RASTAFARMS

In November 1910, my great grandparents, Jeff & Catherine (Walker) Shirley purchased 150 acres of land in the Danton area of Orange County, Virginia. Sometime during the Great Depression, banks placed a lien on the property. The land became the Carter family homestead, after their daughter, my grandmother Mattie (Shirley) Carter acquired the now 185 parcel of land in 1947. Some of the capital was derived from the paychecks of her three sons serving in World War II that were sent back to help the family.