Bill from Virden again I always heard that Macoupin County was from an Indian word. Any more info on this? Bill in New Orleans On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Larry Clark wrote: > Greetings all! > > I think Macoupin refers to a plant found along the present Macoupin Creek > and is an adaptation of an Indian word. > > One thing all of us Macoupin County researchers should be thankful for is: > There is only one place, name, etc in the whole world that refers us to > Macoupin County in an internet search. Very useful in narrowing down "hits" > on the search. > > It could be a lot worse and we could have to search for: Smith relatives > in Washington County. > > Happy Holidays to all. > > My family always pronounced it as Mah Coop in. > > Larry Clark > > formerly of Gillespie, Illinois > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ann McReynolds <ARMcR@mcreynoldsappraisal.com> > To: <ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 1:16 PM > Subject: [ILMACOUP-L] Mah-goo-pan? > > > > I've been following this dialogue off and on with some interest, and > wonder if anyone knows WHO > > Macoupin was? Looks like it could have been French, rather than Celtic (as > in McCoupin). If > > so.....it likely was originally pronounced Mah-coo-pan' (with just the > beginning sound of the "N"). > > AND, it might even originally had a hard "G" in the middle, which was lost > entirely to many of the > > non-French speakers. We have a bunch of French names here in St. Louis > that have been "Germanized" > > into the strangest sounds you can imagine. However, nothing can top > Courtois Creek, about 100 miles > > SW of St. Louis, which is now called "Coat'-a-way" by everyone. It's a > real stretch to get from > > Coor-twah' to Coat'-a-way, but it happened! > > Ann McReynolds, > > St. Louis > > > > > > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > > Check out Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900: > > http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage > > > > > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > To post a message so everyone on ILMACOUP-L or ILMACOUP-D receives it, send the message to: > ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com > It will then be sent on to everyone in both ILMACOUP-L or ILMACOUP-D. > >