In this vicinity on June 14-16, 1856, a group of United States Army soldiers led by Lt. Carlton engaged the Seminole Indians in what is known as the Willoughby Tillis Battle. Five men who lost their lives in this engagement are buried here: Lt. Alderman Carlton, Lott Whidden, and William Parker, killed June 14, 1856, and Robert F. Prine and George Howell, killed June 16, 1856; others were wounded.