> > > Hugh Miles Enos was one of the pioneers of Macoupin Cnty IL arriving > there sometime about 1850 Mr. Enos arrived well after the county was established. Macoupin Co became a county in 1829. See the History of Macoupin Co. South Palmyra Township , Ill pg 221, 1879 ! 1829 The History of Macoupin Co Ill, 1879. Macoupin Co was formed from Green and Madison Counties. Seth Hodges was appointed to a 5 member commission to select a site for the county Seat. ! 1829 13, April Macoupin Co Archives Original Commissions Records page 1,2,3,4 . State of Illinois Macooupin County. At the Court of County commissioners of the County of Macoupin begun and held at the house of Joseph Burrough in said County ... for the purpose of choosing a clerk to the Court. The first pioneers into the county were Seth Hodges and John Love 1815