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Document DOC-0369

Estate inventory, deed MOOC8/44.45, 28 October 1828

Estate inventory, 28 October 1828

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TANAP transcription, Huygens Institute (GLOBALISE), CC0-1.0; read from the project's local copy of the series on 2026-09-23. Online: MOOC8/44.45.

DeceasedJohannes Jacobus Oosthuijsen senior (PER-000237), 'oud 79 jaar en 7 maanden en dese Uijthoek gebooren', Ockert's elder brother, the second heir of MOOC8/24.27 and the man who signed the Welbedagt inventory of 1792
WidowCatrina Geesie Gouws
Wheredied 26 June 1828 on de Buffels Valeij aan de Grootswartberg, PAR-000339, whose opstal he had bought a third of on 27 January 1828
Heirseight, named with their spouses
In the modelINV-0034 · SRC-673 · RES-000050 · OWN-000129

What this establishes

The eight heirs. Johannes Jacobus, married to Anna Opperman; Jacoba Catrina, married to Andries de Jager, with four minor children, "residing in the Beaufort district"; Stephanus Jacobus Adriaan, married to Engela van der Berg, himself dead and leaving minors; a second Johannes Jacobus, married to Johanna Dorothea le Grange; Andries Pieter Cornelis Lodewijk, married to Jacoba Hendrika Oosthuysen; Catrina Johanna, married to Gerrit van Zyl; Dina Carolina, married to Louis Nel, whose murder in the Nieuweveld the same June is MOOC8/45.139; and Maggel Susara, married to Johannes Steyn. No cash. Outstanding: bonds and small sums from Steyn, the widow's own account, two of the sons.

The farm. "De derde gedeelte van de opstal der lenings plaast genaamt de Buffels Valeij gelegen aan Grootswartberg, gekogt van Martienis Oostheuijsen M:s zoon op den 27 Jannuareij 1828 voor de zomma van een deuijsent vier en sestig reijksdaalders." A third of the buildings of a loan place at the Groot Swartberg, bought five months before he died from Marthinus Oosthuysen M:zn, his own nephew (the son of his brother Marthinus, who had married Gerrit Johannes's daughter Dina Carolina; MOOC8/57.36a). Which Buffelsvlei is settled by two other records. The Swellendam roll of 1808 has his great-nephew Pieter Cornelis junior on 'de Buffelsvallij aan de Zwartberg' at fourteen hours from the drostdy (SRC-690), and this sheet and the next were taken by the field cornet G. Joubert and sworn at Swellendam, in the ward the diagrams of 1832 to 1838 call the Field Cornetcy of Groote Swarteberg: the Ladismith country under the range those papers name the Groote Swarteberg, not the De Rust farm of the same name, which lay in the George district and forty-odd hours out. The cadastre holds no Buffelsvlei there by name, so the farm has no polygon yet (LEAD-0365).

What he had. Twelve trek oxen, four cattle, two horses, 248 goats, a wagon, a brandy still, two mill stones, one gun. A goat farmer's kit, not a sheep farmer's, on the mountain.

The age. Seventy-nine years and seven months on 26 June 1828 puts his birth about November 1748, against the baptism-based 1753 the model carries. not yet verified

The text as the clerk wrote it

MOOC8/44.45

{18281028} 28 October 1828 Johannis Jacobus Oosthuijsen

Inventaris behooren tot den boedel van den overleedenen Johannis Jacobus Oosthuijsen zinior ouderdom van den overledenen 79 jaar en 7 maanden en dese Uijthoek gebooren op den 26 Junij 1828 overleeden op de plaas genaamt de Buffels Valij aan de Grootswartberg , nagelate wedeuwe Catrina Geesie Gouws

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td>namen der erfgenaamen</td> <td>ouderdom</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>jaren</td> <td>maande</td> <td>dagen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1) Johanis Jacobus geheuwd met Anna Opperman</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2) Jacoba Catrina geheuwd met Andries Dejager, onmondinge vier kinderen, residing in the Beaufort district,</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3) Stevanis Jacobus Aderjan geheuwd met Engela van der Berg, overlijden, naa gelaatene on mondigge kinderen [V:C: Cloete]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4) Johannis Jacobus geheuwd met Johanna Dooritia le Grange</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5) Andries Pieter Cornelis Lodeweijk geheuwd met Jacoba Hendrika Oostheuijsen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6) Catrina Johanna Oostheuijsen geheuwd met Gerrit van Zeijl</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7) Dina Carolina geheuwd met Lowies Nel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8) Maggel Zuzara geheuwd met Johannis Steijn</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

