On this day 250 years ago in Charleston, South Carolina, Superintendent of Indian Affairs John Stuart wrote Lord Dartmouth about the torture and murder of Lieutenant Daniel Grant of the Georgia militia by Creek Indians in January. This incident and associated raids conducted by the Creeks and Cherokees against white settlers in the Carolina backcountry would lead to widespread warfare on the Frontier in the early days of the Revolution.

Source: https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/haynes_joshua_s_201308_phd.pdf at p. 64