In a message dated 99-01-02 07:30:04 EST, you write: << In my perusing of the internet this monring I came across Land records listed under the name of Seaman in Wisconsin for a Sylvanus Seaman, 1849. The site is: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/asp/patinfo.asp?AccessionNumber=WI1310__.061 >> Thanks Carolyn...I will check it out. It was in Dodge County, not sure how that relates to Macoupin Co or the stage coach route, but at this point we have nothing else to go on. The date is about right (1849). So, thank you very much for the tip. I will pass it along to Marilyn Galvan. Mary