The document summarizes the history of the Turrentine family over 265 years, from their arrival in America in 1745 as indentured servants, through the 1850 census showing the family owned slaves, to the present day where the family includes over 1,700 members working in various professions. It describes the family moving from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas and beyond, and how the family was divided during the Civil War with 48 families living in the South owning 168 slaves while 10 family members fought for the Union and 47 for the Confederacy.