An ironic and funny twist to a local legend.
Just an observation. Threads that have North vs South content usually have a long list of comments. I always read them all and the tone rarely varies. In general, from both geographic areas, the gist is "you dont like us, we dont like you". Not important perhaps but to me, interesting.
>>1. They could not be Yankees.
2. They could not have the last name Sherman (an obvious reference to Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman).
3. And the land could not be sold or leased to those whose last names could be rearranged to spell Sherman. <<<
Sounds perfectly reasonable to me...
Of course I was raised in a family where Grand Daddy was the mayor of his tiny little town and also the Baptist preacher - the only curse word we were allowed to say was damnyankee because Grand Daddy said it wasn't really two different words.
The actual restrictions and conveyance, courtesy of Prof. Patrick Rohan, St. John's University School of Law:
COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS CREATED AND RECORDED BY HENRYE. INGRAM
The property described particularly in Exhibit "A", affixed hereto, and known generally as "Delta Plantation," which was conveyed on or about January 23, 1998 to Henry E. Ingram
(Purchaser) from Cullum's Lumber Mill, Inc. (Seller), (hereafter "the Property"), shall be hereafter subject to the following covenants and/or restrictions:
1. The property shall never be leased, sold, bequeathed, de
vised or otherwise transferred, permanently or temporarily, to
any person or entity that may be described as being part of the
Yankee race. "Yankee" as used herein, shall mean any person or
entity born or formed north of the Mason-Dixon line, or any per
son or entity who has lived or been located for a continuous period of one (1) year above said line. In determining a "continuous period" as used herein, intermittent periods of one week or less shall not be construed as severing continuity;
2. No person with the last name of Sherman shall ever own, lease, enter, occupy, walk upon, or hold any interest, of any nature or kind in the Property. Any person born up North whose last name may be spelled by using the letters found in the name Sherman is subject to the same restrictions and covenants as if his name were Sherman. No business entity with the name Sherman in its name, trade name, or any previous business name, shall ever acquire or maintain any interest in the Property or provide any goods or services thereon.
3. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as active discrimination against those Southern persons of African descent. In fact, Southern persons of African descent shall not be subject to, and are expressly excluded from, the restrictions and covenants contained in paragraph two (2) above; provided that all subsequent transferors shall be so subject, as will the initial transfer of the Property from the Southern person of African descent to the subsequent transferor. Southern persons of African descent may be given permission upon written request to use, hunt, fish and/or own the Property. Any Southern person of African descent is entitled to a ten percent (10%) discount if he or she purchases the Property from Henry E. Ingram or his heirs and/or assigns.
4. Any of the above restrictions, covenants and conditions may be waived in writing by Henry E. Ingram, his heirs or assigns; provided that, in the event that the waiver is being granted by a person other than Henry E. Ingram or his son Sterling Ashley Ingram, the written waiver requires the written approval of at least one other person, related by blood to Henry E. Ingram, who was born in a State of the Union located geographically at least 15 miles South of the State of Virginia.
5. The covenants and restrictions discussed above in Paragraphs one (1) through four (4) are necessary to ensure that the Yankees will never again own or control large tracts of land that rightfully belong in Southern hands and under Southern dominion. They are intended to prevent Yankee ownership of property stolen or conscripted after the great war of Northern aggression after 1865 by the Yankee Carpetbaggers and Scalawags.
6. Delta Plantation will once again be available to the true Southerners to view, camp, hunt, fish, use, enjoy and share as true.Southerners are taught from birth. Thank you Sir.
7. No redwood lumber may be used by any person who builds any wooden structure on the property. This restriction is due in part to a certain large redwood tree in the Western United States that is named after the late coward and war criminal William T. Sherman. Additionally this restriction is due in part to certain environmental views shared and held by the authors to these restrictions.
8. These covenants and restrictions were drafted and executed by a true Southerner, Henry E. Ingram, Jr., this 2nd day of February in the year of our God, 1998.
HENRY E. INGRAM, JR.
