May 15, 1754 - May 17, 1857
I believe Rebecca Box, 1782, was the daughter of Edward Box, 1754, SC.
On March 16, 1761, Bush River settlers from Brooks Fort were ambushed by the Indians and young Edward Box was captured. Eight Bush River settlers had left the protection of Brooks Fort to attend their plantations when they were set upon by 27 CHEROKEES. The Indians decapitated a man by the name of Cadwallader Eaton and took Edward Box prisoner. HISTORY OF NEWBERRY COUNTY, SC,
VOLUME I, 1749-1860 also SOUTH CAROLINA REGULATORS.
Legend has it that Edward Box grew up with the Cherokee Indians and married an Indian maiden who changed her name to Elizabeth Newton when she later entered the world of the white man.
The Cherokee War of 1760-1761 ended in late 1761 after much blood had been shed by both sides. A new boundary was set where the Cherokees could not travel south of Forty Mile River.