Guntersville in Marshall County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Bodine Cemetery

Marshall County

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, December 26, 2025

1. Bodine Cemetery Marker

Inscription.
Bodine Cemetery is located 100 yards south of here in an area of Brown’s Valley set aside in the Indian Treaty of 1816. James and Catherine Butler Bodine moved to these rich farm lands from Sevier County, Tennessee where their French ancestors had steeled via New York, New Jersey and Virginia. Some descendants went west from Brown’s Valley to Texas. Burials began in 1836 and continue today for Bodine family members. Graves are marked by primitive fieldstone, old marble and modern granite. Some graves are unmarked. War of 1812, Civil War, WWI, WWII and Korean War service is noted.

Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register, July 12, 2010

Erected 2011 by Bodine descendants.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 34° 17.865′ N, 86° 22.106′ W. Marker is in Guntersville, Alabama, in Marshall County. It is at the intersection of Browns Valley Road and Robert Circle, on the right when traveling north on Browns Valley Road. The Bodine Cemetery Marshall County historical marker is located at the intersection of Browns Valley Road and Robert Circle. Robert Circle intersects Browns Valley

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Road in two places. This is the southern most intersection. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5474 Browns Valley Rd, Guntersville AL 35976, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fry Cemetery (approx. 3.6 miles away); Gen. Andrew Jackson's Fort Deposit (approx. 4.6 miles away); Federal Attack at Red Hill (approx. 5 miles away); Route of General Andrew Jackson Leading Tennessee Troups to The Creek Indian War 1813-14 (approx. 5 miles away); Brashier's Chapel Cemetery (approx. 5 miles away); Shoal Creek Baptist Church (approx. 5.1 miles away); Guntersville City Cemetery (approx. 5½ miles away); Ravine Used For Protection Against Yankee Shelling (approx. 5.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Guntersville.

Photographed by David J Gaines, November 18, 2022

2. Bodine Cemetery Marker

Photographed by David J Gaines, November 18, 2022

3. Bodine Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 18, 2022, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. This page has been viewed 828 times since then and 107 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 27, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. 2, 3. submitted on November 18, 2022, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.