COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - A South Carolina state senator says he wants to help Gullah descendants in their fight with CNN founder Ted Turner over land on Saint Helena Island. <br>
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Senator Darrell Jackson read an article by The Associated Press about the dispute and said he would send a letter to the governor. <br>
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Jackson says the land is culturally significant to African-American history and shouldn't be taken by Turner. <br>
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But one of the landowners named Gloria Cartwright says she doesn't want the additional attention. <br>
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She says she'll take the help but would rather just settle the dispute. <br>
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In 1920, a group of 47 Gullah descendants bought the land on Saint Helena Island to prevent it from being developed and to preserve a piece of their heritage. It was called the Lands End Woodland Club. <br>
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Because the founding 47 owned the land in common and died without leaving specific wills, title to the property passed undivided to each of their heirs. <br>
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In 1979, Turner bought a land tract that includes a section that overlaps property the Gullah descendants claim. Turner has asked the court to decide who has title to the disputed property.
