Porcher family
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The Porcher family is a historically prominent family in the Goose Creek area of colonial South Carolina, known for its influence in the region’s social and political life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Porcher family canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
elite family of colonial South Carolina
ⓘ
family ⓘ planter family ⓘ |
| activity |
participation in local parish vestries
ⓘ
political office holding in colonial South Carolina ⓘ rice planting ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Anglican Church in colonial South Carolina
ⓘ
St. James Goose Creek Parish ⓘ plantation economy of the South Carolina Lowcountry ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedIn |
South Carolina colonial records
ⓘ
genealogies of South Carolina Huguenot families ⓘ parish records of St. James Goose Creek ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | French Huguenot ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Frederick A. Porcher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isaac Porcher ⓘ
surface form:
Gabriel Manigault Porcher
Isaac Porcher ⓘ Philip Porcher ⓘ |
| heritage | French Huguenot diaspora in British America ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
18th century
ⓘ
colonial era ⓘ |
| influenced |
local governance in Goose Creek area
ⓘ
social hierarchy of colonial Goose Creek ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influence in Goose Creek political life
ⓘ
influence in Goose Creek social life ⓘ membership in the Goose Creek elite ⓘ ownership of plantations in the Goose Creek area ⓘ participation in colonial South Carolina politics ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Berkeley County, South Carolina
ⓘ
Goose Creek, South Carolina ⓘ Lowcountry of South Carolina ⓘ
surface form:
Lowcountry, South Carolina
Province of South Carolina ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | from Europe to colonial South Carolina ⓘ |
| partOf |
Goose Creek Men political faction
ⓘ
surface form:
Goose Creek Men (elite faction in colonial South Carolina)
|
| politicalAlignment | colonial elite of South Carolina ⓘ |
| propertyTypeOwned |
enslaved Africans
ⓘ
plantations ⓘ |
| region |
Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina
ⓘ
surface form:
Goose Creek area
|
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| religiousBackground |
Huguenots
ⓘ
surface form:
Huguenot
|
| settledIn |
Moncks Corner
ⓘ
surface form:
Goose Creek settlement
Province of Carolina ⓘ
surface form:
South Carolina colony
|
| socialClass |
planter elite
ⓘ
slaveholding elite ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.