TEMPLIN FAMILY ASSOCIATION

Let’s make this the biggest reunion yet. Invite all of your family to attend.

Location: Hampton Inn & Suites, Kokomo, Indiana (765-455-2900) (same location as the 2000 reunion)

Rooms: Standard double & king $89 plus tax per night, King suite - $109 plus tax per night.

Deadline: Reservations must be received by 6/13/2008. After this date reservations will be accepted on a space a rate available basis only. When calling for reservations, tell the hotel personnel you are with the "Templin Family Association Reunion". That will confirm the rate and make certain they are tracking the reservations to our quota of rooms.

Schedule: July 4, 2008 – 5-7 P.M. Meet, Greet and Registration – Hampton Inn

July 5, 2008 – 9 A.M. – 12 P.M. Business Meeting – Hampton Inn

July 6, 2008 – 9 A.M. – 12 P.M. Closing Business Meeting – Hampton Inn

Marvin Templin is working on scanning in original documents for the lineage of James Templin and Mary Salmon (deeds, wills). These records will be on DVD and available at the reunion, cost has not been decided but the money will go into the association’s treasury.

Found in the stable of the subscriber, on the 29^th of April last, a brown horse, about 15 1-2 hands high, with a small star in his forehead, and a nicked tail. The owner is desired to come, prove property, pay charges, and take him away. William Templin

John Templin, grandfather of James Templin who married Mary Salmon, purchased 100 acres of land in Somerset County, Maryland in 1709 with 1,700 pounds of tobacco which was used as currency and his later purchases of land was in English pounds.

In colonial times, there were two mediums of exchange. Both were accepted by the general populace.

One was the English system of money. That was - the English pound sterling, twenty shillings per pound and twelve pence per shilling. It was the legal medium of exchange.

There was also the one which had one pound in weight of tobacco for each penny of English money. That was the one which was accepted by custom. All commercial transactions came to be recognized as being acceptable if the payoff was made in tobacco. Even the courts and the legal system accepted tobacco as a good medium of exchange.

The colonists did not have a ready source of hard currency but they could grow as much tobacco as their land and lifestyles would permit. Land not tied up in other uses such as gardens, pastures, orchards or buildings was planted in tobacco which could be grown year after year on the same land. And land was plentiful.

Some of the below listed items have their customary price given while other prices were controlled by law. The Virginia governing bodies met periodically and fixed the costs of some items, generally the costs of alcoholic beverages and related products.

The information given here can be found in records of the courts of Accomack County, Virginia as abstracted by J. R. McKey in some of her books published by Heritage Books, Inc. See Accomack County Virginia Court Order Abstracts Vol 1 through 14.

Item	Cost
One way trip across the Atlantic	750 pounds of tobacco
A day's labor	20-30 pounds of tobacco
A pair of shoes	50 pounds of tobacco
A pair of stockings	50 pounds of tobacco
A pair of boots	60 pounds of tobacco
A bushel of beans	40 pounds of tobacco
A bushel of corn	125 pounds of tobacco
An ell (45 inches) of cloth	6 pounds of tobacco
A pound of sugar	8 pounds of tobacco
A table	600 pounds of tobacco
Digging a well	100 pounds of tobacco
A cow	500 pounds of tobacco
A horse	1500 pounds of tobacco
A day's rental of a sloop	50 pounds of tobacco
A night's lodging for one person	4 pence
A meal for one person	7 pence
A night's lodging and fodder for one horse	11 pence
A gallon of Virginia cider	1 shilling
A gallon of London beer	5 shillings
A gallon of Virginia brandy	8 shillings
A gallon of French brandy	16 shillings
A coffin	200 pounds of tobacco
A funeral	508 - 1180 pounds of tobacco
A sermon at a funeral	300 - 450 pounds of tobacco
A day of standby or service as a witness in court	40 pounds of tobacco
A cart	500 pounds of tobacco
A pair of cartwheels	400 pounds of tobacco

The TFA dues are for from reunion to reunion, we ask those who haven’t renewed their membership to do so now. The purpose of the Association is not to make money. The Association dues are on $20.00 for two years. The dues help defray meeting room costs at the Reunions, help pay for receptions, and defray the cost of two news letters per year. If you have already paid your dues, Thank You. We ask that you fill out the membership application along with your check to John Templin.

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Please complete and mail, with your check for $20.00 per family for two years (reunion to reunion) to: