By act of March 24, 1812, Bradford, Tioga, Wayne and Susquehanna Counties were erected into the Eleventh Judicial District, and the Governor was required to appoint a president judge for the district, the appointment to take effect after the second Tuesday of the following October. Gov. Snyder, October 16, 1812, commissioned Hon. John B. Gibson president judge of the district. Judge Gibson presided in Wayne, for the first time, February 1, 1813, and for the last time, at January Term, 1816. June 27, 1816, he resigned, and on the same day was commissioned by Gov. Snyder a justice of the Supreme Court.
[Mathews, Alfred: History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe Counties, 1886.]
[Mathews, Alfred: History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe Counties, 1886.]