Notes for: James Bodine
Although, James Bodine was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, he grew up in Fairfax County. That area was taken to form Fairfax County in 1796. They moved to Sevier County, Tennessee about 1818 and settled on Flat Creek north of Sevierville. He migrated to that part of Jackson County, Alabama below the Tennessee River that was situated north of the Cherokee Indian Boundary. The treaty of 1816 with the Cherokees established their territory below the watershed of the Tennessee and Black Warrior River headwaters, this being the Locust Fork branch of the Warrior. Here repeated is the note under Susannah Bodine. It is an article from the Guntersville, Alabama newspaper quoting Andrew Whitworth, a grandson, as saying that the family came to Marshall County on August 15, 1851. However, this cannot be true since his parents married (with James Bodine giving permission) in June of 1836. He served in the Virginia Militia under Captain George Hunter in the war of 1812. Evidence from papers in the courthouse in Guntersville, Alabama, Marshall County census records, and dates on tombstones show very clearly that his family came to this area before 1851. The editor may have read the writer's 3 as a 5. See the paper edition of Tuesday, July 2, 1929 in the "Guntersville Advertiser and Democrat" under the writings of James A. Thomason (Patsy) headlined "Fry." These are the ancestors of Mrs. Christine Moon Armstrong.
"Caty Bordine," "Anny Bordine," "Nancy and Jol Langly" were listed in the Forks of the Little Pigeon Baptist Church record book in 1818. "Caty Bordine" along with "Nancy Langly" were listed in the record book in 1822. This was the first Baptist church in Sevier County, Tennessee. It was constituted in 1789.
From: (LWer974838 at aol.com)
Subject: Bodine
Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2002
Dear Dave,
I found some of your postings at Genforum. I ran across a Catavine Bodine listed in a 1840 Marshall Co., AL census. She is listed as having 3 males: 1 male each at home between 5-10, 10-15, and 15-20. There are 2 females: 1 each between 0-5 and 20-30 yrs of age at home. She has no other male old enough to be her husband so I would say he passed away or divorced before 1840. I was looking at your web site and came across a James married to Catherine Butler and the ages of their children unmarried in 1840 would fit in with the unmarried children in her age groups. It is just a thought and if you have any info on my Catavine I would love to hear from you. I will continue to look and let you know if this is a possible match that maybe she is actually Catherine and not Catavine.
Thanks,
Linda Werline
Note from Dave: This does appear to be the family of James Bodine and Catherine Butler.
Many of the Bodines in this family are buried in Bodine Cemetery. Here is some information on that cemetery.
MARSHALL COUNTY'S BODINE CEMETERY ADDED TO ALABAMA HISTORIC CEMETERY REGISTER
The Alabama Historical Commission (AHC) recently added Bodine Cemetery to the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register.
"The cemetery register is a prestigious listing of historic cemeteries in Alabama," said Lee Anne Wofford, cemetery program coordinator. "The AHC considers the notable historic cemeteries in this register to be particularly worthy of preservation and appreciation, and therefore deserving of this special recognition."
There are now three cemeteries in Marshall County listed on the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register, which features 351 cemeteries statewide.
Bodine Cemetery has exclusively served the extended Bodine family from the time they arrived in Brown's Valley beginning around 1830. It is a small cemetery occupying less than an acre of pastoral hillside near Guntersville. In addition to the Bodine name, others family names include Burk, Colbert, Copeland, Cosby, Cox, Deerman, Kirkland, Lee, McCollum, McWhorter, and Moon.
The Alabama Historical Commission administers the Alabama Historic Cemetery Program that gives aid to the general public, government officials, civic groups, and others in identifying, documenting, registering, and conserving Alabama's historic cemeteries.
The Alabama Historic Cemetery Register officially recognizes and honors family and community cemeteries that were established at least 40 years ago.
Listing in the state cemetery register is an honorary designation imposing no restrictions on property owners. State law protects all cemeteries from willful desecration and destruction.
To protect, preserve, and interpret Alabama's historic places is the mission of the Alabama Historical Commission, the State Historic Preservation Office.
Here is a picture of the historical marker for this cemetery. May thanks to Pam Bodine for sending in this photo.
From Ronny Bodine:
On 10 Jan 1814 James Bodine was drafted for a period of 3 months at the Fairfax County Courthouse into the company of Captain George W. Hunter, 4th Regiment of Virginia Militia under the command of Colonel Thomas Chellen. He was honorably discharged on 10 Apr 1814 at the same place. James Bodine appears on the 1815 personal property tax list for Fairfax County. Since he is not named again on the tax list for 1816, it seems likely it was at that time the family moved to Sevier County, Tennessee where they resided some 10 years. About 1827-1830 James Bodine then moved his family to Jackson County, Alabama, living in that portion of the county that was taken on 9 Jan 1836 to form a part of Marshall County.
In his father's will, Francis Bodine stated "I give and bequeath unto my beloved son James Bodine an Entry of fifty acres of land Joining the old original tract." James died shortly after his father, and Anna Bodine, Francis's widow and James' step-mother, came into possession of the land as attested to in the 1837 and 1838 Sevier County tax lists.
Catherine (Butler) Bodine, daughter of Henry Butler, lived the rest of her life in Marshall County. In 1850, aged 58, she headed a household that included her children William and Sarah. In 1860, aged 65, she lived in the home of her son William. In 1870, aged 74, she lived with her daughter Sarah Collins and in 1880, aged 84, she was again living with her son William. The Guntersville "Democrat" in Dec 1880 reported that Catherine Bodine died on 26 Nov 1880, aged 86 years, at the residence of her son William Bodine.