Text Appearing Before Image: e Sixth Judicial District,his commission dating April 5, 1803. Judge Moore removed atonce to Meadville, within his district, from which Beaver Countywas cut off by the revision of the judicial districts of the State 1 p. L., 323. s It is with peculiar satisfaction that we record here the fact, that we have succeeded inwhat was pronounced, and seemed at first to be, indeed, an impossible undertaking, viz.,the procuring of portraits of all the judges, learned in the law, who have ever presided overthe courts of our county. In addition we have also obtained portraits of a number of theassociate judges and of many of the early and distinguished members of the bar. We sub-mit all these, together with others of a more recent date, in reproductions by the art ofthe photographer and the engraver, with the assurance that an added interest will begiven to the text of our history when the reader is enabled to look upon the counterfeitpresentment of the men with the story of whose lives it deals. Text Appearing After Image: William Wilkins.President Judge, 1820-1824. History of Beaver County 309 in 1806, referred to above, and continued president judge of thenew Sixth District until his death, in the fifty-ninth year of hisage, December ax, 1824. His connection with the courts ofBeaver County thus lasted, as will appear from a comparison ofdates, two years. Judge Moore is said to have been a man ofimposing appearance, retaining the dress and manners of thecolonial period and of the old-school gentleman, wearing smallclothes, with shoe- and knee-buckles, and his long hair done upin a queue, plentifully besprinkled with white powder.1 He isalso reputed to have met the requirements of his position as ajudge learned in the law, and to have been upright and im-partial in his decisions. Hon. Samuel Roberts, who succeeded Jesse Moore as presi-dent judge of Beaver County, was born in Philadelphia, Septem-ber 8, 1763. He received his early education and read law withHon. William Lewis in the same city, being ther
Note About Images
Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
The categories of this image need checking. You can do sohere.
Please remove redundant categories and try to put this image in the most specific category/categories.
You can remove this template by clicking here (or on the first line).
Licensing
This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.
Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
No known copyright restrictionsNo restrictionshttps://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/false