ALL those certain pieces, parcels or tracts of land situate,
lying and being in Jasper County, South Carolina, containing
1606.86 acres, more or less, and 63.02 acres, more or less, and being a portion of Tract A and of the Poindexter Tract of the Delta Plantation Tracts as shown and delineated on that certain plat of survey prepared by Coastal Surveying Company, Inc. dated July 1, 1975 for Chevron Oil Company, which Plat is recorded in Plat Book 18 at Page 60 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Jasper County, South Carolina. The 1606.86 acre tract being shown and designated as Tract "A", and the 63.02 acre tract being shown and designated as Tract "B" on that certain plat of survey entitled "Plat of 1,674.88 acres, Portion of Delta Plantation Surveyed for Henry Ingram", prepared by Paul D. Wilder, R.L.S. of Wilder Surveying and Mapping, dated January 12, 1998 and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Jasper County, South Carolina in Plat Book 23 at Page 47. Said Tract "A" being generally bounded and described as follows: on the North by Tract "C" as shown on the aforesaid plat and by the R/W of SC Hwy. 170 and by lands, now or formerly of Collum's Lumber Mill, Inc.; on the Northeast by lands of John E. Cay, III; on the East by the Centerline of the Old Screven Ferry Road and a 30' access easement, and other lands of Collum's Lumber Mill, Inc.; on the South by lands of the Georgia Department of Transportation, and on the West by lands of Tench C. Coxe, III, lands of Daniel E. Huger, and the eastern edge of the R/W of U.S. Highway 17-A. Said Tract "B" being generally bounded and described as follows; on the North by lands of Robert Minis; on the East by the R/W of U.S. Hwy. 17-A; on the South by lands of Carswell; on the Southwest by lands of Clydesdale Club, and on the Northwest by lands of A. Minis, Jr. For a more particular description, reference is hereby made to the aforesaid plat of record.
TOGETHER with those certain easement rights appurtenant to the above described property reserved by Chevron Stations, Inc. in that certain Deed from Chevron Stations, Inc. to Department of Transportation, State of Georgia, dated October 17, 1985 and recorded in Book 89, Page 168, in the records for the Office of the Clerk of Court for Jasper County, South Carolina and all rights of reversion and other rights to the roadbed of U.S. Highway 17-A retained pursuant to that ..certain Right of Way Deed dated August 17, 1953 and recorded in Book 30, Page 39, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Jasper County, South
Carolina.
EXCEPTING AND RESERVING UNTO CHEVRON STATIONS, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, all rights as delineated in that certain deed from Chevron Stations, Inc. to Delta Plantation Corporation, dated June 25, 1987 and recorded in Deed Book 91 at Page 1483 in the Office of the Clerk of Court
for Jasper County, South Carolina.
BEING the same property conveyed to Henry E. Ingram, Jr. by Deed of Collum's Lumber Mill, Inc. dated January 23, 1998 and recorded January _, 1998 in Deed Book at Page
in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Jasper County, South Carolina.
Jasper County Tax Map Reference: 037-00-02-002 (portion
of).
SOUTHERN OATH
Of my own free will and choice, I do hereby in the presence of these witnesses swear to be loyal to the South. With the sole exception of my immediate family, I hereto swear to never utter any good words regarding the dastardly Yankee race even if by some chance I observe some redeeming quality amongst their steed. I will never mention the word Sherman unless it is to describe his cowardly and inhuman characteristics.
When speaking of Yankees, I will refer to them as scalawags or carpetbaggers. I will love, honor and obey the true Southern way of life by never saying anything disrespectful to my wife or children.
I will now whistle or hum Dixie as a sign of my loyalty and as a token of my new out-look on life. I swear this oath on the grave of Robert E. Lee.
TIME 2:25 PM DATE 1124198
SOUTHERN WITNESSES: FULL NAME OF OATH SWEARER:
I will swear Openly on Videotape This Oath.
All that money and dumb too, how lucky can a city girl be?
His holdings on the plantation have dwindled to 10 acres.
He sounds like a nasty guy. I am glad that 10 acres are all that survive. I would find it funny if every parcel of land is owned by the Northern population. What an ignorant person.
1. They could not be Yankees.
2. They could not have the last name Sherman (an obvious reference to Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman).
3. And the land could not be sold or leased to those whose last names could be rearranged to spell Sherman.
I've got something similar in my front yard, just without the words:
I wonder what his nic is here.
1. They could not be Yankees.
2. They could not have the last name Sherman (an obvious reference to Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman).
3. And the land could not be sold or leased to those whose last names could be rearranged to spell Sherman.
This belongs on the Official Friday Silliness Thread
Would he have a problem with Derek Jeter buying a house there?
ROFLLLL!!!
so this would be called being nice to them?
this is tooooooooooo funny
lol, bump to read later
A landowner in Delano, California would not sell his land for the purpose of building a new high school unless there could be a clause that the school could not be named "Cesar Chavez H.S." The deal was accepted when it included a statement that the state would have to pay him an additional $250,000.00 IF they, in fact, did name it Cesar Chavez H.S.
The state paid the $1/4 M.
Why are there 50 on my list that are the same thing? Once is enough!
Well this Yankee thinks that people who are nice and polite are nice and polite, and people who are dumb are dumb.
Since moving to the Atlanta area (3 years ago yesterday to be exact) I've met many very nice, intelligent and genteel folks.
I've also encountered some rude, lazy, slovenly, ignorant, stupid rednecks.
The main difference I see between Long Island where I came from and here is that in New York, they don't act like they like someone, when they don't. Here everyone smiles and puts up a big front, but will savage you as soon as you leave the room. I've witnessed it time and again, and I have no doubt it's been done to me.
don't worry Hank; they're Mets.
