This site contains the remains of the Richards family, early settlers of the area and a prominent Virginia Colonial family. George Richards (1727-1818) was with Washington at Braddocks Defeat in 1755 and, with his sons, in the Revolutionary War in 1776. The family served in the War of 1812, the Florida Indian Wars, and Richards Company of Friendly Indians, and settled Ocheese Bluffs, Wewahitchka, and Altha. As one of Florida’s first pioneer families and interpreters for Andrew Jackson for Florida treaties, they built Fort Richards, where George’s son Thomas C. Richards (1774-1838) was killed during an Indian attack. Thomas’s son, Rev. John G. Richards (1797-1876), built the church, named Wewahitchka, and served as Calhoun County Elections Inspector in 1843, Clerk of the Court in 1851, and in Company A, 2nd Florida Calvary. His son, Daniel Thomas Richards (1825-1879), who is buried at this site, survived the fort’s attack and built Moss Hill, Chipola Baptist, and Altha Methodist Churches. He was a Civil War veteran of the 6th Florida Infantry Regiment, Company G, wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, in 1863, and later served as Washington County Clerk of Court. His wife, brother, a son, and other family members are buried here. Son Martin L. Richards (1866-1947) founded Altha.