Early Indian Trading Paths / The Goose Creek Men

Early Indian Trading Paths / The Goose Creek Men (HMI6E)

Location: Goose Creek, SC 29445 Berkeley County
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Country: United States of America
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N 33° 1.664', W 80° 2.132'

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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 furs and skins, trading with the Catawbas, Coosas, Westos, and Yamasees in the lowcountry and the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, and Chickasaws farther in the backcountry.

The Goose Creek Men
The "Goose Creek Men" were English planters, some who came to S.C. from Barbados. They settled nearby, soon became wealthy through the Indian trade, and conducted an illegal trade in Indian slaves and with pirates. The Goose Creek Men formed a faction opposing the Lords Proprietors between 1670 and 1720. Two of them, James Moore, Sr. (d. 1706) and his son James Moore, Jr. (d. 1724) served as governor of the colony.
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HM NumberHMI6E
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Marker Number8-57
Year Placed2008
Placed ByThe City of Goose Creek
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Date Added Friday, September 12th, 2014 at 7:39pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 590070 N 3654774
Decimal Degrees33.02773333, -80.03553333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 1.664', W 80° 2.132'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 1' 39.84" N, 80° 2' 7.92" W
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Area Code(s)843
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 519 N Goose Creek Blvd, Goose Creek SC 29445, US
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