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/2hB.2ACI/23.1.1 Message Board Post: Ronda, I too am descended from John W. Smith of Meigs County, through his son Thomas H. Smith and his grandson Thomas B. Smith who emigrated to Texas in 1894. I would love to share information with you.