On a Lake Greenview Park walking trail near East Pandora Drive.
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Boochawee Hall, created in 1683 by a 2,400-acre grant, was owned by two colonial governors, father and son. James Moore (d. 1706), a trader and planter, served on the Grand Council and later led “the Goose Creek . . . — — Map (db m29492) HM
On Westview Blvd. near Prospect Way, on the right when traveling north.
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Broom Hall Plantation, later called Bloom Hall and still later Bloomfield, was first granted to Edward Middleton in 1678. By 1710 this property passed to Benjamin Gibbes (d. 1722), who named it for Broom House, his ancestral . . . — — Map (db m28558) HM
On Brandywine Boulevard east of North Goose Creek Boulevard (U.S. 52).
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This plantation was once part of Boochawee Hall, owned by Governor James Moore (d. 1706). Moore left 615 acres to his daughter Rebecca, who married Thomas Barker (d. 1715) in 1709. Barker, who planted inland rice here, served . . . — — Map (db m29493) HM
This African-American community grew up around a Methodist church founded during Reconstruction by a freedman named Casey or Caice. Its early services were under a tent, but a log cabin served as its first permanent church. In 1868 T.W. Lewis and . . . — — Map (db m29486) HM
Crowfield Plantation, on the headwaters of Goose Creek, was originally granted to John Berringer in 1701. John Gibbes (1696-1764), a member of the Royal Assembly, sold it in 1721 to Arthur Middleton (1681-1737), also a member of the Royal Assembly. . . . — — Map (db m28504) HM
Near North Goose Creek Boulevard (U.S. 52) when traveling south.
Early Indian Trading Paths
One of the earliest major trading paths in the Carolina colony, dating from the first decade of English settlement 1670-1680, ran nearby. The colonists traded guns and ammunition, cloth, rum, and other goods for . . . — — Map (db m27351) HM
On Saint James Avenue (U.S. 176) north of Wilmer Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
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From the 18th century, the State Road from Charleston and the Road to Dorchester met near here. These paths connected Charleston to the S.C. interior. Travelers from Charleston would have crossed Goose Creek, two miles south, . . . — — Map (db m206675) HM
On Dasharon Lane near Hamlet Circle, on the right when traveling west.
French Huguenot Plantation
Abraham Fleury, sometimes called Abraham Fleury Sieur De La Plaine, settled here about 1680. He was one of the first French Huguenot planters in Carolina. The Huguenots, Protestants who escaped the persecution of . . . — — Map (db m41935) HM
On St. James Avenue (U.S. 176) at Farm Road, on the right when traveling south on St. James Avenue.
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This area has been called Goose Creek since the late 17th century. For almost 200 years after the Lords Proprietors granted large tracts to English, French Huguenot, and other planters, their plantations . . . — — Map (db m27360) HM
On Old State Road, on the right when traveling south.
The first bridge here, in use by 1680, had a raised road at either end and was built from split logs with the flat sides up, covered by sand or clay. Traffic over Goose Creek increased significantly after St. James, Goose Creek Church was built . . . — — Map (db m29502) HM
On Snake River Rd., 0.2 miles south of Old State Road, on the right when traveling east.
The Parish of St. James was founded by Act of Assembly in 1706. The present edifice was begun in 1714, and completed in 1719. The Royal Arms of Great Britain can still be seen over the chancel, and here is preserved the Izard Hatchment, said to be . . . — — Map (db m39091) HM
[Front] Howe Hall Plantation, an inland rice plantation, was established here by Robert Howe, who came to S.C. in 1683. His first house here was later described as “tolerable.” Howe’s son Job (d. 1706) built a brick plantation . . . — — Map (db m29524) HM
On Howe Hall Road near Red Bank Road, on the left when traveling east.
(Front text) Howe Hall Plantation Howe Hall Plantation was established here by Robert Howe about 1683 and passed to his son Job Howe (d. 1706), Speaker of the Commons House of Assembly 1700-05. Later owned by such prominent lowcountry . . . — — Map (db m28079) HM
This inland rice plantation has its origins in a 1683 grant. In 1726 Nathaniel Moore and his wife sold a 900-acre parcel to Isaac Mazyck (d. 1736). Mazyck’s son Benjamin (d. 1800), a rice planter, cattleman, and merchant, consolidated several . . . — — Map (db m29490) HM
On Goose Creek Boulevard (U.S. 52), on the right when traveling south.
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Mount Holly Station
Mount Holly Station, a depot on the Northeastern Railroad between Florence and Charleston, was built here about 1853. It was named for nearby Mount Holly Plantation, carved out of Thorogood Plantation . . . — — Map (db m23583) HM
On Brushy Park Road, on the right when traveling north.
Built 1750-1790 at Otranto Plantation and used to process dye from indigo, an important S.C. crop from 1747 to 1796. Moved here 1979. — — Map (db m29485) HM
On Otranto Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
Originally known as "Yeshoe," this plantation was granted in 1679 to Arthur Middleton, great-granduncle of the signer of the Declaration of Independence. Called "Otranto" after 1771, when it was bought by Dr. Alexander Garden, noted physician and . . . — — Map (db m29484) HM
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Springfield Plantation, an inland rice plantation, was established here by Paul Mazyck (d. 1749), a planter and merchant who combined two large tracts on Foster Creek, a branch of Back River. His father Isaac, a French . . . — — Map (db m29489) HM
On Vestry Lane west of Snake River Road (South Carolina Highway S-8-208).
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St. James, Goose Creek was one of the first Anglican parishes in the lowcountry, created by the Church Act of 1706. The first church here , built in 1707, was a frame building. This Georgian brick church, covered in stucco, . . . — — Map (db m29495) HM
On The Oaks Avenue at Middleton Drive on The Oaks Avenue.
The Oaks, an inland rice plantation, was established here by Edward Middleton (d. 1685) on a 1678 grant from the Lords Proprietors. Middleton, a planter who came to S.C. from Barbados, received 1,630 acres on Yeaman’s Creek, later renamed Goose . . . — — Map (db m29497) HM
On a Foster Creek Park walking trail west of Foster Creek Road.
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In April 1715 Yamasee warriors killed government agents and traders who had come to meet with them at Pocotaligo, in present-day Beaufort County. Others killed colonists and raided plantations and farms at Port Royal, . . . — — Map (db m29505) HM
