David William PENTECOST

1823 - 1863  (40 years)

• Name	David William PENTECOST  [1]
  Birth	4 Mar 1823	Jackson County, GA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 May 1863	Frericksburg, VA   [1]
  Person ID	I15759	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Richard Wood PENTECOST,   b. 20 Nov 1788, Dinwiddle County, VA d. 5 Oct 1857, Jackson County, GA (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah BORING,   b. 24 Aug 1796, Greene County, GA d. 14 Feb 1894, Jackson County, GA (Age 97 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Jan 1820	Jackson County, GA   [1]
  Family ID	F5550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Died at age 76 years, 8 months, 21 days. Suspect that David William Pentecost was in CSA and died in service. From web site - http://elsberry.org/ghtout/np8.htm Pentecost Bible Gone To Georgia, 975.8 W2s Item 913 Killed at Fredricksburg, Virginia during Civil War, buried in Military Cemetery, Fredricksburg, Virginia David W. Pentecost enlisted as a private in the Civil War, July 17, 1861. Appt Sg. He was captured at Cramptons Gap,Maryland, September 14, 1862, and exchanged there November 10, 1862. Wounded at Chancellorville, Virginia May 3, 1863. He died as a result of amputation of his left arm in the Receiving and Wayside Hostpital at Richmond, Virginia, May 10,1863. David is buried in the Fredericksburg Military Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia. He served with Company B, 16th Reg. Ga. Vol. Infantry Army Northern Va. SCA Jackson Co., Ga. "Center Hill Guards". Roster of Confederate Veterans of Confederate Veterans of Georgia, Vol 2, pg.498 David, his brother Matthew J. Pope Pentecost and nephew Benjamin Elsberry-All joined the same day. David and Benjamin were captured the same day.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Boring Family National Database, (Name: Name: Location: http://www.hitchhikers-guide.com/boring/;;;). a Research Site and data repository for the Surname BORING.