Shottsville in Marion County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Shottsville Cemetery

Marion County

Photographed by Deborah Spencer, August 23, 2025

1. Shottsville Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Shottsville and the adjacent area was Chickasaw Indian land until ceded to the U.S. Government by treaty and acts of Congress. The U.S. Land Office in Pontotoc, Mississippi then sold the land to white settlers. On Oct. 6, 1836, John Stone purchased two 160-acre tracts. John Stone and his wife, Annie Liles, reared 13 children here. Twelve of the children raised their families in this area known as Stonetown. John Stone's daughter, Emma Elvira, married Lovid McCindry Shotts in December 1841. After John Stone's death, Lovid and Elvira moved to John's home and opened a store in 1870. They applied for and secured a post office in Shottsville in 1874. The first burial at Shottsville was John and Annie Stone's granddaughter in 1840. In 1846, Annie Stone was the first adult laid to rest here. Honored veterans from the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq are buried here. Many prominent community leaders are buried here including President John Tyler's niece, Louise Tyler Stone, who was buried here in 1891.

Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register

Erected 2014 by Alabama Historical Commission

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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1841.

Location. 34° 15.63′ N, 88° 7.5′ W. Marker is in Shottsville, Alabama, in Marion County. It is on County Road 56 east of County Road 13, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2200 Marion County 56, Vina AL 35593, 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 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 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Oakland Normal Institute (approx. 5.8 miles away in Mississippi); The Chickasaw Nation

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Photographed by Deborah Spencer, August 23, 2025

2. Shottsville Cemetery

(approx. 6.7 miles away in Mississippi); Bankhead Highway (approx. 7.9 miles away in Mississippi); Tammy Wynette (approx. 8 miles away in Mississippi); Carl Atwood Elliott (approx. 8.8 miles away); History of Vina (approx. 8.9 miles away); Rudicell Cemetery (approx. 9.9 miles away); Confederate Veterans Bicentennial Memorial (approx. 11.3 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2025, by Deborah Spencer of Huntsville, Alabama. This page has been viewed 139 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 24, 2025, by Deborah Spencer of Huntsville, Alabama. 2. submitted on August 25, 2025, by Deborah Spencer of Huntsville, Alabama. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.