Basic Information

• Location – Goose Creek (a branch of the Cooper River), Goose Creek, St James Goose Creek Parish, Berkeley County
  

• Origin of name – "The Gibbes family genealogy states that a Gibbes ancestor came from Brome or Broom house in the parish of Backham, Kent in England." Goose Creek: A Definitive History
  

• Other names – Broom Hall, Broomville, Broomfield, Bloomfield
  

• Current status – The majority of the property has been developed into neighborhoods. The ruins of the house are tucked away in the woods.
  

Timeline

• 1678 – Earliest known date of existence

  The Grand Council decide to grant Arthur Middleton "a greate Lotte of Land" on "the upper part of Adthan [Goose] Creek." In 1680, Middleton took ownership but for only four years (Goose Creek: A Definitive History).
  

• 1684 – Middleton conveyed the property to Robert Mallock, a Charleston merchant. The property then went to Mallock's son (Goose Creek: A Definitive History).
  

• 1708 – Moses Medina purchased the property from Mallock's son for 200 pounds. It is not known how long he owned the property.
  

• ? – Colonel Thomas Broughton acquired the property which was listed as 1,000 acres. Broughton made a fortune from the deerskin trade and decided to try his hand at rice cultivation. For some reason Broughton became disillusioned with his Goose Creek porperty and sold it to Benjamin Gibbes (Goose Creek: A Definitive History).
  

• 1710 or 1711 – Benjamin Gibbes purchased the property and proceeded to make improvements on the land. He was probably the first person to live on the property. Gibbes and his wife, Jane, made many contributions to the construction and upkeep of the St James, Goose Creek Church. A tablet to their memory can still be found in the church today (Goose Creek: A Definitive History).
  

• 1722 – Benjamin Gibbes died and his estate went to his second wife, Amarinthia, and their daughter. His total estate, which included currency, salves, furnishings and farm tools, was valued at 5,339 pounds (Goose Creek: A Definitive History).
  

• ? – Amarinthia married Captain Peter Taylor and continued to live at Broom Hall. An inventory of Taylor's property indicates that he produced indigo, rice, and corn and owned eighty-one head of cattle, seventeen head of oxen, and about seventy slaves (Goose Creek: A Definitive History).
  

• 1765 – Peter Taylor died and left his property to Thomas Smith. None of Taylor's children survived him (Goose Creek: A Definitive History).
  

Land

• Number of acres –

• Primary crop –

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Middleton

Slaves

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Buildings

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Web Resources

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Print Resources

• Initial references: 19

• Heitzler, Michael J. Goose Creek A Definitive History Volume One Planters, Politicians and Patriots. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2005.

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