Kleinbotterkraal (Klein Sleutlefontein No. 127 Ptn 1)

1/127 on the cadastre · on record 1937 · show on the map

The farm's own history, the grant, the original survey, sits on that page.

Farm number: No. 127
Portion: 1
On the cadastre: 1/127, portionregistered as KLEIN SLEUTLEFONTEIN
District: Prince Albert
Extent, as the diagram states it: 8393.9332 morgen
Modern surveyed area: 7186.0 ha

The historic extent and the modern surveyed area are two separate measurements and are not presented here as confirming each other. The first is what a surveyor wrote on a diagram, usually in morgen. The second is what the modern cadastre draws.

Why this farm is here

Anna Margaretha Oosthuizen held it. 23 km from Klaarstroom.

Anna Margaretha Oosthuizen is on record on this ground directly. No trace needed.

story A written history is set on this ground Three farms in one deed: Anna Margaretha, 1937
story A written history names this ground The war reaches the Koup
parcel Cut out of Klein Sleutlefontein No. 127
border Shares a boundary with Botterkraal (Jansenskraal No. 104 Ptn 2) Botterkraal (Jansenskraal No. 104 Ptn 2)
…and 2 more, listed in full further down this page.

Stories

about this farm Three farms in one deed: Anna Margaretha, 1937
On 20 December 1937 one transfer deed put three farms and 11,897 morgen into the name of Anna Margaretha Marincowitz, born Oosthuizen - Tokkie's mother, and one of only seven women in this model recorded holding ground in her own right. Her father had died fourteen months earlier and her brother took the neighbouring portion the same day.
mentions this farm The war reaches the Koup
The Anglo-Boer War came to these farms twice: up the road from Klaarstroom on 2 February 1901, when a running fight through Die Gang left a Boer of Scheepers's commando dead on Remhoogte; and quietly in 1903, when a woman from Tulbagh married into a Prince Albert family having buried two brothers in Natal thirty-four days apart - two brothers Deneys Reitz very probably names in Commando.

What the record holds, in order

February 1937 boundary change subdivision: from Klein Sleutlefontein No. 127
February 1937 document SG diagram 4239/1937
T13528/1937
20 December 1937 ownership Anna Margaretha Oosthuizen (5 October 1879–3 December 1973)
freehold · transfer · confidence high

Bordered by, as the diagram names them

NW Remainder of Boter Kraal
N Boter Kraal Oost
NE Modderdrift
E Remainder of Rhemhoogte
SE Remainder of Portion of Rhemhoogte
S Kareemoerhoek
S Noorsdoringkop
SW Remainder of Groot Sleutle Fontein
W Remainder

Also bordered by, as the modern cadastre draws it

Ground that touches this farm on the Surveyor-General's current polygons and that none of the diagrams held here names. Derived from the geometry, not read off a document.

Documents

Scan of Surveyor-General diagram, 4239/1937, February 1937

Surveyor-General diagram, 4239/1937, February 1937
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Cadastre

Surveyor-General diagram index for this parcel

Surveyor-General diagram index for the whole farm — where the original survey of this ground sits.

Research notes

[30 Jul 2026 inbox] Figure ABCDEFG, 8393.9332 morgen, called KLEINBOTTERKRAAL, portion of Klein Sleutle fontein, division of Prince Albert. Surveyed February 1937 by J.H.E. Hartwig; coordinates on System Lo.23; diagram 4239/1937 per the verso register (DOC-0138). Neighbours as drawn: Remainder of Boter Kraal NW, Boter Kraal Oost N, Modderdrift NE, Remainder of Rhemhoogte E, Remainder of Portion of Rhemhoogte SE, Kareemoerhoek and Noorsdoringkop S, Remainder of Groot Sleutle Fontein SW, Remainder W. [DIAGRAM] DOC-0139. The 1937 extent and the modern cadastre portion agree to 0.01% (8393.9332 mg = 7189.7 ha vs 1/127 = 7189.1 ha).

[31 Jul 2026] Document ids corrected: the diagram rows for this farm were never created in July and the ids quoted here had since been reissued to unrelated TANAP inventories. Now DOC-0138, DOC-0139.

[13 Aug 2026] Renamed to the one form this model uses for every portion - the portion's own name, then the parent farm, its number and the portion in brackets - so that a name is legible in a list, a search result and a map popup without the reader having to know which farm number is which. It read "Kleinbotterkraal (Klein Sleutlefontein Ptn 1)" before. Nothing about the ground changed.

The research behind this page, kept separate from it: dated working notes, open questions, and what is not yet settled.

Open questions

Anna Margaretha Oosthuizen assembles three farms in one deed, 1937 priority 2 · LEAD-0040
On 20 December 1937 one transfer deed put Noorsdoringkop, Kleinbotterkraal and Kareemoerhoek into the name of Anna Margaretha Marincowitz, born Oosthuizen - over 10,240 morgen. Who assembled it, and with whose money?

What would settle it The deed itself: it names consideration and predecessor in title.
Which Botterkraal was the mail coach taken on priority 2 · LEAD-0131
The Boers seized the mail coach and horses at Botterkraal, on the road between Prince Albert Road station and the village. Which Botterkraal, and in what month of 1901?

What would settle it A dated report naming the farm.

What the record is missing

The record stops in 1937 and never resumes third order · B2 trail-ends
Kleinbotterkraal (Klein Sleutlefontein No. 127 Ptn 1) was worked as far as 1937-12-20, with Anna Margaretha OosthuizenH the last owner on record. 89 years follow with nothing. Who held it after that, and is it still one farm?

What would settle it The current title deed traced backwards, each transfer names the one before it, or the Surveyor-General's subdivision diagrams, which are what usually explain a farm going quiet.

Found by breaks.py reading the model against itself, not written by hand, each one is a shape of missing record, not a fault in the data. The whole set is on the questions page.