On January 10, 2022, a Quit-Claim Deed was filed with the Horry County Register of Deeds in Deed Book 4503, page 2080 by Roger E. Grigg, managing member of Barefoot Village Investments, LLC (BVI).
This deed attempts to assign a “present” of 39 tax map numbered parcels claimed to be owned by BVI to Barefoot Resort Residential Owners Association, Inc (BRRA).
- Only 35 of the 39 tax map numbers are valid.
- Two parcels have not existed since before 2012.
- Two of the parcels are the wetlands within the Sea Glass Cottages property, which BVI previously sold to Marina Cottages at Barefoot Landing LP.
- Authorized solely by Roger E. Grigg, managing member of BVI.
- !!! No BRRA approval was included !!!
Correspondence with BRRA 2 months earlier
(Nov 1, 2021)
Dear Board,
I have been searching for details on the wetland plans within Barefoot Resort.
My understanding is that the BRRA could receive wetlands parcels as a gift to allow construction of a much-needed traffic-controlled intersection at Barefoot Resort Bridge Road and Village Crossing / Club Course Dr. Is this correct?
I see the city has recorded the agreement concerning the traffic-control. I can find no information anywhere outside of Jerry’s mention for wetlands.
I would like to share the information I have found in the Horry County land records regarding wetland parcels in Barefoot. As a disclaimer, I see a lot of sloppiness in the data.
I find a total of 42 wetland parcels within the Barefoot Resort PDD territory.
- Two belong to the BRRA (25.79 acres, 2021 tax = $178.78)
- Lot 31(W) 25.53 acres $501.32/acre tax
- Remnant of WETLAND PH 1 0.26 acres $587.90/acre tax
- Four remnant parcels owned by Coastal Resort Holdings (2.94 acres, 2021 tax = $90.52)
- Remnant of LT24-3(W)&24-4(W) 1.38 acres $1,263.04/acre tax
- Remnant of WETLD LT 24-5(W) 1.14 acres $1,407.87/acre tax
- Remnant of LT-24-3(W)&24-4(W) 0.22 acres $3,705.54/acre tax
- Remnant of LT24-1(W)&24-2(W) 0.20 acres $11,633.36/acre tax
- One owned by Barefoot Lakes Investments (7.45 acres , 2021 tax = $4.53)
- Tract 38-2(W) 7.45 acres $9.39/acre tax
- Thirty-five owned by Barefoot Village Investments (558.62 acres, 2021 tax = $3,666.11)
- TR 46-11,46-12.46-13,48;,49-1,49-2,50,51-1,& 141.76 $562.91/acre tax
- TRACT D BUIST BLOCK; G C CHESTNUT 113.31 $183.83/acre tax
- TR 13-1; W,TR29W,15W,10W,11W: 83.55 $536.60/acre tax
- TR 55-1(W) 45.77 $531.09/acre tax
- TR 1-1(W) & 7(W) 31.20 $208.98/acre tax
- TRACT 35(W) 20.70 $143.98/acre tax
- BAREFOOT; WETLAND 24E(W) 17.93 $523.71/acre tax
- TR 56-3 THRU 56-7(W) 17.21 $447.18/acre tax
- TRACT 54(W) 13.23 $547.97/acre tax
- TR 56-2(W) 11.27 $471.84/acre tax
- PT TR 47W & PT TR 55 10.55 $236.91/acre tax
- LOT 24-4 (W); WETLAND PARCEL 6.14 $513.08/acre tax
- TR 51-2(W) 6.04 $2,499.31/acre tax
- TR 56-10 THRU 56-12W 5.21 $261.30/acre tax
- TR 1-2(W) 5.02 $663.29/acre tax
- SILVER CAROLINA; LOT 42W 4.24 $681.85/acre tax
- TR 56-1(W) 3.63 $390.12/acre tax
- WETLAND PAR LT 24-5 (W); 3.34 $474.75/acre tax
- TR 55-2(W) 2.89 $531.71/acre tax
- TR 55-3(W) 1.98 $529.03/acre tax
- WETLANDS 43(W) 1.96 $538.79/acre tax
- TRACT 37(W) 1.87 $684.50/acre tax
- LT 58-A(W) & 58-B(W) 1.73 $1,097.55/acre tax
- DYE GC AT BAREFOOT RSRT; TR 56-8(W) 1.67 $491.34/acre tax
- WETLAND PARCEL; LOT 59-2(W) 1.29 $1,519.68/acre tax
