1969 · Community & course
1969: Brierwood Golf Club, Inc. Takes Title
The land moves into a corporation in January 1969. The lender paperwork that follows shows the whole 572 acres still held as one tract.
Timeline
Jan. 22, 1969
Date written in the deed from Bennie B. Ward and Jamie B. Ward to Brierwood Golf Club, Inc.
Jan. 31, 1969
The deed is recorded, about 572 acres excepting a right-of-way (Book 227, Page 45).[Deed]
Feb. 17, 1969
Release to Brierwood Golf Club, Inc. recorded (Book 221, Page 114).[Releases]
May 16, 1969
Deeds from a substitute trustee to the company recorded (Book 223, Pages 115 and 118).[Trustee deeds]
Sept. 17, 1969
Deed of trust by Brierwood Golf Club, Inc. recorded (Book 225, Page 547).[Deed of trust]
Oct. 28, 1969
A second release (Book 233, Page 122) and a deed of trust describing 572 acres (Book 233, Page 130) recorded.[Deed of trust]
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Two years after the purchase, the land moved into a corporation. Brierwood Golf Club, Inc. took title on a deed dated January 22, 1969 and recorded January 31, 1969 in Book 227, Page 45. Bennie B. Ward and Jamie B. Ward conveyed about 572 acres, less a right-of-way, to the company. The community's history says the corporation was then owned by Dr. Ward and Jamie Ward, and that Dr. John Madison and Willie Ward became partners around that time to help with planning and construction.
A string of lender paperwork follows. A release to the company was recorded on February 17 (Book 221, Page 114), and deeds from a substitute trustee on May 16 (Book 223, Pages 115 and 118). Later in the year Brierwood Golf Club, Inc. gave deeds of trust of its own, recorded September 17 (Book 225, Page 547) and October 28 (Book 233, Page 130, described as 572 acres), along with a second release recorded the same day (Book 233, Page 122).
That last detail matters for reading the maps that come next. A deed of trust describing 572 acres in October 1969 shows the land was still held and pledged as a single tract even as the first lots were being mapped. The golf course and the lots were one project, which is why the earliest maps are titled Brierwood Golf Club Estates.
For the story of the course design and the partners, see Two Doctors Draw a Golf Course. The next chapter turns to the rules recorded on top of this land: the Declaration of Restrictions.