Editing Goose Creek, South Carolina (section)

==History==
Although the city of Goose Creek was established in 1961,<ref>[http://www.cityofgoosecreek.com/?catID=15195 About Goose Creek], City of Goose Creek.</ref> its history dates back many centuries. In the 1670s the [[Etiwan tribe|Etiwan]] moved to the area to escape the [[Westo]], seeking protection among the plantations of early colonists who were often referred to as the "Goose Creek men", mostly settled a few miles north of Charleston near a stream called Goose Creek, a tributary of the Cooper River. The Goose Creek men became leaders of the early Indian trade, and by the 1690s many held important offices in the colonial government. At first the Goose Creek men dealt mainly in [[Slavery among Native Americans in the United States|Indian slaves]], while later the [[deerskin trade]] dominated. Several colonial governors were Goose Creek men, such as [[James Moore Sr.|James Moore]] and [[Robert Daniell]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Oatis |first= Steven J. |title= A colonial complex: South Carolina's frontiers in the era of the Yamasee War, 1680–1730 |year= 2004 |publisher= University of Nebraska Press |isbn= 0-8032-3575-5}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cityofgoosecreek.com/?id=75668&action=detail&catID=15201&parentID=15195 Overview of the History of Goose Creek], City of Goose Creek.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | volume = 29 | pages = 1–25, 71–96, 167–92, 265–79 | last = Smith | first = Henry A. M. | title = Goose Creek | journal = The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine | year = 1928 | issn = 0148-7825}}</ref> Other prominent men included brothers Daniel and [[Pierre Bacot]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia of the First Families of America|last=Virkus|first=Frederick Adams|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Company|year=1942|volume=VII|location=Baltimore Maryland}}</ref>

The [[Otranto Plantation Indigo Vats]] and [[St. James Church (Goose Creek, South Carolina)|St. James Church]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>