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Macoupin County, Illinois
Map
Location of Illinois in the U.S.
Facts
Founded:	January 4, 1817
County Seat	Greenville
Courthouse
Photo courtesy Illinois Regional Archives Depository, Illinois State Archives
Address	Macoupin County Courthouse 210 E. Main Street Carlinville, Illinois 62626 217-854-3214 Macoupin County Website

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United States Illinois Macoupin County

County Organization

Macoupin County's civil records start the following years:

County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Macoupin County are kept, see the Macoupin County Courthouse page.

Historical Facts

Macoupin County is named for Macoupin Creek which is a tributary of the Illinois River, which it joins near the village of Hardin, Illinois.^[1]

Parent County

• 1829--Macoupin County was created 17 January 1829 from Madison and Greene Counties. County seat: Carlinville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Macoupin County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Greene
• Jersey
• Madison
• Montgomery
• Morgan
• Sangamon

Records and Resources

Biography

Cemeteries

Illinois cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.

• Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried.  Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.

• Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Macoupin County and links to the  information for the individuals buried there.

• Macoupin Co. IL USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks. 

• Illinois Cemeteries by county.

• The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Macoupin County.  Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.

• ePodunk list of Macoupin County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.

Census

1840 Pensioners

• A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington, D.C., 1841. FHL 973 X2pc 1840; FHL 2321; digital version at Google Books. [See Illinois, Macoupin County on page 187.]

Church Records

Court Records

Ethnic Research

African American

The following have information concerning African American research.

•  African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records

• Illinois State Archives pamphlet on African American Research describes what records are at the State Archives with an online method for ordering records.
• African-American Resources for Illinois

Genealogy

History

Land and Property

BLM GLO Records. Search original land patents for Macoupin County from the Govenment Land Office (GLO) or Eastern States Office. Some searches include images of the original warrants. All search results include the patant details needed for requesting copies of the land entry files at the National Archives.  The GLO is the custodian of millions of land title documents. The General Land Office Automated Records Project is responsible for making these important documents available to the public.

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales. The Illinois State Archives has an online index to the records of Public land sales held by the State Archives. The indexes are by purchasers name and by legal description. This is a statewide collection with nearly 550,000 land sales fro 54740 square miles.

IRAD holdings for Macoupin County include Land patents 1819 to 1917

Land records that include Macoupin County at Ancestry.com $:

• "Illinois Public Land Purchase Records" This record extract includes over 538,000 land sales from the 19th Century. Each entry includes the purchaser's name, purchase date, number of acres, price per acre, and in some cases the purchaser's sex and residence.
• "U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796 to 1907:" Records of Illinois are among the 13 states included in this set. It includes images of the land patents which contain the information necessary for ordering the complete case files from the National Archives. This appears to be the same information that is online at the Federal Land Office site http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/.
• Sheldon, Theodore. Land registration in Illinois. Chicago: Callaghan Co., 1901. Digital book. Expains the laws regarding land and the land systems used in Illinois. Includes court cases involving land issues. In addition to being on Ancestry, this book is available online at no cost at Internet Archives and Google Books.

Maps

Military

• Civil War
  Civil War service men from Macoupin County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Macoupin County.
  

- 27th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company F

- 32nd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies A, C and I

- 59th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company I

- 97th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company A

Naturalization

Newspapers and Obituaries

Probate Records

Repositories

County Courthouse

County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Macoupin County are kept, see the Macoupin County Courthouse page.

Family History Center

Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah (United States) and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources to assist you in the research and study of your genealogy. Currently there are no Family History Centers located directly in Cass County.

You may search your address for a center near you on the FamilySearch site.

The following centers are located in surrounding counties. Their wiki pages may supply hours and other information.

Litchfield Illinois Family History Center
12367 Roberson Rd.
Litchfield, Illinois 62056
217-324-2396

Springfield Illinois Family History Center
3601 Buckeye Dr.
Springfield, Illinois 62707
217-529-7930

Alton Illinois Family History Center
6500 Humbert Rd.
Godfrey, Illinois
618-466-4352

Jacksonville Illinois Family History Center
1053 E. Vandalia Rd, Jacsonville, Illinois 62650
217-245-8113

Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD)

IRAD is a system of Illinois Regional Archives Depositories managed by the Illinois State Archives, housing the archival records of local Illinois counties, townships, municipalities and school districts. The seven Regional Depositories are housed on state university campuses scattered throughout Illinois.

The University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) houses the records for Macoupin County. The link will help you know how to use the website. There address is:

Illinois Regional Archives Depository
LIB144
University of Illinois at Springfield Region
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield, Illinois 62703-5407
217-206-6520

Public Libraries

Social Groups Online

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

Information  and forms for ordering birth, marriage, and death records can be found at the Macoupin County clerk web page.

Marriage Records

Available through Ancestry.com $:

• Macoupin County marriages in "Illinois Marriages 1851 to 1900." The source of this collection is films in the Family History Library's collection

Death Records

Macoupin County Coroner's Inquest Files Index, 1835-1928 (courtesy: Illinois State Archives)

A list of Macoupin County Patient Deaths at the Illinois State Hospital (1910s-1930s) is available online, courtesy: Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois. The site also provides a list of WWII Deaths.

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Macoupin County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Macoupin County, Illinois (Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois) Cemetery, Local Histories, Soldier's and Sailor's Home, Vital Records

References

1. ↑ Macoupin Creek www.wikipedia.org
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), 196. (FHL Collection Ref Book 973 D27e 2002). WorldCat entry.