 The Swann family association with the area began in 1635, when William Swann acquired a land patent for 1200 acres at Swann's Point.The plantation increased to 1650 acres by patents to Col. Thomas Swann in 1638 and 1655 
After Bacon's Rebellion (1676) the King's Commissioners sent to Virginia in investigate the "troubles" held their proceedings at Swann's Point.It was here, then, that petitions were heard complaining of the conduct of William Hartwell, captain of Governor Berkeley's guard, in the suppression of the rebellion.