CHESTNUT OAK ENTRANCE
Amissville , Virginia

Entrance to Chestnut Oak and the Autumn Haze Farm

.(Gate Design by: W. Petty ...... Stone work by: Tony Jenkins, Stanley, VA. )

Autumn Haze Farm is located at Chestnut Oak and dates back to the turn of the 20th century when the land was purchased by a gentleman named Wesley Peyton ( sometimes spelled Payton ). The 100 acre partial land was formerly a part of a larger 400 acre Murphy track of land. In 1925 Wes Peyton sold off 40 acres of the land. Wes Peyton built the farm house from timber that he cut off the land. Wes Peyton was in the timber business and lived in the house with his wife, Bertha Thompson Peyton until his death in 1963. Betha Peyton died Nov7, 1965. Wes and his wife are burried in the nearby Grigsby " Edgeville" Cemetery. The Peytons raised two daughters and a son on this farm. The original farm house remains in a restored condition as it was built in the early 1900s. It is typical of early rural Virginia home construction 100 years ago. The fertile garden area has been gardened for this entire 100 year period and continues to be tended each summer.