Boochawee Hall

Boochawee Hall, created in 1683 by a 2,400-acre grant, was owned by two colonial governors, father and son. James Moore, who died in 1706, was a trader and planter who served on the Grand Council and later led the Goose Creek Men, an anti-proprietary faction. Appointed governor in 1700, he commanded an expedition to Florida and burned St. Augustine in 1702. Replaced as governor by Sir Nathaniel Johnson in 1703, he returned to the council and held a seat there until his death. James Moore Jr., who died in 1724, served three terms in the Commons House of Assembly and as an officer in the Tuscarora War from 1711 to 1713 before commanding the provincial forces in the Yemassee War in 1715. He was appointed governor when the proprietary government was overthrown in 1719 and was essentially a caretaker until he was succeeded by provisional royal governor Francis Nicholson in 1721. At his death, Moore was Speaker of the House in the first Royal Assembly.

Goose Creek, South Carolina · United States