Richland was the plantation home of William Alexander Somervill and the burial place nearby for William Alexander Somervill, Josephine Amelia, Jane Eppes Fraser Claiborne, her four sons Devereaux Augustine, Charles Fenton, Austin Fraser, and Benjamin Watkins Leigh, Fannie Somervill Green, Willis Lewis Green, John Richard Green, Katy Volkes, infant daughter of Joe Brehon Somervell and Eliza Jones, and others.