 Swann's Point was sold by the son of Col. Thomas Swann in 1706 to John Joseph Jackman, the plantation was purchased in turn from Jackman in 1709 by Major George Marable who three months later sold the plantation to his brother-in-law, John Hartwell.Upon his death in 1714, Swann's Point passed to John Hartwell's daughter, Elizabeth, then a minor.When she later married Richard Cocke of Henrico County they made their residence at Swann's Point.