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Surveyor-General diagram, 114/1823, 2 June 1823

Surveyor-General diagram, 2 June 1823

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The record

Type
Surveyor-General diagram
Diagram number
114/1823
Surveyed
2 June 1823
Deed
grondbrief Clw. Q. 1-15
Surveyor
J.M. Wentzel
Archive filename
10053943 555.jpg

Citation

Title
L.G. Krt. 114/1823 - the loan place Welbedagt No. 555, Calvinia, measured for Carel Aaron van der Merwe
Repository
Surveyor-General, Cape Town (Western Cape)
Reference
L.G. Krt. No. 114/1823; grondbrief Clw. Q. 1-15; sheet DI-4A
Type
SG_diagram
Retrieved
2026-08-11

The ground it is about

Welbedagt No. 555

Research notes

THE LOAN PLACE WELBEDAGT, MEASURED IN ERFPACHT FOR CAREL AARON VAN DER MERWE (PER-001639), 2 JUNE 1823. Transcribed: "Nevenstaande figuur A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. K. L. M. N. vertoont de Leenings plaats 'Welbedagt' groot in haren grond 2376 Morgen + 50 quadt. roeden met de daaranex gelegen gouvernement's grond groot 1655 Morgen 138 quadt. roeden te Zamen groot 4031 Morgen 188 quadt. roeden is gelegen in het adjunct District Clanwilliam en aldaar in de agter hantam, VeldCornetschap van Hendrik Volgraeff voor Carel Aaron van der MerweL in Erfpagt Opgemeten." Boundaries as written: ten N. partly the hantam's berg and partly government ground measured in erfpacht FOR HENDK. JOHS. VISAGIE; ten NO a wide expanse of waste government ground; ten OW en Z the hantam's berg; ten ZWn the place given out in erfpacht marked karre houte boom. On the face: Klipplaat, lettered blocks A, A', B, B' and C, "der Rivier Fonteintg. oorvloedig water" 204 morgen, a woonhuis, Moordenaars Poort, the Hantams Rivier, a publieke weg rondom de hantamsberg, and two fountains, one "sterk houdend" and one "zwak t. geh. jaar water". SAME SURVEYOR AS OUDE MUUR, LOKENBURG AND TYGERHOEK: this is the FOURTH Wentzel sheet for this family and it is dated three weeks after Tygerhoek.

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