Nearby On This Tract of Land Called Mount Vernon
Stood the home of Colonial Patriot
John Wallace, Junior
February 15, 1755 - May 1811
Founder
of
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania - 1797
The town laid out in 1797 was named Waynesburg until 1831.
The plot included the original "settlement" which came to be
called Wallacetown in honor of John Wallace, Senior (1707-1777)
Scottish pioneer who settled here in 1740.
Marker can be reached from the intersection of E. 2nd Street and Enterprise Ave., on the left when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
