.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SU/SUMTER.htm (330 words)

	Sumter County, Alabama
		Sumter County, Alabama, is a rural Blackbelt county in West Central Alabama on the Mississippi state line.
		Sumter County was created on December 18, 1832, and was named to honor General Thomas Sumter, a South Carolina Revolutionary hero, known as the "Gamecock".
		Sumter County was the home of Alabama's first native-born governor, John Anthony Winston, who was elected in 1853.
	www.angelfire.com /al2/bcampbell/sumteral.html (334 words)

	Sumter County, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sumter County is a county located in the state of Florida.
		It was named for General Thomas Sumter, a hero of the American Revolutionary War.
		Out of the total population, 26.00% of those under the age of 18 and 7.70% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sumter_County,_Florida (412 words)

	Fort Sumter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort Sumter, located in Charleston, South Carolina, harbor, was named after General Thomas Sumter.
		Fort Sumter was built after the War of 1812 as one of a series of fortifications on the southern U.S. coast.
		With Fort Sumter in Confederate hands, the port of Charleston was a hole in the Federal naval blockade of the Atlantic coast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Sumter (939 words)

	Encyclopedia: Thomas Sumter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sumter County is a county located in the state of South Carolina.
		Before the attack Map detailing the location of Fort Sumter 1861, inside the fort flying the Confederate Flag Fort Sumter under fire Fort Sumter, located in Charleston, South Carolina, harbor, was named after General Thomas Sumter.
		The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12 – 13, 1861), a minor military engagement at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, began the American Civil War.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Thomas-Sumter (1113 words)

	Thomas Sumter
		They were surprised by Sumter, and, after a severe struggle, the Tories were put to flight, but the British held their ground until sixty-two of their number had been killed or wounded.
		General Sumter now crossed the Catawba river and undertook to act in co-operation with General Gates, who re-enforced him with 400 good troops and two field-pieces, and on 15 August Sumter succeeded in cutting Cornwallis’s line of communications and capturing his supply-train with its convoy.
		Sumter’s operations, in threatening the enemy’s communications and dispersing parties of Tory militia, were very valuable, although he usually chose an independent course of action, and was sometimes regarded by Greene and his officers as insubordinate.
	www.virtualology.com /virtualwarmuseum.com/revolutionarywarhall/THOMASSUMTER.COM (1019 words)

	Sumter, Thomas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sumter, Thomas (1734-1832), a partisan leader in the War of the American Revolution.
		After the surrender of Charleston to the British in 1780, Sumter placed himself at the head of a body of light horse similar to that led by Marion.
		Sumter was the last surviving officer of the Revolutionary army.
	www.factopia.com /aiton-encyclopedia-vol5/sumter-thomas.htm (177 words)

	Sumter Sumter, South Carolina (Cities)
		Sumter is located in Sumter County (of which it is the county seat) east of Columbia along Highway 521 on the banks of the Pocotaligo River near Shaw Air Force Base.
		Sumter is part of the Sumter, South Carolina metro area.
		Sumter is often referred to as The Gamecock City in homage to General Thomas Sumter, The Gamecock of the American Revolution.
	www.ohwy.com /sc/s/sumter.htm (164 words)

	Thomas Sumter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		General Thomas Sumter (August 14, 1734 - June 1, 1832) was a hero of the American Revolution and went on to become a longtime memberof the US Congress.
		The county in which Stateburg, SC is nowlocated was named Sumter County in 1800 and the county seat is the city of Sumter.
		Both, Sumter High School and the nearby University of South Carolina usethe nickname Gamecock for their athleticteams.
	www.therfcc.org /thomas-sumter-219120.html (311 words)

	Sumter Cabinet Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sumter would be most famous throughout history, however, for another of his namesakes — Fort Sumter, a defended US Army outpost at the entrance to Charleston
		Renamed ''Sumter'', she was commissioned in the Confederate Navy on 3 June 1861 and broke through the Federal blockade of the Mississippi River mouth late in the month.
		The first ''Sumter'' (1862) was the former CSS ''General Sumter'', a cottonclad ram captured in 1862.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/173/sumter-cabinet-company.html (1068 words)

