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🔎 MOOC8 Inventory for Johan Hendrik Mei, Jammer Fountain, Krom Rivier, Uitenhage, Jammerfontein, Kromriver, Uitenhage, Louis, George, Albany, Uitenhage, Uitenhage, Uitenhage
MOOC Reference: MOOC8/72.20a
| Johan Adam born 26th February 1822 |
| Johannis Christoffel Josephus born 14th July 1824 and |
| Johan Hendrik Stephanis Mei born 21 July 1828 |
| Rd:s | £ | |
| A place called Jammerfontein in extent 1641 morgen planted with 1700 vine stocks, situated in the fieldcornetcy of Kromriver district of Uitenhage | 1000:-- | 75:--:-- |
| a slave boy named Louis 40 years of age born at Mosambique and absconded from his late master’s place on the 17th December 1828 and still absent | [ ..... ] | [ ..... ] |
| an old useless wagon | 30:-- | 2:5:-- |
| 19 draught oxen a rd:s20/ | 380:-- | 28:10:-- |
| 13 h:d of breeding cattle a rd:s58/ | 104:-- | 7:16:-- |
| 19 sheep | 19:-- | 1:8:6 |
| 28 goats | 28:-- | 2:2:-- |
| 1 saddle horse | 40:-- | 3:--:-- |
| 1 bed complete | 30:-- | 2:5:-- |
| 1 bed incomplete | 14:-- | 1:1:-- |
| 2 tables | 6:-- | 0:9:-- |
| 3 chairs | 8:-- | 0:12:-- |
| 2 buckets | 2:-- | 0:3:-- |
| 1 churn | 3:-- | 0:4:6 |
| 2 empty beer casks | 12:-- | 0:18:-- |
| 1 38 g:n cask | 4:-- | 0:6:-- |
| 1 old butter cask | 3:-- | 0:4:6 |
| 1 distillery kettle | 50:-- | 3:15:-- |
| 1 wagon chest | 15:-- | 1:2:6 |
| 1 stretcher | 2:-- | 0:3:-- |
| 1 butter bason | 1:-- | 0:1:6 |
| 1 water tub | 2:-- | 0:3:-- |
| 2 pots | 5:-- | 0:7:6 |
| 2 dishes | 1:4 | 0:2:3 |
| 8 plates | 2:-- | 0:3:-- |
| 6 forks and 6 spoons | 2:2 | 0:3:4 1/2 |
| 1 earthen pot | 0:6 | 0:1:1 1/2 |
| 3 wagon sides | 1:4 | 0:2:3 |
| 2 wagon planks | 1:-- | 0:1:6 |
| 1 blk: smiths billows | 25:-- | 1:17:6 |
| 1 anvil | 25:-- | 1:17:6 |
| 2 tongs | 2:-- | 0:3:-- |
| 2 hammers | 2:-- | 0:3:-- |
| 4 old spikes | 10:-- | 0:15:-- |
| 4 [ ..... ] | 4:-- | 0:6:-- |
| 1 vice | 30:-- | 2:5:-- |
| 2 staves iron | 20:-- | 1:10:-- |
| 20 butter cask stones | 1:4 | 0:2:3 |
| 1 old plough | 5:-- | 0:7:6 |
| 9 plains /:assorted:/ | 4:-- | 0:6:-- |
| 1 spoke shave | 0:6 | 0:1:1 1/2 |
| 1 boor | 0:6 | 0:1:1 1/2 |
| small quantity old iron | 0:2 | 0:0:4 1/2 |
| 2 hand saws | 1:-- | 0:1:6 |
| 1 9-gallon cask | 1:-- | 0:1:6 |
| 1 kettle | 1:-- | 0:1:6 |
| 2 bottles | 0:2 | 0:0:4 1/2 |
| 1 candlestick | 1:-- | 0:1:6 |
| 3 baskets | 3:-- | 0:4:6 |
| 2 grinding stones | 4:-- | 0:6:-- |
| 1 fermenting tub | 4:-- | 0:6:-- |
| Rd:s1912:4 | £143:8:9 |
Debts due to the estate
| Rd:s | £ | |
| Pieter Gervel residing in the district of George to the delivery of three wagons chests am:t not known | 60 | 4:10 |
| the estate of the late J:W: Oldham for timber and butter | 36 | 2:14 |
| the estate of the late Philip Ernst Mei, exact sum not known but about | 150 | 11:5 |
Claims on the estate
| Rd:s | Rd:s | £ | |
| Peter Heugh and Co. for merchandize | 50:-- | ||
| A: Vermaak for merchandize | 80:-- | ||
| R: Metelerkamp for merchandize | 48:2 | ||
| Willem Bouer residing in the district of Albany for cattle purchased | 100:-- | 278:2 | 20:17:4 1/2 |
| clear sum the estate yields | Rd:s1880:2 | £141:0:4 1/2 | |
| the half | 940:1 | 70:10:2 1/4 |