Notes for William Samuel PENTECOST

Notes for William Samuel PENTECOST

William Samuel Pentecost, the oldest son of John Wesley and Mary, was
born May 03, 1819 while his father was an acting official of the court in
Clarke Co., Ga. He was only eleven years old at the time of their move
to Newnan and it is evident from personal mementos and public records
that he and his brothers received Excellent educations. The first School
established in Coweta Co. was Macedonia Academy, located in Sewell's Mill
and it is possible that this was a factor in John Wesley's decision to
move his store from Newnan.
Willian S. married Susan Temperance Arrington on December 16, 1841
and in 1850 he was engaged in farming, they were living in a house adjoin
the plantation of Susan's family. In addition to farming, he taught in
various schools and served in political affairs in Carroll Co. While
serving as Justice of the Peace in 1870, he officiated at the wedding of
his nephew, John Combs Pentecost, to Miss Emily C. Millican. Although he
was over the age for front-line duty during the Civil War, he was in
active service as a private in Co. I, 10th Georgia Cavalry of the Georgia
State Guards.
Willam and Susan had a large family of twelve children. During the
difficult time of Reconstruction following the Civil War, they moved from
their native Georgia to more productive land in Alabama. They settled in
the Cosa River Valley near the community of Peek's Hill in Calhoun Co.
Their sons acquired farmland nearby; their daughters married boys from
neighboring families; their grandchildren and great grandchildren are
still prominent members of this section of Calhoun and Etowah Counties.
William and Susan spent their remaining years not far from Bethel
Methodist Church, and when he died on June 23, 1889 in his seventieth
year, he was buried in the Bethel Church Cemetery. Susan died a few
years later, on May 25, 1894 and was buried beside him. In the years
since, several of their children have joined them in rest beside Old
Bethel. Two of their sons, William M. and Thomas Sterling, are buried
with their families at nearby Hebron Church Cemetery.

William S. Pentecost (First_Last) Regiment Name 10 Georgia Cavalry
(State Guards) Side Confederate Company I Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private Alternate Name Notes Film Number M226
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