He was a graduate of both the University of Virginia and the United States Military Academy and had served for a year in the US Army as a second lieutenant.

Philip St. George Cocke married Sarah Elizabeth Courtney Bowdoin and had eleven children, the last nine of which were born on Belmead.

[4] The sale of the property was managed by Plante Moran Real Estate Investment Advisors, which asked for proposals by Dec. 19, 2016.

[3] The house is a two-story, Gothic Revival style stuccoed brick residence with a three-story central cross gable.

It features a square tower with corner piers, crenellation, belt courses, ground level Tudor arched openings, and diamond-paned casement windows.