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MOOC8/45.139 — LOUIS NEL, KONKA’S FONTEIN, NIEUWEVELD, BEAUFORT, BEAUFORT, ZWARTEBERG, NIEUWE HANTON, WORCESTER, NIEUWEVELD, KONKASFONTEIN, BEAUFORT, BEAUFORT, WORCESTER, GROOTE RIVIER, BEAUFORT

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Inventory details

MOOC reference
MOOC8/45.139
Date
18310312
Names
Louis Nel, Konka’s Fontein, Nieuweveld, Beaufort, Beaufort, Zwarteberg, Nieuwe Hanton, Worcester, Nieuweveld, Konkasfontein, Beaufort, Beaufort, Worcester, Groote Rivier, Beaufort

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MOOC8/45.139 {18310312} 12 March 1831 Louis Nel , Dina Carolina Oosthuisen A true and perfect inventory of all and every the goods, chattels wares, etc:a, as well moveable as not debts, credits and other personal effects of the late Louis Nel and surviving widow Dina Carolina Oosthuisen, which former was murdered at the place Konka’s Fontein in the Nieuweveld in this district on the 28:th June 1828 between the hours of 7 and 8 o clock p:m: and given up as follows, viz: Thus done and registered in the town of Beaufort on Saturday the 12:th day of March 1831, in the presence of Hartwig Johannes Luttig and Joseph Kirsner to the statement of Dina Carolina Oosthuisen widow of said Louis Nel, who declared in her above statement of the estate to have acted honestly and truly that nothing has been held back to the best of her knowledge and belief and to be at all times ready if called upon to solemnise the same by oath. Further promising and binding herself in the event of any thing else belonging to the estate coming to her recollection and knowledge to amplify this with the same. For the statement: Diena Carolina Oosthuijsen w: Nel Witnesses: J: Kersner, H: Luttig J:J: Meintjes, A:O:C: Copy On this the 12:th March 1831 appeared before me J:J: Meintjes Agent to the Orphan Chamber at Beaufort Dina Carolina Oosthuisen widow of the late Louis Nel, residing at Zwarteberg , this district, who states: The articles, namely the waggon, guns and chest mentioned in the inventory are in the possession of the Field Commandant Redelinghuis of the Nieuwe Hanton , Worcester district, as I have been informed by a letter from the Field Commandant Pieter Daniel Jacobs of the Nieuweveld of this district. The two mares and one horse I have given up in the inventory I have been obliged to sell for my immediate maintenance after I had escaped from the place Konkasfontein where my husband had been murdered on the 28:th June 1828. The debt against De Neys is the amount of a butcher’s bill passed by Frans Caverneels for cattle bought from my husband and the said bill has alse been taken away amongst my other possessions. At Beaufort 12:th March 1831 Witness (signed): Dina Carolina Oosthuysen w: Nel Sig:d J: Kersner Signed/: J:J: Meintjes Ag:t to the Or: Chamb: A true copy: J:J: Meintjes, Orph: Camb: Agent Copy Beaufort den 12:e Maart 1831 Myn heer! Ik heb u edele te melden dat ik door den commandand Redelinghuis van het district Worcester , een brief heb ontvangen, waarin hy meldt dat door zekere bastaards van de Groote Rivier by hem zyn aangebragt, een wagen, en twee schietgeweeren, welke medegevoerd zoude geworden zyn, door den benden die wylen Louis Nel en zyn kinderen hebben vermoord. Ik heb de eer te zyn, myn heer, u edelen dienaar P:O: Jacobs A true copy: J:J: Meintjes, Orph: Chamb: Agent Den Heer J:J: Meintjes, Agent der Weeskamer Beaufort
one ox waggon
two guns
one waggon chest
two mares and one horse

Ready money

nihil

Credits of the estate

 Rd:s
from Adriaan de Neys the amount of butcher’s bill210

Debts of the estate

nihil

Heirs of the estate

1) Gert Cornelis Nel born 12 February 1821 (murdered 28 June 1828)
2) Johannes Jacobus Nel born 1 January 1823 (murdered 28 June 1828)
3) Louis Nel born 12 December 1824 (murdered 28 June 1828)
4) Aletta Catharina Johanna Nel born 10:th March 1826
5) Louis Nel born 9:th September 1828

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