 After this the congregation was once again served by students from the Virginia Theological Seminary until a permanent rector was appointed in 1881.A rectory was purchased for the church in 1883, and by 1908 the church property consisted of forty-three acres of land as well as the rectory and parish hall.Pohick Church on occasion played host to dignitaries; in 1878 President Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife Lucy attended a service there after having spent the night at Mount Vernon.