General Notes

Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography -page 399 GIBSON, JOHN, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born May 23, 1740, in Lancaster, Pa. He served in the Revolutionary War. He was a judge of the court of common pleas, and a general of militia. In 1800, he was appointed secretary of the territory of Indiana, holding the position until it became a state. He was acting governor of Indiana from 1811 to 1813. He died April 10, 1822, near Vincennes, Ind.
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Dunmore'sWar 287 Col. John Gibson (not Col. George Gibson) was born Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1740. After receiving a good education, he entered the army), under Gen. Forbes and at the close of the war engaged in the Indian (1758), trade. At the outbreak of Pontiac's War, he was captured, but saved from burning by being adopted by a squaw. The following year, he was released, and continued his dealings with the Indians. Logan's sister, who was murdered at Yellow Creek, was his Indian wife. After Dunmore's War, Gibson embraced the Revolutionary cause, and commanded the 13th Virginia, and, after 1778, was stationed at Fort Pitt. He held several public offices later, being judge of Allegheny County, Pa., and secretary of Indiana Territory. He died in western Pennsylvania in 1822. He was a very close friend of Col. Zackwell Morgan. He twice resided in Monongalia County (West Virginia near Morgantown, and was often a visitor at Picketts Fort.  Col. Gibson was said to have committed Logan's famous speech to writing.  *This was a loose photocopy in Lola B. Taylor's papers. No source was given. Scanned by Donald R. Taylor.