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The surname of Grierson is found all over the world today, originating in Lag, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, first mentioned as recorded in the Charters of Lag, transcribed by (Sir) Phillip James Hamilton-Grierson, 1913 in his Charters of Lag, as "Gilbert, son of Duncan Grerson", year 1351 [sic].
Of the surnames associated with Grierson, & found to be legitimately used today are: Grierson, Greirson, Grearson, Greerson, Greierson. The shorter versions are: Grier, Greir, Greer, Grear, Greear, Greier - McGreer, McGrier, McGreery, McGriery, Greery, Griery.
It is my opinion, (Davie Grierson), through 21 years of research, that Grierson surname precedes the use of the Grier surname by about 100 years. There is no evidence in history that disputes this fact. I am also hard against standardization of surnames in family history, which is overly presumptuous, in error, & exaggerates the origins of specific family traditional surname patterns. A perfect example of this is the transplanting of the Irish surname Greer, where the evidence clearly suggests they used the Scottish surname of Grier, both derived from the root surname of Grierson.
I also take issue with the uninformed notion of (Colonel) Alexander Fergusson (c1884) when he writes "there is no evidence (in his opinion), of the belief commonly current, that the Griersons are descended from the MacGregor Clan," he did not do his homework.
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The Murder of (Colonel) James Grierson in North America - Page 30
Sources: (1) Historical Collections of Georgia, page 618:
.... The militia prisoners were confined to a stockade fort, whose (General) Pickens and his militia were quartered. After (Colonel) LEE marched from Augusta, (Colonel) [JAMES] GRIERSON, who had rendered himself peculiarly obnoxious to the enemy by his spirited and unwearied exertions in the cause of his country, was under the custody of the main guard, about ten [10] paces from (General) Pickens' quarters. His spirit and unshaken loyalty in every change of fortune, marked him out as a proper victim to scacrifice to their savage resentment. On of (General) Pickens' men, named JAMES ALEXANDER, entered the room where [JAMES GRIERSON] was confined with his three [3] children, shot him through the body, and returned unmolested by the sentinel posted at the door, or the main guard. He was afterwards stripped, and his clothes divided among the soldiers, who, having exercised upon his dead body all the rage of the most horrid brutality, threw it into a ditch without the fort. Thus fell the brave, unfortunate (Colonel) [JAMES] GRIERSON, a man high in the estimation of his country, valued by his acquaintances, beloved by his friends--not by the shot of an unseen marksman, but under the eye of (General) Pickens', by the hand of a bloody, sanctioned, and protected villain, in shameful violation of a solemn capitulation.
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