- BAREFOOT RESORT; TR 1-3(W) 1.18 $662.11/acre tax
- WETLAND PAR LT 24-3 (W); 1.00 $794.40/acre tax
- WETLD & BUFFER; LT24-2(W)&24-1(W): 0.86 $1,294.95/acre tax
- WETLAND PARCEL; LOT 46-9 (W) 0.84 $1,312.96/acre tax
- WETLAND PARCEL; LOT 46-10 (W) 0.46 $1,577.44/acre tax
- WETLAND PARCEL; LOT 59-1 (W) 0.39 $1,505.07/acre tax
- BAREFOOT RESORT; WETLANDS 25(W) 0.16 $504.63/acre tax
- BAREFOOT RESORT; WETLAND PARCEL 1-4W 0.13 $2,058.21/acre tax
- BAREFOOT RESORT; TR 38-1(W) 0.08 $188,245.88/acre tax
- BAREFOOT RESORT; WETLAND PAR 56-9W 0.04 $3,132.65/acre tax
I have attached a spreadsheet with the county data and map of the parcels. There are occasional discrepancies between legal acreage and actual acreage. While all non-BRRA owned wetlands total 615.92 legal acres, the actual area is only 569.01 acres. The 2021 tax bill for the non-BRRA parcels is $3,761.16.
In the spreadsheet I have highlighted several anomalies that fall outside the typical distribution. I do not fully understand why.
I see that the one 7.5-acre parcel owned by Barefoot Lakes Investments has by far the lowest tax rate. Others are just all over the place.
What is the chance of getting a conservation easement for the Barefoot Resort wetlands?
What is going on with this?
Gregory Snow
Enclosure 1 
Enclosure 2
Jerry’s reply (cc: Robert Lee) 
Jerry’s second reply
I heard nothing until 1/11/2022 when I received an email copy of the filed deed.
What exists in the “presents”.
This exactly matches the data I had shared with the board on Nov 1, 2021.
- 558.62 actual acres.
- $270,907 tax value.
- $3,666.11 2021 property tax. (all taxes did get paid up before the transfer)
- $144 to $2,500 2021 tax per acre. What a spread.
I am troubled by the BRRA boards lack of concern for the expenses and risk associated with this “gift”.
Quit-Claim vs. Limited Warranty Deed
A quit-claim deed exposes the grantee (BRRA) to potential title ownership or claim conflicts. Considered bad practice (Contracts 101).
The BRRA would be the defendant for litigation of historic use of the property.over past owner actions.
A limited warranty deed provides a level of protection to BRRA. This is a best practice.
The past owner(s) will have to defend any litigation concerning the pre-transfer property.
False, Fraudulent, or SHAM Legal Process
South Carolina has a continuing problem with materially false, fraudulent, or a sham legal process as reported in this memorandum from South Carolina Supreme Court.
- 4 false parcel tax-IDs submitted.
- No establishment of jurisdiction over BRRA.
- No approval by BRRA.
I call on the BRRA to petition the Horry County Register of Deeds to decide this deed false, fraudulent, or a sham legal process under SC Code Section 30-9-30(B)(2)
Has anything happened to date with this issue?
Only what is reported here as of February 1, 2022
Wetlands resolution proposal.
1. Remove quit-claim deed from public record.
2. Refile a corrected limited-warranty deed.
3. Create a committee, or committee team, to manage the wetlands.
a. Work with assessor to equalize and lower the parcel tax burden.
b. Evaluate risks and create mitigation plans.
I found the other 2 invalid Tax Map Numbers. They were from 2 small wetland parcels in Longbridge that were combined into adjacent parcels within the Grovecrest circle.