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🔎 MOOC8 Inventory for Hercules Venter, Graaff Reinet, Uitenhage, George, Graaff Reinet
MOOC Reference: MOOC8/45.110
| one table |
| one sofa |
| four chairs |
| one [chairs] |
| two waggon chests |
| one old waggon chest |
| one water casks |
| two casks |
| two buckets |
| one hand mill |
| five iron pots |
| one small [pots] |
| seven plates |
| seven forks |
| twelve spoons |
| one soupspoon |
| two kettles |
| one desk |
| one sieve |
| two canisters |
| two tubs |
| one teapot |
| one speyglass |
| one earthen jar |
| two tin pints |
| twenty four small flasks |
| one bedstead |
| one plough |
| four sickles |
| one chissel |
| one saw |
| one rasp |
| one stock and 14 bitts |
| one file |
| one iron |
| two spades old |
| one bed complete |
| one Bible |
| two books |
| one gun |
| two ox waggons |
| one saddle and bridle |
| one beam |
| one tub |
| two p: scissors |
| one sugarpot |
Cattle
| one stallion |
| seven saddle horses |
| three young horses |
| five mares with foals |
| two bulls |
| ninety two oxen |
| forty cows and calves |
| eighty goats |
| two thousand six hundred and twenty two breeding sheep |
Credits
| Rd:s | ||
| Welch 20 Aug: 29. Paid 15 Jan:y 1830 | from H: Teubes a butchers bill n:o 3 dated 16 May 1825 | 465:--:-- |
| Welch 20 Aug: 29. Paid 15 Jan:y 1830 | from H: Teubes a butchers bill dated 16 May 1825 | 1050:--:-- |
| from Gert Strydom of Uitenhage and P: Delarey of George as executors of the estate of the late widow [ ..... ] Strydom for inheritance due to Johanna Hendrina Catharina Grobler late wife of Hercules Venter as per annexed letter | 76:7:2 |
Debts
| Rd:s | ||
| to Hendrik Venter Janson for a Bible | 150:-- | |
| to Hendrik Venter Janson for different articles | 20:-- | |
| to Jan v:d: Merwe for sheep | 72:-- | |
| to Will: Ad:n Venter for dry fruits | 5:-- | |
| to Ch:l Pretorius for 7 ells linnen | 7:-- | |
| to Herm: Havenga for nails | 0:6 | |
| to Hannis Grobler for money borrowed | 50:-- | |
| to the children of Johanna Hendrina Catharina Grobler late wife of Hercules Venter for their maternal inheritance fixed by the Orphan Chamber as per certificate of the Chief Clerk dated 13 September 1823 [d:t 4 April, 325] |
Heirs
| 1) Jan Hendrik Venter born 7 January 1812 |
| 2) Judith Maria married to Hendrik Nicolaas Venter |
| 3) Hermanus Johannes born 28 July 1817 |
| 4) Willem Adriaan born 22 May 1819 |
| 5) Johanna Catharina born 19 November 1821 |
| 6) Andries Johannes Venter, born 25 June 1823 |
| the above heirs are born in marriage with Johanna Hendrina Catharina Grobler |
| 7) Charl Jacobus born 8 March 1825 |
| 8) Louisa Maria born 8 March 1827 |
| 9) Hester Herculasina born 21 April 1829 |