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		In Andersonville Prison, officially known as Camp Sumter, tens of thousands of Union soldiers were confined during the Civil...
		It was a factor in the confrontation at Fort Sumter (1860), the start of the Civil War....
		He was a member of President Buchanan's cabinet until the Fort Sumter crisis, and Mississippi's secession led him to resign in Jan., 1861....
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		Richardson related that during his fouryear absence from Sumter between 1897 and 1900, the contents of his office were moved out, and many of his papers were "lost or destroyed and the balance in utter confusion." A few years later, around 1902, a fire damaged part of his library.
		Thomas Richardson's papers reflect his welldeveloped sense of roots: He was connected to the Mayrants, the Eveleighs, and the Poinsetts, and he took a lively interest in his own and other people's ancestors.
		Includes several petitions, August 1903, against establishing a second dispensary in Sumter County; a comparison, 6 September 1916, of the 1915 wetdry vote with the 1916 ManningBlease vote; and the South Carolina Supreme Court decision, April 1918, in a case brought by TER to test the constitutionality of South Carolina's enabling legislation to enforce prohibition.
	www.sc.edu /library/socar/mnscrpts/richardsonte.doc (15198 words)

	History of General Thomas Sumter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		General Thomas Sumter was born in Virginia, August 14, 1734 the son of William and Patience Sumter.
		General Thomas Sumter's service to his country during the Revolutionary War is well known and documented.
		But Sumter then 76 years of age and beginning to be weary of public service and harassed by complications in his vast private enterprises, resigned and retired to end his days among the High Hills of Stateburg.
	www.sumter-sc.com /AboutSumter/History_GenSumter.aspx (870 words)

	Sumter County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Tobias is Sumter’s 14th city manager, and he likes to point out that most of those in his position have been "home-grown" and "long-term." Since he took office 10 years ago, he’s noticed a healthy cooperation between city and county governments.
		Sumter was the first city in the world to adopt a council-manager form of government, in 1912.
		Sumter County, 108,000 population, is the sixth-largest county.
	www.sandlapper.org /sumter.htm (1509 words)

	Pee Dee Farm Credit--News & Community
		When Thomas Sumter died in 1832 at the age of 98, he was the last surviving officer of the American Revolution.
		Sumter County originally had an area of more than 1,600 square miles, but was reduced to 681 square miles due to the formation of Clarendon County and Lee County.
		The Sumter County Museum is a 14-building complex including the Williams-Brice House, the history museum, The Old Carnegie Public Library, the Genealogical and Historical Research Center, and the Carolina Backcountry Homestead, a collection of 19th century cabins and farm buildings relocated on the museum’s grounds that provide a living history.
	www.peedeefarmcredit.com /More_Community.htm (677 words)

	Why Choose Sumter County, Florida?
		Sumter County is located in the heart of one of the fastest growing states in America, encompassing 574 square miles, including 19 square miles of inland water.
		Sumter County was the 29th county established in Florida and was created by State Legislature on January 8, 1853.
		It was named for General Thomas Sumter (1736-1832), a native of South Carolina who was prominent in the south compaigns of the Revolutionary War.
	bocc.co.sumter.fl.us /plandevelop/whysumter (275 words)

	Sumter County Florida History - Sumter County Dot Com!
		General Sumter, of South Carolina, was a prominent hero in the Southern campaigns of the Revolutionary War.
		Thomas Lafayette Crum who died in 1910, is believed to be the first settler in the area arriving in the 1840s.
		This was a period in Sumter County history when Sumterville was the county seat and a portion of Lake County was within the Sumter County boundaries.
	www.sumtercounty.com /history.htm (619 words)

	South Carolina State Library Sumter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sumter County and its county seat, the city of Sumter, were named for Revolutionary War general Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), who was a resident of the area.
		In 1941 Shaw Air Force Base was established near Sumter, and it continues today as an active duty fighter base.
		Confederate general Richard Heron Anderson (1821-1879) was a Sumter resident, as were opera singer Clara Louise Kellogg (1842-1916) and educator Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955).
	www.state.sc.us /scsl/sumt.html (218 words)

	Photographs of Historical Markers :: Albemarle County :: VA-G25 General Thomas Sumter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Thomas Sumter was born on 14 Aug. 1734 in this region.
		Sumter, a member of the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War, moved to South Carolina in 1765.
		Sumter's name is also associated with the Civil War, because Fort Sumter is named for him.
	photos.historical-markers.org /va-albemarle/141_4192 (179 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		SUMTER Thomas Sumter--born in 1734 near Charlottesville, Va.,--moved to South Carolina in 1764 and lived there until his death in 1832.
		SUMTER sailed from Long Beach on 6 January 1973, for the east coast of the United States.
		SUMTER stood out of Little Creek on 16 August 1974, en route to the Mediterranean and her second tour with the 6th Fleet.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/amphib/lst1181.txt (602 words)