<table> <thead><tr><td colspan='100%'>Contante penningen</td></tr></thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>niets</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

<table> <thead><tr><td colspan='100%'>Uijtstaande penningen</td></tr></thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>Rd:s</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Johanis Steijn een obliegatie</td> <td>90:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>volgens opgaaf van de wedeuwe Oostheuijsen</td> <td>27:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Johannis Jacobus Oostheuijsen volgens opgaaf van de wedeuwe Oostheuijsen</td> <td>12:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Andries Pietir Cornelis Lodeweijk Oostheuijsen</td> <td>52:4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>een obliegatie J: B:s Steur</td> <td>44:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>J:J: Oostheuijsen J: zoon</td> <td>25:--</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

De derde gedeelte van de opstal der lenings plaast genaamt de Buffels Valeij gelegen aan Grootswartberg gekogt van Martienis Oostheuijsen M:s zoon op den 27 Jannuareij 1828 voor de zomma van een deuijsent vier en sestig reijksdaalders

<table> <thead><tr><td colspan='100%'>Leijst van de goederen</td></tr></thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>12 trek osse</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4 aanteel beesten</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 aanteel paart</td> </tr> <tr> <td>248 aanteel bokken</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 osse wagen met zijn trektuijg</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 katels</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 beddens</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 tavels</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 stoelen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 kist</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 emmers</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7 potten</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 karntjes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 rooster</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 pan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 kannen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4 schootels</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4 borden</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8 lepels</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 vorkens</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 potlepel met een vork</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 ketel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 tee potje</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 moole steentjes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 moole spil</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 lanterring</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6 vaten</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 brandeweijns ketel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6 lederen sakken</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 water vaatje</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 sluijt mantje</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 bottils</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 vlessen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>war deuijge en hoepels</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 vel keuijpen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 baaletje</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 kaars vorm</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 pik</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 slagt eijstir</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 rak</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 koevoet</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 beuijk plank</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 schiet geweer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 peeperdoosje</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Opgenomen op den 28 October 1828

Als getuijgen: Catriena G: Gouws wediwe J:J: Oosthuijsen, Petrus Jerimuas de Toit

G:s Joubert, Veld c:t


Transcription © TANAP / Globalise; published with the repository and reference named, as above.

The estate

Johannes Jacobus Oosthuizen (b.1753)

Archive reference
MOOC8/44.45
Taken
28 October 1828
Death
26 June 1828
Place as written
de Buffels Valeij aan de Groot Swartberg (Buffelsvlei No. 18, Oudtshoorn)
Officials present
field cornet G. Joubert; witnesses the widow and Petrus Jeremias du Toit

The ground it was taken on →

Notes on this inventory

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The record

Type
Estate inventory
Deed
MOOC8/44.45

Citation

Title
MOOC8/44.45 - inventory of the estate of Johannes Jacobus Oosthuijsen senior, who died on Buffels Valeij aan de Groot Swartberg on 26 June 1828, taken 28 October 1828
Repository
Cape Archives (KAB), Master of the Orphan Chamber; transcription published by TANAP / Globalise (Huygens KNAW)
Reference
MOOC8/44.45, 1828-10-28
Type
estate inventory
Retrieved
2026-09-23

The ground it is about

Buffelsvlei (aan de Groote Swarteberg, Swellendam district)

Research notes

Transcription only; Text from the TANAP/Globalise Cape transcriptions, read from the project's local copy; the original is at the Western Cape Archives (KAB). Added 2026-09-23 from the eGGSA probate-index review (session-archive/2026-09-23). Readable transcription with the reading in both languages at sources/inventories/MOOC8-44-45-oosthuijsen-gouws-1828.md and sources/inventories/af/.

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