This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMITH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xV.2ADE/492.1 Message Board Post: Could Gib have possibly been a nickname for Gilbert? Doesn't really sound logical though. I had a Gilbert Smith that have not been able to locate and I do know that he had a brother John that was in Newton county at one time.