This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gibson, Garrett Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.gibson/750.870.884.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: All of the above correspondence is very interesting. I don't know if my Gibson ancestor was a preacher or not, but he is referred to as Parson Gibson or Parsons Gibson in the book "A History of Welcome Garrett and his Descendents" as marrying Rachel Hoover. I have his shown as Johnson Gibson marr to Rachel Hoover in the 1850 census of Clay Township, Hamilton Co., Indiana. He was b. 1790 in NC. Rachel was also b. NC 1809. I am descended from Johnson and Rachel's son, Randolph who marr. Charity Margaret Garrett through their daughter, Dora Zelinda Gibson, my ggrandmother. Does anyone have any info on this Johnson or Parsons Gibson?