Willis King Pinkston (1831 - 1863)

Born 1831 in Lowndes, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 12 Jan 1863 at about age 32 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Private Willis Pinkston served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Apr 2, 1862
Mustered out: Jan 12, 1863
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co. D, 7th Regiment Florida Infantry

Willis Pinkston Died of Disease during United States Civil War.

The children of Willis Pinkston and Nancy Walker were:

• Francis M. Pinkston, born 1855 in Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia. He married Sarah "Sally" M. Abbott October 14, 1877 in Georgia or Florida; born ca. 1860.

• Alexander A. Pinkston, born 1857 in Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia.

• Theodore Adolphus Pinkston, born April 06, 1858 in Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia; died May 5, 1925 in Dukes, Union County, Florida. He married (1) Holland Irene Peters January 4, 1885 in Orlando, Orange County, Florida; born ca. 1866 in Alabama. He married (2) Mary Lee Hale on April 29, 1902 in Dukes, Bradford (later Union), Florida; she was born on February 4, 1881 in Dukes, Bradford (later Union), Florida; died February 13, 1975 in Dukes, Union County, Florida.

• Mary M. Pinkston, born 1859 in Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia; died before 1869 in Georgia or Florida.

• Susan Alice Pinkston, born January 11, 1861 in Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia; died August 30, 1902 in Worthington Springs, Bradford (later Union) County, Florida. She married Samuel Wiles DuBose November 7, 1877 in Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia; born February 22, 1854 in Darlington, Darlington District, South Carolina; died March 8, 1936 in Worthington Springs, Bradford (later Union) County, Florida.

Willis King Pinkston (1841-1863) enlisted in the Confederate States Army (CSA) at Gainesville, Florida, on April 2, 1862, in the Seventh Florida Infantry Regiment, Co. D, CSA. After being detained in Florida to guard the St. Marks area, the regiment was sent (along with the First Florida Cavalry and the Sixth Florida) to Chattanooga and then to east Tennessee. The regiment served in this region in 1862 and 1863 and was involved in Kirby-Smith's 1862 invasion of Kentucky. After an arduous three-day march, Willis died at the University Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee on January 12, 1863, and is buried in the local Bethel Cemetery.

Nancy Walker Pinkston returned to Georgia after Willis's death. She and her children lived with her parents, Solomon and Nancy King Walker, in Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia. The last available record of Nancy was the 1870 US census record in Quitman, which indicated that she and four of her children were listed as living with her parents. Her daughter Mary Pinkston was not listed, and had presumably died before 1870. Nancy might have remarried. It is assumed that she died sometime after 1870, probably in Georgia.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYB-SGR : 20 December 2020), Willis W Pinkston in household of John S Pinkston, Lowndes, Georgia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C9-LGK : 18 February 2021), Willis K Pinkston, 1860.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2V-GT1P : 1 August 2020), Willis King Pinkston, ; Burial, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States of America, Bethel Confederate Cemetery; citing record ID 71215247, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Soldier Details for Pinkston, Willis K. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=3CDA40C3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

• Fold3, Willis K. Pinkston (https://www.fold3.com/memorial/656670637/willis-k-pinkston-civil-war-stories : accessed January 30, 2023), database and images, https://www.fold3.com/memorial/656670637/willis-k-pinkston-civil-war-stories

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida, CSMR for Pinkston, Willis K, 5 pages. https://www.fold3.com/image/119488889?filmstrip=true&terms=pinkston,willis,war,confederate,civil

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Terry Kraft for creating WikiTree profile Pinkston-65 through the import of Kraft-Banks Family_2013-03-26.ged on Mar 26, 2013.