Secretary of Indiana Territory form 1800 and acting Governor from September, 1812 to May 1813, was a soldier who did good service both during and before the Revolutionary War, on the western frontier. He was a brother-in-law of Logan, the Mingo Chief, and the interpreter who received and transmitted to Lord Dunmore, in 1774, the famous speech of Logan's, which is a classic in literature. Gibson's governorship fell at the most trying period - the period of 1812, when the Indian dangers to our frontier were at their height, and his prompt and vigorous measures stamped him as a man of ability. He left Indiana in 1816. Gibson County is named for him.