Turkeycock Mountain is a mountain summit located in

Franklin County, Virginia Franklin County is located in the Blue Ridge foothills of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,477. Its county seat is Rocky Mount. Franklin County is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area ...

and Henry County, Virginia. Rising out of the eastern foothills of the

Blue Ridge Mountains The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range. The mountain range is located in the Eastern United States, and extends 550 miles southwest from southern Pennsylvania through Maryland, West Virgin ...

, Turkeycock Mountain rises to above sea level and is located at . A portion of the mountain is protected as the Turkeycock Wildlife Management Area, which is open to the public. The

Samuel Calland Samuel Calland (1750 – Nov. 8, 1808, Callands, Virginia) was born in Scotland, but became an influential landowner and merchant in Colonial Virginia. The town of Callands, Virginia, is named for him. Personal life Born in 1750, Samuel married El ...

(1750-1808) family home had 22 rooms and was situated at the foot of the Turkeycock Mountain. A one-and-a-half-story six-room building with earthen basement is all that remains of the formerly large structure. Several features of the home, including the main room's high ceiling, pine

wainscoting Panelling (or paneling in the U.S.) is a millwork wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components. These are traditionally interlocking wood, but could be plastic or other materials. Panelling was developed in antiquity to make roo ...

, brick chimney, and one staircase, are still visible.Worley, Susan. 2003
"Calland Cemetery to be Restored
. Pittsyvania Packet. November 2003, issue #50. Page 8.

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Landforms of Franklin County, Virginia Landforms of Henry County, Virginia Mountains of Virginia Mountains under 1000 metres {{HenryCountyVA-geo-stub