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{18300506} 6 May 1830
Andries Jacobus Straus Johanna Cornelia
Viljoen
Inventory of all such goods and effects as have been possessed in
communion of the late Andries Jacobus Straus and surviving widow Johanna
Cornelia Viljoen and which are left by the former who died on the 13th June
1829 ab intestato
Thus done and inventoried at
Graaff
Reinet on the 6th day of May 1830 according to the declaration of
Johanna Cornelia Viljoen widow of the late Andries Jacobus Straus, who declared
that to the best of her knowledge she has given up all the effects that belong
to said estate with further promise should anything be found afterwards to add
it to this inventory for all which she offered to make oath if required.
The said estate being appraised by Mess:rs Stephanus Jacobus Naude J:F:
son and Willem Johannes van der Merwe Piet son in the presence of me the
undersigned Agent to the Orphan Chamber and witnesses.
As appraisers: S:J: Naude, W:J: van der Merwe
As witnesses: J:P: Meintjes, C: Boshof
Johanna Cornelja Viljoen, wedewe Strous
In my presence: J:J: Auret, Agent
We the undersigned Stephanus Jacobus Naude, J:H: son and Willem Johannes
van der Merwe Piet son do hereby swear that the appraisement in the annexed
inventory of the estate of the late Andries Jacobus Straus and surviving widow
Johanna Cornelia Viljoen is a just, proper and true valuation to the best of
our knowledge.
Sworn before me at
Graaff Reinet on the
6th May 1830: E: Bergh, Resid: Magistr:
S:J: Naude, W:J: van der Merwe
| | Rd:s |
| one ox waggon | 300:-- |
| one horse waggon | 500:-- |
| six harnesses | 100:-- |
| two waggon chists | 40:-- |
| one gun | 80:-- |
| one soap pot | 15:-- |
| five pots | 14:-- |
| three tables | 18:-- |
| three chairs /:old:/ | 6:-- |
| two beds | 110:-- |
| five canisters | 10:-- |
| five earthen jars | 4:-- |
| five earthen pots | 5:-- |
| sixteen cups with saucers | 5:-- |
| two butter crocks | 2:-- |
| six earthen plates | 2:-- |
| two pewter dishes | 2:-- |
| five earthen dishes | 5:-- |
| two copper kettles and one chafing dish | 12:-- |
| one gridiron | 2:-- |
| one pan | 1:-- |
| three pewter plates | 1:4 |
| nine pewter spoons | 3:-- |
| nine forks | 2:-- |
| one saddle and bridle | 10:-- |
| one kitchen spoon | 1:-- |
| three saws | 8:4 |
| three planes | 6:-- |
| one hatchet | 3:-- |
| one chizzle | 1:-- |
| one drawing knife | 1:-- |
| one brace and bits | 3:-- |
| two files and one rasp | 1:4 |
| one auger | 1:4 |
| one pick axe | 2:-- |
| two spades | 5:-- |
| one coffee mill | 4:-- |
| one earthen teapot | 1:-- |
Cattle
| | Rd:s |
| eighty five head of black cattle | 425:-- |
| fourteen oxen | 210:-- |
| two thousand six hundred and seventy eight breeding
sheep | 3347:4 |
| two hundred and seventy one goats | 271:-- |
| four saddle horses | 160:-- |
| four breeding horses | 40:-- |
Credits
| | Rd:s | £ |
| from Willem Liebenberg as per note of
hand | 112:-- |
| one butchers bill against Jacob van
Rhienen | 1500:-- |
| | Rd:s7353:4 | £551:10:3 |
Heirs
| 1) Johanna Elisabeth born August 4th 1819 |
| 2) Martha Margaretha born November 5th 1820 |
| 3) David Fredrik born July 7th 1822 |
| 4) Anna Maria Jacoba born July 4th 1824 |
| 5) Susanna Magdalena born February 9th 1826 |
| 6) Andries Jacobus born January 29th 1828 |
| 7) Albertus Johannis born July 22:d 1829 |
