Falls of the Tar Church

Constituted as Particular

Baptist, 1757; Rev. John

Moore & Joshua Lawrence

among early ministers.

Now Primitive Baptist.

Marker is on Hunter Hill Road near Benvenue Road (North Carolina Road 43), on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Falls Church

The first church on this site was built in 1734 and was in Truro Parish. George Washington was elected a vestryman, October 3, 1763. In 1765 the church fell within the newly created Fairfax Parish, of which Washington was chosen ...

The Falls Church

This Georgian-style church designed and built in 1767-69 by James Wren, related to Sir Christopher, replacing the 1733 frame structure on 2-acre lot (part of 1729 248-acre Trammel grant). Washington and Mason were vestrymen. After the 1788 disestablishment of the ...