Miscellaneous Allen County, Ohio Genealogy Records
Per Wikipedia, "Allen County was formed by an act of the Ohio General Assembly on April 1, 1820. For judicial purposes, it was attached to Mercer County, although Mercer County had only just been formed from Darke County during the same year. A subsequent act in 1829 allowed for a seat of justice to be established. This was done on March 3, 1831, and Christopher S. Wood was appointed Town Director. Wood laid out plots of land to be sold, and the plat was filed April 20, 1831.e county commissioners was held on June 6, 1831. Present at this meeting was Commissioner James Daniels, Commissioner John G. Wood, and Commissioner Samuel Stewart. Also present was William G. Wood, county auditor; Adam White, county treasurer; and Henry Lippincott, sheriff.
The first court of justice was held in August of 1831, and it is believed that the assembly of men, in informal session, selected the name for the seat of justice by drawing names from a hat. The meeting was held at the cabin of James Daniels, which was located on the bank of the Ottawa River near the current location of Market Street. Patrick G. Goode of Montgomery County, special prosecuting attorney at that session, is given credit for having offered up the name of "Lima" (capital of Peru and source of the quinine used to treat the malaria prevalent in the area of the Great Black Swamp).
The first township to be created in Allen County was Bath, whose first township meeting was held on March 2, 1829. The second township to be formed was Jackson on June 6, 1831. Lima was established as a village in 1841, and the town of Lima was organized March 29, 1842. Henry DeVilliers Williams was elected the first mayor and Amos Clutter was elected the first town marshall.
In 1848, the boundaries of Allen County changed with a reorganization that created Auglaize County, Ohio."
