[5] In 1818, Major and Mrs. Oliver Williams and their eight children set out to settle Oakland County along with Mr. and Mrs. Alpheus Williams, their four daughters and two sons, and Captain Archibald Phillips.

Major Williams and his family established the first farm settlement in the county on the south shore of Silver Lake.

In 1821, the first school in Oakland County was started in the loft of Oliver Williams' sheep barn on the banks of Silver Lake.

[6] In 1822, the first schoolhouse built of logs on Oliver Williams farm, south of Silver Lake.

[7] Silver Lake contains a variety of fish, including black crappie, bluegill, largemouth bass, rock bass, smallmouth bass, spotted gar, sunfish, black bullhead, snakehead, common carp and yellow perch.