	General Thomas Sumter Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He was named General Thomas Sumter, "The Gamecock General of the American Revolution", Sumter.
		Sumter was nicknamed "The Gamecock" for his determination and fearless fighting style during this service.
		Thomas Sumter's service as a general and statesman, as well as his role as a community leader, are representative of the school's philosophy of developing a well-rounded child.
	167.7.8.69 /thomsum.htm (490 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Thomas James Sumter, 100 CHESTER — The funeral for Mr.
		Thomas James Sumter, formerly of 105 Cemetery St., Chester, will be conducted at 3 p.m.
		Sumter, 100, died Saturday June 9, 2001 at the Chester County Nursing Center.
	www.rootsweb.com /~usgenweb/obits/text/scobits/2001/jun/sumter.txt (305 words)

	THOMASSUMTER
		Sumter, Thomas (1734-1832) General: Sumter served in the Virginia militia and was a captain of the South Carolina Rangers before the Revolutionary War broke out.
		Sumter had difficulties subordinating himself to Continental Army commanders, and eventually shared military leadership with two other partisan leaders, Francis Marion and Andrew Pickens.
		Called "Gamecock," Sumter was known as a pugnacious individual.
	www.multied.com /Bio/RevoltBIOS/SumterThomas.html (194 words)

	Sumter South Carolina Real Estate * Country Homes * Farms * Recreational Land * Lake Property * Businesses
		Sumter, the seat of Sumter County, is home to Shaw Air Force Base and is a military community that offers the best traditions of both the Old South and new.
		Sumter is only 40 miles from Columbia, 2 hours from the beach and 3 hours from the mountains.
		Sumter (originally called Sumterville) and Sumter County are named after Virginia native Thomas Sumter.
	www.sumtersc-realestate.com (340 words)

	SUMTER - Online Information article about SUMTER
		Sumter is served by several divisions of the See also:
		Sumter was founded in 1800 and was named in See also:
		Thomas Sumter; it was first chartered as a city in 1887.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /STE_SUS/SUMTER.html (175 words)

	The Patriot Resource: Thomas Sumter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		On May 28, 1780, Thomas Sumter rode to the American headquarters at Salisbury, North Carolina and proposed raising a militia.
		Sumter proved to be a rather stubborn and perhaps even a bit of an egotistical man. He regularly refused to participate in joint maneuvers with the Continental Army, and preferred to go off on his own.
		Sumter soon began rebuilding a force and on October 6, 1780, he was promoted to Brigadier General.
	www.patriotresource.com /people/sumter/page2.html (539 words)

	Thomas Tisdale.com -- Reviews of A Lady of the High Hills
		"THOMAS FLEMING is the author of Illusion of Victory: Americans in World War I. "The Lady of the High Hills: Natalie Delage Sumter (University of South Carolina Press, 188 pages, $29.95) by Thomas Tisdale.
		Natalie Delage Sumter was a beautiful French girl who fled the Reign of Terror at the age of 11 and became the ward of Aaron Burr.
		In this way, Sumter presents an alternative, woman's outlook on this expanding world, one that is clearly at odds with the adventure and opportunity that the Atlantic world is usually seen to embody during this era.
	www.thomastisdale.com /reviews/reviewsmain.htm (652 words)

	Sumter, Thomas -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Sumter served in the French and Indian War and later moved to South Carolina.
		The fort is situated on a man-made island at the entrance to the harbour of Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. Construction of the fort, named for the American Revolutionary War general Thomas Sumter, began in 1829 and was still in progress in 1861.
		The son of Lebanese immigrants, U.S. radio, screen, and television comedian Danny Thomas was born Muzyab Rakhoob on Jan. 6, 1914, in Deerfield, Mich. He starred in the 1950s and 1960s television situation comedy Make Room for Daddy (renamed The Danny Thomas Show in 1957), winning an Emmy award in 1955.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9070322?tocId=9070322 (816 words)

	Universal Properties
		General Sumter pushed hard for the state capital to be located at Stateburg, his home just west of present Shaw Air Force Base, but the state leaders decided that Columbia on the Congaree River was more centrally located.
		Shortly after the war, Sumter District became Sumter County, and by the turn of the century Sumter was a thriving small city.
		Much of Sumter's past is documented in the Sumter County Museum, located across from the Tuomey Medical Center on Washington Street.
	www.therightagency.com /index.asp?CONTENT=history (296 words)

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