NEW ZION, TEXAS, MARION COUNTY  

 

 

Dr. Christine Benton Cash, teacher, administrator, and civil-rights activist, was born on August 9, 1889, in the New Zion Baptist Church community, eight miles southwest of Jefferson in Marion County, Texas, the second child of James and Kizzia (Dotson) Benton.

 

 

Location On Map

1961 General Highway Map, Marion County, Texas

1996 Marion County "Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin."




Cemeteries of Texas New Zion Cemetery 

NEW ZION, TEXAS

New Zion B.C. Cemetery

Christine Benton Cash  

 

 

The Jimplecute Article October 06, 1911
The Northeast Texas Baptist Association, colored, which met at New Zion Baptist Church, nine miles west of Jefferson, last week Elected Rev P C Johnson, Moderator, and W P Garmon, Secretary, both of Marion county

 

 

 

 

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