Waynesboro (Augusta County), VA - Misc History; Wm. and Mary College Qrtly. Vol. 13, No. 3 Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************* WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA. COMMUNICATED BY F. P. LEAVENWORTH A plat, "supposed to be the original," of survey of Waynesboro, in Augusta county, Va., dated 1798, by Jean Estill and his brother, is in possession of Mr. Fishburne, of this place. The place was named for "Mad Anthony Wayne," the hero of Stony Point. The old brick houses on the main street are laid in the English bond used in Virginia down to about 1820. The earliest records in the court-house at Staunton of land sales begin in 1745. In the cemetary at Waynesboro is a grave-stone said to be that of the grandfather of Gen. John Imboden, C. S. Cavalry, so highly commended by Gen. R. E. Lee. IN MEMORY OF JACOB IMBODEN who was Born the 3rd Day of APRIL, in the year of Our Lord 1737 and De- parted this life 10th of Nov. 1818 AGED 81 Years, 7 months and 7 days.