[Constitution Day]

The list of rules she got from the builders was missing the first pages, so she went to the Jasper County Courthouse to get the missing ones. There, she found the covenants, or rules, that Ingram demanded of buyers:

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.

[proudofthesouth]

I've lived in northern Alabama most of my life but am still mistaken for a Yankee because I don't have a Southern accent.

[TeleStraightShooter]

2. They could not have the last name Sherman

Lol
I've always maintained that considering his contribution in hastening the end to the war of Northern Aggression, Gen. W.T.Sherman should be on on the $50 bill.

[Lazamataz]

3. And the land could not be sold or leased to those whose last names could be rearranged to spell Sherman.

Jesu Ramensh was reportedly heard to say: "I am verry berry disappointed. Vishnu will not be at all pleased. Have a nice day."