The village of Scottville was laid out in 1835 by Benjamin Stephenson and the proprietors of the town were Jefferson Weatherford and Tristram P. Hoxsey. The first postmaster was Sargeant Gobble who came from Washington County, Virginia to Scottville in 1838. He was a successful merchant and landowner and eventually built a home modeled on Abraham Lincoln’s in Spring f ield. . . .Read more in MACOUPIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS HISTORY & FAMILIES available in our genealogy library or through this website.