The Washingtons at Pohick Church

The Washingtons at Pohick Church is a Virginia historical marker in Fairfax (County) County, dedicated 2018.

Fairfax (County) County · dedicated 2018 · Richmond Highway, about 350 feet south of Old Colchester Road and Telegraph Road

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George Washington, like his father before him, served on the vestry of Truro Parish, which the Virginia General Assembly established in 1732. Colonial vestries managed parish affairs and provided crucial services to the community, including care for widows, orphans, the poor, and the sick. Washington served several terms as church warden and is credited with leading the effort to replace the old Pohick Church, about two miles south, with a new building that opened here in 1774. He donated furnishings to the church and attended services here with his wife, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, a devout Anglican. Their home, Mount Vernon, is six miles to the east.

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