Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina

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colonial community historic settlement parish

Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina was a colonial-era settlement and parish in what is now South Carolina, known for its wealthy plantation society and influential political families.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina canonical 4
Goose Creek area 3
Goose Creek community 2

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial community ⓘ
historic settlement ⓘ
parish ⓘ
adjacentTo Cooper River ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
economy indigo cultivation ⓘ
plantation agriculture ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
governance parish vestry and colonial assembly representation ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans

English colonists ⓘ
Native Americans in surrounding area ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
hasNotableFamily Broughton family ⓘ
Bull family ⓘ
Colleton family ⓘ
Cordes family ⓘ
Drayton family ⓘ
Gadsden family ⓘ
Gibbes family ⓘ
Godfrey family ⓘ
Harleston family ⓘ
Izard family ⓘ
Manigault family ⓘ
Middleton family ⓘ
Motte family ⓘ
Porcher family ⓘ
Rhett family ⓘ
Sams family ⓘ
Sarre family ⓘ
Schenckingh family ⓘ
Screven family ⓘ
Simmons family ⓘ
hasNotableStructure St. James Goose Creek Church ⓘ
historicalRegion Lowcountry of South Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Lowcountry, South Carolina
knownFor early colonial political influence ⓘ
influential political families ⓘ
rice plantations ⓘ
slave-based plantation economy ⓘ
wealthy plantation society ⓘ
locatedIn Province of South Carolina ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay South Carolina ⓘ
locatedNear Charleston, Province of South Carolina, British America ⓘ
surface form: Charleston, Province of South Carolina
namedAfter Goose Creek (stream) ⓘ
parishChurch St. James Goose Creek Church ⓘ
partOf Anglican parish system of South Carolina ⓘ
politicalAlignment often at odds with proprietors in early colonial period ⓘ
politicalRole power base for colonial elite ⓘ
source of influential members of the Commons House of Assembly ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ
usedLaborSystem chattel slavery ⓘ
task system on rice plantations ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Middleton → birthPlace → Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina ⓘ
Godfrey family → locatedIn → Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goose Creek area
Godfrey family → partOf → Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: colonial society of Goose Creek area
Sams family → region → Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goose Creek area in the former Province of South Carolina
Harleston family → locatedIn → Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina ⓘ
Cordes family → locatedIn → Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina ⓘ
Sarre family → associatedWith → Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goose Creek community
Simmons family → locatedIn → Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina ⓘ
Simmons family → associatedWith → Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goose Creek community
Simmons family → geographicFocus → Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goose Creek area of the former Province of South Carolina
Goose Creek (stream) → historicallyAssociatedWith → Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goose Creek, South Carolina (historical settlement area)
Broughton family → region → Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goose Creek area
Porcher family → region → Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goose Creek area