Pohick Church

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The Pohick Church is a church near Lorton in Fairfax County, Virginia, USA. Originally founded as Occoquan Church, in the Anglican Truro Parish of Virginia, it was later renamed Pohick Church in 1732 after relocating near Pohick Creek. The current site is now occupied by Cranford Methodist Church.

The Pohick Church had several notable members of the vestry who helped raise funds for its construction, including George Washington and his father Augustine, George Mason, and George William Fairfax (a relative of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron). It was custom at the time to raise money for the funding of the church through the purchase of private pew boxes.

During the Civil War, the church was taken over by Confederate troops, who used the church building as a stable. Soldier graffiti is still visible on the church walls.