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Children of Richard Wood Pentecost and Sarah BORING are:
+ 2 i. Caroline Delilah Victoria Pentecost was born 14 OCT 1820 in Jeffe rson, Jackson Co, GA, and died 10 JUL 1897 in Crosscut, Brown, TX.
3 ii. David William Pentecost was born 4 MAR 1823 in Jackson Co, GA, a nd died 10 MAY 1863 in Fredricksburg, VA.
4 iii. George Quincy Pentecost was born 12 MAR 1825 in Jackson Co, GA, and died 29 OCT 1827 in Jackson Co, GA.
5 iv. Joseph Cicero Pentecost was born 6 SEP 1827 in Jackson Co, GA. He married Martha G. MCELHANNON 24 JUL 1849 in Jackson Co, GA. She w as born ABT 1829 in Jackson Co, GA.
6 v. Matthew James Pope Pentecost was born 19 OCT 1829 in Jackson C o, GA, and died 16 AUG 1864 in Front Royal, VA. He married Martha Ann Caro line LAY 5 SEP 1852 in GA. She was born 28 JAN 1834 in GA, and died 3 O CT 1902 in Jackson Co, GA.
7 vi. Marcus Newton Pentecost was born 19 APR 1832 in Jackson Co, GA, and died 12 JUL 1910 in Rockwood,Coleman,Texas. He married Victoria A BT 1850 in Jackson Co, GA. She was born ABT 1834 in GA. He married Sarah Angeline MARTIN 4 JAN 1857 in Jackson Co, GA. She was born 17 JAN 18 40 in Jackson Co, GA, and died 3 JAN 1921 in Rockwood, Coleman, TX. He married Elizabeth CAUSLEY 25 JAN 1855 in Jackson Co, GA. She was born ABT 18 35 in GA.
8 vii. Frances Ann Narcissa Elizabeth Pentecost was born 30 JUN 18 34 in Jackson Co, GA, and died 10 APR 1856 in Jackson Co, GA.
9 viii. Richard Jackson Pentecost was born 4 DEC 1835 in Jackson Co, GA, and died 21 SEP 1922 in Winder, Jackson Co, GA. He married Azalee CA IN 10 OCT 1873 in GA. She was born ABT 1853 in GA. He married Mary Corne lia WISE 4 NOV 1884 in GA. She was born ABT 1860 in GA.
10 ix. John Calhoun Pentecost was born 29 MAY 1838 in Jackson Co, GA, and died 5 MAY 1895 in Jackson Co, GA. He married Arabelle B MART IN 11 APR 1882 in Jackson Co, GA. She was born 15 DEC 1843 in GA, and di ed 4 JAN 1933 in Barrow, GA. He married Harriette Alice BAUGH ABT 18 71 in Jackson Co, GA. She was born 16 APR 1849 in Jackson Co, GA, and died 11 AUG 1881 in Barrow, GA.
11 x. Benjamin R. Pentecost was born 20 JUL 1840 in Jackson Co, GA.
!Pentecost Bible
Gone to Georgia 975.8 W2s pg 170
MARRIAGE:Jackson County, GA. 975.8145 V2i, pg 27
1850 Census,Jackson Co.,GA. 975.8145 X2b, pg48
Richard Wood Pentecost was dark and extremely tall, being described by his widow in her pension application as having been six feet, six or seven inches in height, with black hair and black eyes and of dark completion. Having been born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, he came to Georgia as a child and remained here all of his life. Some of his childhood years were spent in Hancock County where is brother John Wesley was born. He volunteered for service during the War of 1812 at Jefferson, the county seat of Jackson County, Georgia. At Fort Hawkins on the Oemulgee, he was sworn into the service on August 25, 1813 and commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the company of Captain Wilson McKinney, First Regiment of Georgia Militia under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Groves. Upon termination of his enlistment, Richard was honorably discharged from futher service at Milledgeville, Georgia on March 5, 1814.
Richard returned home to Jackson County and resumed farming, also conducting extensive lumber business. The court minutes of Jackson County show numerous receipts for lumber and bridge timber purchased from him.
Richard was named Justice of the Peace in 1813 in the Georgia Military
District 246. He served as Representative to the Georgia State Legislature
from 1834-1837. Then he seved as a court judge in Jackson County in 1837.
When a Jackson County school system was inagurated by the Act of 1827, he was the new Commissioner to the Board. He was re-elected in 1846 to the State
Legislature and served a term for two years.
Richard is buried in the Old Pentecost Church Cemetery in Barrow County,
Georgia. His headstone reads:"A husband dear, A tender friend, lies buried
here."
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