MOOC8/45.129
{18301012} 12 October 1830
Joseph Tobias Adriaan de
Klerk
Stellenbosch , f:o 20
Inventory of the effects of Mr Joseph Tobias Adriaan de Klerk deceased,
relinquished by him on the 7:th day of September last, and drawn up by me
P:F:J: Korsten, duly authorised thereto by the Board of Orphan Masters, as by
letter of the Sec:y to the said Board, dated 6:th day of October instant,
consisting of as follows
Landed property
Moveable property
N:B: a partnership having existed between Hendrik A: Hanekom and the late
Mr De Klerk, and an account between them still being running the children of
the deceased were unable to state what balance was due by or to the estate
Thus done and inventoried at the place “
Knollevallei ” situated at
Klein Drakenstein in the district of
Stellenbosch , on the 12:th day of the month of
October in the year of our Lord 1800 and thirty, in the presence of Mr Petrus
Jacobus Bosman, as witness, whilst Mr Joseph Adriaan de Klerk, the only son of
age, undertook should any other property be found to inform me thereof, in
order that the said inventory may be amplified therewith.
As witness: P:J: Bosman
P: Korsten
| Certain freehold place named “ Knollevallei ” with a piece of perpetual quitrent
land adjoining thereto situate at Klein
Drakenstein in the fieldcornetcy of Mr C:P: Theron, measuring 23 morgen,
and sixty six square roods of freehold, and fifty seven morgen, and one hundred
and twenty square roods of perpetual quitrent land, with the buildings erected
thereon |
In the hall of the dwelling
| 3 tables |
| 11 chairs |
| 3 stoves |
| one copper kettle and chafing dish |
| 1 cabinet |
| a pail |
| a brass cup |
| 1 teapot |
| 1 bason with some cups and saucers |
In the room on the left hand
| 1 cupboard, with some plates, dishes, cups, saucers, and wine
glasses |
| 2 stretchers |
| 2 beds |
| 1 bolster and 7 pillows |
| an ewer and bason |
| 1 large folio Bible |
| 8 old books |
In the room on the right hand
| 1 cabinet |
| 2 bedsteads with bedding complete |
| a chair |
| one looking glass |
| a gun and powder horn |
| 1 copper tea machine |
| one tin and one brass coffee pots |
| 2 waiters |
| 3 earthern pots |
| 11 bottles |
| 2 decanters |
| 12 plates |
| 1 doz: knives and forks |
| 1 doz: pewter spoons |
| 1 pail |
In the passage
| 1 rack, with |
| 2 smoothing irons |
| 1 mortar and pestle |
| 1 tin kettle |
| 1 roll stick |
| 1 p:r of snuffers |
| 1 watering scoop /gieter/ |
| 2 candle sticks |
| 1 tub |
In the kitchen
| 1 table |
| 1 bakers trough |
| 4 iron pots |
| 1 kettle |
| 1 chimney chain |
| 1 gridiron |
| 1 baking pan |
| 1 p:r of thongs |
| 2 pails |
In the backroom
| a writing desk |
| 4 chairs |
| 2 large chests |
| 1 churn |
| 1 tub |
| 2 baskets |
| 1 teapot |
| 2 pots |
| 1 rice block |
| 1 saddle and bridle |
| 1 nightstool |
| 1 sieve |
| 1 bushel |
In an out apartment
| 3 large chest |
| 1 cradle |
| 3 earthern pots |
| a chair |
| 1 frying pan |
| 2 baking pans, and |
| some lumber |
In the winestore
| 6 stuckvats, proof which is said to belong to Mr A:A: Hanekom of Zwartland |
| 8 large fermentation tubs, of which one is said to belong to
Daniel, and one to Piet Celliers of Groot
Drakenstein |
| 1 pressing tub complete |
| 11 leagers |
| 1 cask, containing 14 halfaums filled with wine, it is stated that
this wine belongs to Joseph Adriaan, and Jeremias de Klerk |
| 34 leagers of wine |
| 1 fundle |
| 1 large copper kettle for boiling raisins |
| 1 tub |
| 2 brass cocks |
| 1 hide |
| 1 adze |
| 1 hatchet |
| 1 pail |
| 14 forms for making bricks |
| 2 scaffolds |
| 1 plank |
| 2 brandy stills complete |
| 1 ox wagon for 3 leagers with 10 yokes |
| 1 common oxwagon |
| 1 cart and two harnesses |
In the stable
| 1 saddle horse |
| 11 oxen |
| 2 pigs |
Slaves belonging to the estate
| Damon 38 y:rs, a native of Mosambique , wagoner | |
| David 23 y:rs, a native of this Colony, herdsman |
| Flora 53 y:rs, a native of this Colony, housemaid |
| Hermanus 14 y:rs born 11 Septemb: 1816, herdsman child of Flora |
| David 10 y:rs born 23 Novemb: 1820 child of Flora |
| Rebecca 12 y:rs |
| Philida 10 y:rs born 27 Decemb: 1820 child of Carolina
1:st |
| Lys 7 y:rs born 27 June 1823 child of Carolina 1:st |
| Carolina 5 y:rs born 20 August 1825 child of Carolina
1:st |
| Kaatje born 11 Septemb: 1827 child of Carolina 1:st, died
in July 1829 death reported to F:d Cornet Theron |
Credits of the estate
| | | Rd:s |
| | Tieleman de Villiers Isacson, residing at Groenberg for the purchase of two
oxen | 50 |
| paid the 28:th Jan:y 1831 | Charles Wynand du Plessis, Klein Drakenstein 3 years interest one on a
primissary note, the principal amount being rd:s200 having been paid on the
3:rd day of September 1829 | 36 |
| never filed by dec:d nothing analled | | a
claim upon the insolvent estate of Nicolaas Orr | 400 |
Debts of the estate
| | Rd:s | ƒ |
| H: Wicht, by account | 125 |
| J:G:B: Blanckenberg by account [paid] | 317 |
| Jacobus Petrus Malan Jacobus son of Wagenmakers Valleij by mortgage
bond | | 13000 |
| sundry petty debts relative the funeral of the deceased, and
otherwise, of which they could not state the amount |
Names, and dates of the births of the children
| 1) Joseph Adriaan de Klerk, born 10 August 1809 |
| 2) Daniel Jeremias de Klerk, born 12 June 1812 |
| 3) Anna Magdalena de Klerk, born 21 August 1814 |
| 4) Christiaan Jacobus de Klerk, born 14 Novb:r 1816 |
| 5) Magdalena Leonora de Klerk, born 1 Decb:r 1819 |
| 6) Alida Jacoba de Klerk, born 1 Decb:r 1821 |
| 7) Hendrik Jacobus de Klerk, born 21 July 1825 |
| 8) Elisabet Maria de Klerk, born 1 Septb:r 1828 |
