... In the year 1800 Dr. Silas Allen and his four sons, Whiting, Benjamin, Lemuel and Jedadiah, came and settled on Sec. 3.
The families of John Searle and Abner Burnet, came with them.
Subsequently, probably several years, Burnet moved to Meigs County, and Whiting and Benjamin Allen to Delaware County, Ohio.
Col. William Hamilton lived on Sec. 10 as early as 1810. In that year he laid out Royalton for the Allens and upon their land. The village was so named for a town or county in their old home in Vermont.
The first female child born in the new settlement was Eliza, daughter of Lemuel Allen. She was known in later years as Mrs. Meeker, and lived beyond 93 years.
Dr. Silas Allen died in the year 1825.
The first school in the neighborhood was taught by Miss L. Case in 1810. Lemuel Allen brought her from Granville, O. The building used was a new stable....
