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🔎 MOOC8 Inventory for Louis Jacobus Pienaar, Aletta Mosterd, Modderfontyn, Jonas of Mosambique, Esau of Mosambique, Jephta of this Colony, Agana of Batavia, Sara of this Colony, Silvia, Lakey, Marie of this Colony, Sara, David
MOOC Reference: MOOC8/40.68
| Pieter Pienaar and his wife Martha Magdalena du Toit | on the other part |
| Certain piece of land with the buildings erected thereon situated in Cape district named Klip Valley being part of the place Modderfontyn measuring 17 morgen and 58 square rods |
In the passage of the house situated on the said place
| three tables |
| eight chairs |
| one spy glass |
In the room on the left hand
| one bedstead |
| one feather bed |
| four pillows |
| one bolster |
| one blanked |
| one stretcher |
| two beds |
| eight pillows |
| two bolsters |
| two covers |
| two bureaus |
| one looking glass |
| one table |
| two waiters |
| a small box |
| a large Bible |
| three Chinees ornaments |
| one green table cloth |
In the room on the right
| one gun rack |
| one gun |
| one bullid mold, shot beld, powder horn |
| one crued stand |
| one coffy urn |
| two large chests |
| one small [chests] |
| one pipe rack |
| one trunk |
| one time piece |
| one gold watch |
In the pantry
| twelve table knives |
| fifteen forks |
| seven spoons |
| two soup laddle |
| some empty flasks and bottles |
| six vine glasses |
| six tumblers |
| one lantourn |
| one tin mug |
| one coffy mill |
| four cans |
| two gugs |
| seven kandle sticks |
| four cannisters |
| three salt stands |
| one botter pot |
| four flasks |
| three earthen pots |
| three tea pots |
| fifteen cups and saucers |
| one bread basked |
| two tin basons |
| seventeen plates |
| eleven dishes |
| one soup turean |
In the kitchen
| one table |
| one baker trough |
| one milker tub |
| two milker [tub] |
| one frijing pan |
| one grid iron |
| one thry pot |
| one rack |
| one sieve |
| two laddles, one fork and a scummer |
| one chimny rack |
| one fire schovel and tong |
| two tea kettle |
| one chaven dish |
| one tin tea kattle and a chaven dish |
| one pot rack |
| five earthen pot |
| one tea kettle /defect/ |
| three pails |
| one large funnel |
In the outside room
| a tar barrel with a quantity of tar |
| one vine half aum |
| one half pipe |
| one corn harp |
| one water cask |
| two picks |
| two shovels |
| one frame saw |
| one adze |
| one hadchet |
| one vice |
| one smith bellows |
| one carpenters banch |
| one large vice |
| eighteen muid sacks |
| twelve chaf sacks |
| one harrow |
| two plough irons |
| two plough irons defect |
| two ploughs |
| one [ploughs] defect |
| one barley sieve |
| one scaple |
| a quantity of timber |
| a quantity of timber gunk |
In the wagon house
| a covered horse wagon |
| a blullock wagon |
| ten jokes, one trektouw |
| one span of horse harnest |
| one span of horse plough harnest |
Cattle
| fifteen horses |
| twinty three bullocks |
| six cows |
| six mares |
| three pichs |
| twenty sheep and goats |
Slaves
| a male slave named Jonas of Mosambique labourer, 35 years of age |
| a male slave named Esau of Mosambique 31 years, labourer |
| a male slave named Jephta of this Colony about 57 3/4 years, mason |
| a female slave Agana of Batavia 46 1/4 y:r, housemaid |
| a female slave Sara of this Colony 26 years of age cook with her children, named Silvia born 23 July 1818 and Lakey born 18 May 1822 |
| a female slave Marie of this Colony born Aug:t 1816 |
Claims against the estate
| Rd:s | |
| to J: Louw on a mortgage bond to the amount of | 12000:-- |
| to J: Louw under mortgage of the slaves Sara and David /deceased/ | 1000:-- |
| to Philip Rens on a notarial bond ƒ5000 | 1666:32 |
| to the widow J:J: Mosterd on a mortgage bond | 3000:-- |
| to Nicolaas Mosterd senior on a note of hand | 5333:16 |
| to the widow Christoffel Lombaard note of hand | 500:-- |
| to S:S: Lombaard | 1333:16 |
| to Fredrik Willem de Wet notarial bond | 800:-- |
| to Servaas de Kock | 296:12 |
| to J:H: Nolte | 310:-- |
Claims in favor of the estate
| Rd:s | |
| from the vendumaster of Cape Town the amount of a vendu roll | 5146 |
| from Joh:s Louw Joh:s Gideonz, Kallabas Kraal | 100 |
| from Pieter Paul van Jaarsveld for forty sheep | 120 |
| from Nicol:s Mosterd senior as per ball: of account - paid | 252 |