- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- William Pentecost historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Barrow County
Clergy--Georgia--Winder
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Barrow County, Winder, 33.99261, -83.72017
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 82 N.E. of Winder, 4.1 miles from Ga 82-53 intersection, at Pentecost Methodist Church
Text of marker: "WILLIAM PENTECOST Born Nov. 4, 1762 - Died Jan. 27, 1839. Served 3 years in Revolutionary War from Dinwiddie Co., Va. in Buford's Detachment. Lost an arm at Waxhaws, May 29, 1780. Remembered as successful business man, educator and civic worker, but most outstanding as devout Methodist minister. He established Pentecost Methodist Church in 1785. William and Delilah Pentecost were buried in family plot. In 1909 their bodies were re-interred in a single grave in the Pentecost Church cemetery. MARKER ERECTED BY PENTECOST FAMILY" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_william-pentecost
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_william-pentecost
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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