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| | GRIERSON by William Anderson dated 1869 - Page 51 |
 | | Before 1400, Gilbert MacGregor received a charter from "George de Dunbar, earl of March," of "the Netherholm of Dalgarnock," to him and his "heirs male, to be called by the surname of Grierson." The said earl also granted charter, dated at Dunbar, 1400, "of the Lands of Airdes, &c. |
 | | The said Gilbert Grierson is designed armour-bearer to Archibald, earl of Douglas, lord of Galloway and Annandale, in a charter of the lands of Drumjoan, in 1410. |
 | | Roger Grierson's only sons, (Sir) William Grierson of Lag, joined the Maxwells of Nithsdale against the Johnstones of Annandale, and fought at the Sanquinary Battle of DRYFE SANDS, when the former were defeated, with a loss of 700 men, on December 7th, 1593. |
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