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{18310826} 26
August 1831
Petrus
Johannes Erasmus ,
Anna
Sophia Botha
District of
Somerset
Sale 18 Nov: 1831
Inventory of all such property as has been relinquished by the death ab
intestato of Petrus Johannes Erasmus on the 30th of July 1831, at the place
Veets Kraal ,
Buffelshoek in the district of
Somerset for the benefit of his surviving
widow Anna Sophia Botha on the one, and his children named
The above claims against the estate are admitted by the surviving widow
and full aged heirs present.
Thus inventoried at
Veets Kraal in the
fieldcornetcy of
Zwagershoek , district of
Somerset on the 26th day of August 1831
according to a statement made by Carel Stephanus Erasmus and Philippus
Lodewicus Erasmus, who declared to have acted herein bona fide and that to the
best of their knowledge and belief they have not withheld or secreted any
property belonging to the aforesaid estate, and the said appearers further
declare that they are and will be at all times ready and willing to confirm the
same by solemn oath if required; promising at the same time that if after the
date of these presents any property belonging to this estate may be discovered,
he will faithfully communicate the same to the Orphan Chamber in order to
amplify this inventory with the property so discovered.
A:E: Botha, Caarel Stephaanus Erasmus, Philippus Lodewikus Erasmus
Witnesses: Johannes Hattingh, Lourens Johannes Erasmus
In my presence: Godfrey Rawstone, Agent to the Orphan
Ch:r
| 1) Laurens Johannes |
| 2) Michiel Coenraad |
| 3) Petrus Johannes |
| 4) Carel Stephanus |
| 5) Aletta Johanna married to Johannes Hendrik Hattingh |
| 6) Phillippus Lodovicus |
| 7) Anna Sophia born on the 12th of August 1815 |
| 8) Margarita Louisa Sophia born on the 26th of November
1817 |
| 9) Johannes Petrus Willem born on the 10th of October
1819 |
| 10) Daniel Stephanus born on the 18th of September 1821 |
| 11) Martha Maria Susanna born on the 12th November 1823 |
| 12) Johanna Petronella Elisabetha born on the 15th of March
1826 |
| 13) Hesther Susanna Aletta Philippina Johanna born on the 26th
of June 1828 procreated in wedlock with the deceased’s surviving widow
aforesaid on the other part |
| converted into perpetual quitrent on the 23
June 1826 on the name of P:J: Erasmus Laurensz:n | the loan
place Veetskraal situated at Buffelshoek , in the district of Somerset, fieldcornetcy of Zwagershoek |
| not reported upon | the request
place called Uitkyk adjoining the above - the
surveying and measurement expenses of which have been paid |
| 3 feather beds |
| 4 stretchers |
| 18 pillows |
| 4 blankets |
| 3 sheets |
| 2 tables |
| 8 chairs |
| 4 chests |
| 1 desk |
| 7 iron pots |
| 3 buckets |
| 19 plates |
| 1 earthen pot |
| 12 iron spoons |
| 10 iron forks |
| 6 dishes |
| 5 earthen basins |
| 1 tea pot |
| 4 kettles |
| 1 milk pot |
| 1 tin pail |
| 1 soup ladle |
| 1 meal sieve |
| 1 can |
| 3 tubs |
| 2 candlesticks |
| 4 bottles |
| 4 case bottles |
| 1 decanter |
| 1 coffee pot |
| 4 wine glasses |
| 1 spy glass |
| 1 earthen jar |
| 3 tin cannisters |
| 1 slate |
| 2 cane baskets |
| 1 tin pot |
| 1 keg with red lead |
| 1 keg with white lead |
| 12 sacks |
| 1 moveable cupboard |
| 1 looking glass |
| 5 spades |
| 6 hammers |
| 1 smith’s bellows |
| 1 anvil |
| 2 p:r tongs |
| 1 vice |
| 24 wagon wood sellies |
| 13 pieces of wagon wood |
| 14 small sellies |
| 1 pot of old iron |
| 2 saws |
| 2 bars of iron |
| 2 wheel shoops |
| 1 plough |
| 1 harrow |
| 4 planks |
| 1 grind stone |
| 8 bores |
| 1 iron crow |
| 1 hatchet |
| 6 sickles |
| 1 drawing knife |
| 4 mill-stones |
| 1 meat chest |
| 1 kneading trough |
| 7 files |
| 2 rasps |
| 6 planes |
| 9 chisels |
| 1 auger |
| 2 axes |
| 3 pick axes |
| 2 ox wagons |
| 1 horse wagon |
| 1 cart |
| 3 saddles |
| 2 bridles |
| 1 set of harness for four horses complete |
Slaves
| Alexander (1) a native of Mozambique , laborer, about 35
years old |
| Juweel native of Mozambique , housemaid, about 35 years of
age |
| Eva , born on the 9th of February 1817 in this Colony, a
daughter of the above named Juweel |
| Absalon, born in this Colony on the 15th August 1819, a
son of the above named Juweel |
| Solon,
born in this Colony on the 7th of June 1821, a son of the above named
Juweel |
| Delia,
born in this Colony on the 16th of January 1824, a daughter of the above
named Juweel |
| Alexander (2) born in this Colony on the 7th July 1826, a
son of the above named Juweel |
| Spaas child of Juweel, born 11 October 1828 |
Cash
| | | Rd:s |
| this sum was allowed to the widow for daily disbursement as per
the Board’s Resolution of the 26th inst: and receipt of the
widow | the sum of ninety five rixdollars five shillings and two
stivers | 95:5:2 |
Cattle
| 17 oxen |
| 9 head breeding cattle |
| 3 saddle horses |
| 2 mares |
| 2 foals |
| 646 sheep |
| 52 goats |
| 2 pigs |
Claims in favor of the estate
| | Rd:s |
| Jacobus Joh:s du Preez residing at Naudé’s Hoek in the district of Graaff Reinet as per note of hand, dated 5th
June 1831 payable in one year | 44 |
| Stephanus A: Albertse residing at Olifants River in the district of George as per note of hand dated 19 March
1817 | 135 |
| It appears by a book kept by the deceased and an underhand bond
given by him to N:J: van Heerden as surety for the widow of Dirk Arnoldus
Greylingh and now paid by the deceased, that the said widow D:A: Greylingh is
indebted to the estate in the sum of rd:s333 - the widow D:A: Greylingh resides
at Olifants River in the district of George | 333 |
| as per book kept by the deceased the Bastard Hottentot David
Bantam residing at Vogel River in this
district per balance | 62 |
| It is stated by the widow that Stephanus Stroh residing in Zwagershoek is indebted to the estate 2 muids
and a quarter of wheat which he borrowed from the deceased as per book kept by
the deceased Hendrik, a Bastard Hottentot, residing at Vogel Rivier in this
district | 18 |
Claims against the estate
| | Rd:s |
| to G:E: Joseph of Somerset as per
account | 115:-- |
| to Thomas Buller of Somerset as
per account | 104:7 |
| to Philippus Lodewicus Erasmus of Zwagershoek as per note of hand dated 18 June 1831
payable in one year with interest | 200:-- |
| to the said P:L: Erasmus 5 1/2 muids of corn |
