Georgia Benton

Georgia W. Benton is an American schoolteacher, businesswoman, and historian. In 2013, she became the first African-American member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Georgia.

Early life Benton was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia. She grew up during racial segregation. seeing the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Siege of Petersburg.

Benton worked as a mathematics teacher in the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools System. She is also the historian for First Bryan Baptist Church.

United Daughters of the Confederacy In 2013, Benton applied to join the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a lineage society that promotes the pseudohistorical Lost Cause narrative, submitting proof of her lineage to Washington and proof of his military service using her family bible, his gravestone, birth records, marriage records, death records, and census records. Her application was accepted in October 2013, making her the first African-American member of the Savannah Chapter and the only African-American member in the Georgia division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was inducted into the organization's Second Savannah Chapter by the chapter's president, Elizabeth Piechocinski, on December 14, 2013, during a Christmas luncheon.

Personal life Benton lives in Savannah, Georgia and has five children. She is Baptist and attends First Bryan Baptist Church.