Waynesborough

On July 31, 1783, an Act passed by the General Assembly meeting in Augusta called for the laying out of the town of Waynesborough on reserved or private land. Commissioners Thomas Lewis, Sr., Thomas Lewis, Jr., John Duhart, Edward Telfair, and John Jones were instructed to sell lots on John Thomas' land on the waters of McIntosh Creek, where the Battle of Burke's Jail was fought. By virtue of that Act, an indenture dated June 9, 1799, between Commissioners Isaac Perry, Alexander Carter, William Wynne, John Whitehead, John Mitchell, Thomas Yarborough, and John Davis provided for the sale of lots on the present site. Named for General Anthony Wayne, Waynesboro was incorporated on December 10, 1812. Samuel Moore bought the first one acre lot, bounded by Shadrick, Robinson, and Barron Streets. The Munnerlyn House, built by Alexander Carter, was by tradition the oldest house in Waynesboro. On May 17, 1791, George Washington wrote in his Journal that he went 6 miles out of his way to spend the night there, and President Woodrow Wilson visited the house as a boy on Liberty Street. President William H. Taft visited Waynesboro in 1910.

Waynesboro, Georgia · United States