MOOC8 Estate Inventory
MOOC8/43.12 — ADAM GABRIEL DE SMIDT, TABLE VALLEY, HOTTENTOTS SQUARE, TABLE VALLEY, LONGMARKET STREET
18280721
Inventory details
- MOOC reference
- MOOC8/43.12
- Date
- 18280721
- Names
- Adam Gabriel de Smidt, Table Valley, Hottentots Square, Table Valley, Longmarket Street
Transcription
| 1) Wilhelmina Elizabeth born on the 12 May 1825 |
| 2) Sara Maria de Smith born 31 Octob:r 1826 |
| as also the child of which the widow herself declared to be pregnant of |
| A house and premises situated in this Table Valley to the NW side of Hottentots Square |
| An erff with five hire houses erected the river situated in this Table Valley in Longmarket Street annex the abovementioned house |
In the front room
| two tables |
| a green table cloth |
| twelve chairs |
In a back room
| two pictures |
| one table |
| thirteen chairs |
| six cushions |
In the hall
| one curtain |
| a small chair |
| a gold watch |
| a bench |
| nine candle sticks |
| a liquer stand |
| a coffy pot |
| three decanters |
| twenty four tumblers |
| twelve wineglasses |
| a tea set /guilt boarded/ |
| a few cups a sausers |
| three p:r of snuffers and stands |
| two tea cadies |
| a black earthen tea set |
| five plated tea spoons |
| a bread basket |
| two small waiters |
| a brass cock |
| a small lanthorn |
| a lot of crockery ware |
| some empty bottels and flasks |
| two tea trays |
| two empty jars |
| twenty four books |
| a book shelf |
Up stairs
| a bedstead with curtains |
| a child’s bedstead |
| a looking glass |
| six chairs |
| two clothes horses |
| a small press |
| a small chest of drawers |
| six pictures |
| two wash hand stands |
| a writing desk |
In the kitchen
| a table |
| four iron pots |
| a water kettle |
| a grater, scummer, fork and ladle |
| a cake pan |
| two tripots |
In a store
| a ladder |
| a few bricks and lime |
| a lot of iron work |
| some rubbish |
Slaves
| transcribed on the name of the widow | a female slave named Clair of this Colony about 13 years of age |
Cash
| Rd:s | |
| one hundred two rixd:s and six skellings say | 102:36 |
| one hundred nineteen pains and nineteen shill: sterling in the discount bank this date |
Credit of the estate
| Rd:s | ||
| from David Jacobs according to a note of hand dated 3:rd May 1828 | 31:42 | |
| from J:W: Michau according to a butchers bill dated 19 April 1828 - deferred to M:r W: de Smidt vide sched: 17 Sep: 1828 | 150:-- | |
| from C: Schreen house rent at rd:s22 per month from the 1st instant | 23:-- | |
| from J: Schalkwyk house rent at rd:s20 and 18 stevers | 20:18 | |
| from Sophie Lindenbaum house rent at rd:s20 and 18 stevers | 20:18 | |
| from the widow J: Reinhard rd:s21 house rent | 21:-- | |
| from Jos: Eckart house rent from 1st May last at the rate rd:s26:10 per month | 79:6 | |
| from F: Boltman for slave rent from the 1st instant at rd:s10 per month | 18:-- |
Claims against the estate
| Rd:s | ||
| to Gabriel Jacobus Vies according to a mortgage bond £423 or ƒ17000 | 5666:32 | |
| on the 18 August 1828 in part of this claim is paid to m:r Ewan Christian rd:s315; £23.12.6; paid the balance 15 Sept:br 1828 | to Stephanus Ferreira for balance of an account current | 511:28 |
| paid 20 August 1828 | to Andries de Smith balance of acc:t current | 330:44 |
| to Johannes de Smith balance of acc:t | 244:38 | |
| to Steph:s H:k du Toit according to a letter dated 14 June 1828 | 525:-- | |
| of which has been paid to J:G: Blanckenbergh according to his receipt | 200:-- | |
| the balance of said amount is to time in payment of a bill drawn by Paul du Toit in favour of Weyers and also a balance in favour of said Mr Blanckenbergh | ||
| the widow states that she drew o the Bank after the demise of her husband for rd:s100, which she used for purchasing of morning clothes for herself and children |