This wooden structure with stone foundations and chimneys was built in the late eighteenth century, perhaps about 1780, and consists of one and one-half stories, with a supra-attic and cellar.

[3] The tavern served as a stagecoach station, and perhaps as a mustering location for Revolutionary War soldiers.

[4][5] According to a 1980 newspaper story: The DeJarnette tavern is believed to have attracted a sports minded clientele – those interested in horse racing, card playing, cock fighting and the like.

One version of the legend has the peddler buried under the house, and another has him lying under the large rocks which go out from the front porch toward the highway.

[4] This article about a property in Halifax County, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.