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🔎 MOOC8 Inventory for Welbevonden, Riet River, Uitenhage, Welbevonden, Uitenhage
MOOC Reference: MOOC8/46.64b
| A quitrent place called Welbevonden , situated in the fieldcornetcy of Riet River in the district of Uitenhage in extent 3000 morgen |
| a slave boy named January born at Mosambique , husbandman, 61 1/2 years of age and quite blind |
| an old ox wagon |
| 4 draught oxen |
| 34 goats and sheep |
| 1 wagon chain |
| 1 broken halfaum |
| 2 small tubs |
| 3 butter casks |
| 1 old halfpipe |
| 1 hand mill |
| 2 old sieves |
| 1 broken sieve |
| 1 grinding stone |
| 4 buckets |
| 1 small box |
| 2 wagon chests |
| 1 old thatcher |
| 1 old bed |
| 1 table |
| 2 old broken chairs |
| 1 wagon side |
| 1 gun |
| 1 old saddle |
| 1 small scale and 2 small weights |
| 1 plough |
| 2 soap boilers |
| 2 cooking pots |
| 1 frying pan |
| 1 grid iron |
| 1 iron spoon |
| 1 brass mortar |
| 1 candle stick |
| 1 tea pot |
| 1 kettle |
| 4 plates |
| 4 forks |
| 1 spoon |
| 1 pepper box |
| 1 salt stand |
| 1 small vice |
| 2 old spades |
| 2 pick axes |
| 5 axes |
| 2 hammers |
| 1 spoke shave |
| 6 chissels |
| 1 pincher |
| 1 crow bar |
| 3 gimlets |
| 7 files |
| 2 plains |
| 1 brace and 3 bits |
| 1 hand saw |
| 6 sickles |
| 1 tooth drawer |
| 5 empty bottles and |
| a lot of old iron |