During the war which followed, George Washington remained a Falls Church vestryman until resigning his post in 1784. He had been unable to attend to his duties on the church vestry during the war while leading the continental armies. He later was elected first president of the United States.Gernand and Netherton, Falls Church, p. 28, citing Wrenn, Falls Church, p. 6; Steadman, Falls Church, p. 19, 46; Goodwin, Colonial Churches, pp. 107–121.
