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Source SRC-471

S.G. Diagram 484/1832: the loanplace MISKRAAL VAN WILLEM GOOSE at the Touwsberg, Swellendam district - now Mistkraal No. 121, Ladismith

SG diagram · an original record · consulted 2026-08-18

Type
SG diagram
Repository
Surveyor-General, Western Cape. Supplied by Frans in the inbox
Reference
Diagram 484/1832; title deed Lad.Q.9-42
Consulted
2026-08-18

The citation as it was given

*** THE FARM NAMED IN JACOBA CORNELIA OOSTHUIZEN'S ESTATE, IDENTIFIED. *** The sheet reads: 'This Diagram A to I represents the Loanplace called Deverlaate MISKRAAL VAN WILLEM GOOSE geleegen aan TOUWSBERG in Extent 1901 Morgen and 125 Sqr. Roods Situated in the SWELENDAM DISTRICT FIELDCORNETCY OF GROOTE SWARTEBERG.' MOOC8/56.13, the estate of Jacoba Cornelia Oosthuizen taken 28 December 1805 by her brother Pieter Cornelis, carries a debt on 'de plaats gen:t de MISTKRAAL VAN WILLEM GOOZEN gelegen aan de TOUWSBERG'. Same farm, same owner-name, same mountain (SRC-467). | BOUNDARIES, all loan places: SE by E contiguous to Boureboone Fonteyn; E by N towards Buffels Kloof, about 3600 roods; ENE towards Dwars Revier, 3000; NE by E towards de Voorbaat, 1940; NNE towards Buffels Fontein, 650; NW by W towards Miere en Wilgehoute Fonteyn, 2100; W by S towards Visgat, 2200. Extending SW against the mountains. | The map face gives common grazing 1169 morgen 125 sq roods, waste land of 370, 186 and 170 morgen, a werf with a house, garden and water furrow, the river called Fontyns Kloof, and about 11,000 morgen of vacant common grazing with no water on three sides. Surveyed by J.C. Scholtz. Copied for the Surveyor-General 30 June 1989 from the diagram relating to Lad.Q.9-42.

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