Vienna in Pickens County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Old Bethany Cemetery

Near Vienna,

— Pickens County, Alabama —

Old Bethany Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson

1. Old Bethany Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Established in the 1830s, this cemetery is the final resting place of generations of persons with roots in the former town of Vienna. Among those buried here are Revolutionary soldier James McCrory. bodyguard of Gen. George Washington at Valley Forge, PA; several Confederate soldiers and some drowning victims of the "Eliza Battle" riverboat accident on the Tombigbee River in 1856. The Peebles plot contains three large ornate monuments that were made in Louisville, KY and shipped to New Orleans, LA in May 1885, where they were purchased by family members and shipped to Vienna. Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register
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W.B. Peebles and other descendants of persons buried here maintained the cemetery for many years. In the mid-1980s, Vienna native Mary Emory Peebles Hildreth established a perpetual care fund, which since has been enhanced by persons interested in the cemetery's maintenance and preservation. Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register

Erected 2008 by Friends of Old Bethany Cemetery and Alabama Historical Commission.

Topics. This historical marker

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is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1830.

Location. 33° 2.933′ N, 88° 7.535′ W. Marker is in Vienna, Alabama, in Pickens County. It is on Vienna Road ¼ mile west of Alabama Route 14, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Aliceville AL 35442, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Memory of James McCrory (a few steps from this marker); Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church (approx. 3.4 miles away); Aliceville Prisoner of War Camp (approx. 5½ miles away); George Downer Field (approx.

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, 2024

2. Old Bethany Cemetery Marker

5.6 miles away); Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad Depot (approx. 5.6 miles away); Aliceville First Baptist Church (approx. 5.8 miles away); Aliceville Cotton Mill (approx. 5.8 miles away); R. J. Kirksey High School (approx. 6.3 miles away).

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, October 19, 2024

3. Old Bethany Cemetery & Marker

Marker is behind the Peebles headstone.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 24, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 130 times since then and 62 times this year. Last updated on June 13, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 24, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. 3. submitted on June 13, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.