Kathie: Thanks for being involved in Macoupin Co., genealogy. I 1997 my wife and I visited the great courthouse, received gracious help from the office people, then traveled to Modesto, and after walking through a cornfield visited the Norvell Cemetery. Hugh Smith, my g-g grandfather was born 1798, Lebanon Co., TN. In Nov. 1831 he purchased 80A of land located southeast of Modesto. He married Rebecca Norvell in 1833. They are listed in the first 100 weddings to occur in Macoupin Co. The 1840 census lists Hugh, Rebecca and nine children. Rebecca's parents are William Norvell and Mary Payne; both are buried in the Norvell Cemetery. I have a 20 page history on the Norvell family. Mary Payne was born 1775 in Botetourt Co., VA a daughter of John Payne and Elizabeth Litt. (I have no more info beyond this) William Norvell Smith, a son of Hugh & Rebecca, relocated to Moultrie Co. where he married Julia Ann Margaret Sickafus. They are my great grandparents. Robert 8-).