Meet the Templeton Family: Four Centuries of Southern Heritage and Traditions

Mary Susan Templeton’s family history includes information on her Scotch-Irish ancestors who immigrated to Pennsylvania and headed south along the Great Wagon Road to settle in Anson and Iredell Counties in North Carolina in the 1700s. She writes about family members who lived in the Catawba River valley until 1845, when her direct ancestors moved to Tennessee. Since that time, seven generations of Templetons have lived in Tennessee. Later generations settled on the Templeton farm which has been in the family since the 19th Century. Recently, some members of the Templeton family have moved to North Carolina and Virginia. Her book, "Meet the Templeton Family: Four Centuries of Southern Heritage and Traditions," also includes genealogical charts of related families: Gracey, Dewese, Stevenson, Bell, and Simonton.