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🔎 MOOC8 Inventory for Stephanus Venter, Graaff Reinet, Buffel Valley, Rhenosterberg, Carolus, Japhet, Javeth, Mosambique, Carel, Mosambique, January, Mosambique, Zela, Sila, Alet, Aletta, Carel, Sila, Zela, Carolina, Arie, Mina, Alima, Leeuw Fontein, Rhenosterberg, Brak Kuil, Rhenosterberg, Somerset, Sneeuwberg, Suurbergspruit, Zuurberg, Groot Fontein, Graaff Reinet, Rhenosterberg
MOOC Reference: MOOC8/47.34
| 1) Petrus Jacobus Venter born 23 Sept:r 1791 |
| Charl du Plessis born 19 May 1806 |
| Stephanus du Plessis born 13 Nov:r 1809 |
| Francina Johanna Susanna born 21 September 1812, married to [ ..... ] |
| Maria Aletta born 2 January 1815 and married to [ ..... ] |
| Francina Stevina born 17 October 1819 |
| 3) Christiaan Philippus Venter born 1 November 1793 |
| 4) Gerrit Venter born in the year 1795 |
| 5) Maria Johanna Venter, married to Nicolaas Albertus Venter |
| Hester Lasja Johanna born 3 Oct:r 1817 married to Hendrik Coetzee Joseph son |
| Stephanus born 27 May 1818 |
| Gabriel born 16 November 1820 |
| Petrus Johannes Jacobus born 9 March 1825 |
| 7) Anna Sophia Venter married to Fredrik Jacobus Venter |
| 8) Johannes Aledaris Venter born 1 September 1803 |
| 9) Susanna Hendrina Fransina Dorothea born 20 November 1806, married to Philippus Stephanus Snyman |
| four tables |
| nine chairs |
| 1 bench |
| four churns |
| four buckets |
| one tub |
| two kegs |
| one large tub |
| three earthen jars |
| two basons |
| four canisters |
| two tin soep toreens |
| four candle sticks |
| three earthen jars |
| five kettles and 2 stands |
| two tin dishes |
| one tin [dishes] |
| one brass pair of scales |
| one coffee mill |
| one smoothing iron |
| one mortar and pistol |
| one sauce pan |
| one tin bucket |
| one tea pot |
| one pepper box |
| a pair of pincers |
| a pair of scales |
| one candle mould |
| two stone bottles |
| nine bottles |
| fifteen forks |
| sixteen spoons |
| one silver table spoon |
| six tin plates |
| twelve earthen plates |
| two earthen dishes |
| seven basons |
| one canister |
| one tea canister |
| two earthen jars |
| one bason |
| one small tin dish |
| four cups and saucers |
| one butter cask |
| one wine glass |
| two water [glass] |
| one silver watch |
| one silver watch defect |
| one spy glass |
| one brass pint |
| one sieve |
| one grid iron |
| one shelf |
| five chests of different sizes |
| three footstools |
| one bedstead |
| three stretchers |
| three beds |
| five pillows |
| two bolsters |
| five blankets |
| one Bible |
| seven books of different authors |
| one iron kitchen stand |
| six iron pots |
| one bakers pan |
| two ladles |
| one triangle |
| one iron scoop |
| one hatchet /small/ |
| one hatchet, large |
| three guns |
| one brandy still |
| seven casks |
| three spades |
| one pickaxe |
| one small anvil |
| two hatchets |
| six sickles |
| two old saws |
| five plains |
| three hammers |
| one adze |
| some old iron |
| three plough shears |
| one whetstone |
| one old cart /defect |
| one ox wagon complete (old) |
| one horse wagon |
| harness for six horses |
| one tea pot |
| two baskets |
| the opstal of the loan place Buffel Valley situated in the field cornetcy of Rhenosterberg |
Slaves
| 1) Carolus male 36 1/2 years, this Colony labourer | |
| Japhet | 2) Javeth male 40 1/2 years, Mosambique labourer |
| 3) Carel male 41 1/2 years, Mosambique labourer | |
| 4) January male 46 1/2, Mosambique labourer | |
| Zela | 5) Sila female 38 1/2 years, this Colony, sempstress |
| Alet | 6) Aletta female 17 years, this Colony - 1825 1 Octob: 9 3/4 |
| 7) Carel , male, born 25 August 1818 | |
| 8) Carolina , female, born 28 June 1820 | |
| 9) Arie male born 2 October 1822 | |
| 10) Mina female born 10 October 1827 | |
| 11) Alima female born 11 August 1831 | |
| twenty seven oxen | |
| one hundred and ninety head of breeding cattle | |
| six drawing horses | |
| thirty one breeding horses | |
| one thousand and eighty four sheep | |
| one hundred and seventy two goats |
Claims in favor of the estate
| Rd:s | |
| Johannes Aledams Venter residing at Leeuw Fontein in Rhenosterberg for a gun - erfgenaam | 116 |
| Christiaan Philippus Venter residing at Brak Kuil in Rhenosterberg erfgenaam - | 78 |
| Gert Venter residing at Brak Rivier district of Somerset - erfgenaam | 86 |
| Johannes Jacobus Pretorius residing behind Sneeuwberg eleven sheep | |
| Joseph van Dyk residing at Suurbergspruit , field cornetcy of behind Zuurberg as per note | 10 |
| C:H: Higling whose residence is unknown as per note of hand in possion of S: de Beer whose residence is unknown | 90 |
| Christiaan Philippus Venter and Hendrik Sjaart Jacobus van der Walt for the half of the opstal of the loan place Groot Fontein as p:r conditions of sale | 4000 |
Debts due by the estate
| Rd:s | |
| to Nicolaas van der Walt for money lent | 418 |