The next generation is unknown, but their grandson was probably John Box, born 1670, of Warrosquyoake, Isle of Wight, Virginia Colony. His wife was Rachel ______. Their son, Robert Box (1691-?), is believed to have married Mary Allen, daughter of Arthur Allen and Catherine Baker, in Isle of Wight County. This may be the Robert Box who was recorded in Laurens, South Carolina in 1717. The next generation is also unknown.
Edward Box (1754-1857) was born in Laurens County, South Carolina. During the Revolution he enlisted at Reedy River and served as a private with Capt. Robert Mansfield in Col. Worton's S.C. Regiment. The census records of 1790 and 1800 show he had ten children. At some time during the next ten years, he left South Carolina. All his land was sold by 1828. His wife died before 1842 and on March 7 of that year (at the age of 88?), he married Nancy ______, who died in 1860. He died at the remarkable age of 103 in Decator County, Tennessee.
His son Moses Box (1776-1856) and his family traveled by way of the Ohio River on their journey from South Carolina to Tennessee. They arrived in the early 1800s and settled on Trace Creek, and the blockhouse he built to protect the settlement from the Indians was called Box Station in his name. Although two of their children died during the hardships of the winter, he and his wife Nancy had ten children who grew to adulthood. They were buried in the Box Cemetery near their home.
Charles Box was born in South Carolina on December 15, 1808 and must have come into Tennessee with his parents when he was young. He married Catherine Humphreys, the daughter of Horatio Humphreys and his wife Susannah Adams on September 20, 1832. They left Humphrey County about the time of his father's death in 1856 and settled in Benton County in the area of McIllwain-Flatwoods Church. They were the parents of Rebecca, Joseph, Isabella, John D., William D., Saluda Jane, Nancy C., Ellen, Charles, J, Moses, Susan, Nancy, and H. Dave. Charles was named legal guardian of three more. Catherine died in 1860 at the age of 49. Charles married Eliza Watson in the next year and must have left home for service with the Confederacy soon after. Like two of his sons, he lost his life during the invasion of Tennessee by Union troops. A document listing provisions for a year's provisions for his widow and six children is one of the historic documents preserved in the Benton County archives.
The number of marriages of their daughter, Saluda Jane Box (1834-1915), is not known definitely, but the first was to William Tomlinson. She married Tom King in 1869: he died in a wagon accident in 1884. Of her children, only three survived: Ellen, Zilpha and Mary Edna. Saluda's last husband was Tom's brother, the widower Nathan King. "Saudie" (as her friends called her) lost at least three, perhaps five, husbands and nine of her twelve children before they were adult. Her granddaughter, Savannah Nash Follis, recalled that she was beloved by all who know her for her many kindnesses to others, her wonderful ability as a cook, her success in business, and her unfailing sense of humor.