John Gilbert (Ancestor)

Johnathan Gilbert born sometime in the early 1800's to middle 1800's, was a founding member of Mystic Falls and the present day Gilberts' ancestor. He was the author of a number of journals that chronicaled his life and was considered "insane right to the bitter, drunken end." He was considered a genius though and invented the Gilbert Invention which had the cability of bringing down several vampires within a five mile radius. He also had a pocket watch that was invented to detect vampires, that helped him out Pearl as a vampire, even though he was romantically interested in her, he did not hesitate to round her up with the other vampires and put her in the burning basement of the church. Elena, Jeremy and John Gilbert have all read his journals and gained some valuable insight into the goings on of Mystic Falls back in the 1840's.