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Autumn Haze Farm. Autumn Haze Farm dates back to the turn of the 20th century when the land was purchased by a gentleman named Wesley Peyton ( also 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 Nov. 7, 1965. Both are burried in the nearby Grigsby "Hedgesville " Cemetery. The Peytons raised their two daughters on this farm. The house remains in a restored condition as it was built. It is typical of early rural Virginia home construction 100 years ago. The fertile garden area shown here has been gardened for this entire period and continues to be tended each summer. |
