For more than four hundred years (until 1745), the family of Smith were settled as kindly tenants and later lairds in the parish of Strathblane at Craigend, north and somewhat east of Glasgow. They took their name from their occupation as the Smiths and Armorers to the barony of Mugdock. According to A map of old Scotland, there was a castle Mugdock to the north and west of Glasgow. On the family crest there were two shocks of wheat showing we were Lairds of the land and two crescents showing we made two crusades to the holy Land.

The date 1745 is important because that is when the Smiths left Scotland and came to America. In 1140 the Smiths became Lairds which they received from the Barons of castle Mugdock in Strathblane, Stirlingshire.

Smith can be traced back through MacPherson to Clan Chattan. We also have septs through the Burness of Ayrshire with Stewart, Smith, Graham, Ramsey, and Appin Stewart.