NO NIGHT CACHING!!!
Burns Hill Cemetery is a historical Waynesboro 16-acre burial grounds which stretches from Main Street to Mount Airy Avenue and dates back to 1875. There are 264 veterans buried here as well as many others from Waynesboro.
The cemetery is named for Gen. James Bourns, who spelled his name differently than the now common spelling of Burns due to his Scottish heritage. Bourns died in 1875, and the cemetery was incorporated in 1880 in his name as he and his wife Jean Downey Bourns were the first interred here.
Bourns’ father, John, was the first cannonmaker in the United States, and made the first cannon used by Washington’s Army in the Battle of Brandywine.
The cache is located near the back of the cemetery.