SG diagram 649/1838 - Die Plaas Wolvefontein No. 137, Ladismith
SG diagram · an original record · consulted 2026-08-19
- Type
- SG diagram
- Repository
- Chief Surveyor-General, Cape Town (SGCTN). Supplied by Frans via the CSG esio index.
- Reference
- SG diagram No. 649/1838, dated 1.11.1838, Sw.Q.13-88. Sheets BK-8A, BJ-6D, BJ-6B. Endorsements 24.7.1947 and 19.10.51; copy stamped 20.2.1960. Filed by Frans as 'ladysmith 137'.
- Consulted
- 2026-08-19
The citation as it was given
*** 2770 MORGEN 574 SQ ROODS IN THE FIELD-CORNETCY OF GROOTE SWARTEBERG, DISTRICT OF SWELLENDAM, whereof 1800 form the LOAN PLACE 'WOLVER FONTEIN', the remainder being Government ground. *** Surveyed for JAN MATTHYS CHRISTIAN HORN by F. Rawstorne, Sworn Surveyor. | BOUNDED: N. by the TOUWS BERG. E. by the LOAN PLACE RIET FONTEIN and Gov. ground surveyed for J. C. Els etc. S. by W. by Gov. ground surveyed for P.J. and J.N. Forie etc. S.W. by Gov. ground surveyed for STEPHANUS KUUN. W. vacant Gov. ground extending to the LOAN PLACE ZORGVLIET distant 800 Roods. | *** AND THE EASTERN BOUNDARY IS LABELLED ON THE FACE 'Gov ground surveyed for J C Els & MAR OOSTHUYZEN'. *** An Oosthuyzen holding ground against Wolvefontein in the Groote Swarteberg field-cornetcy, 1838. [TO VERIFY] which Marthinus or Marten. | *** THIS IS THE 'DE WOLVE FONTEYN' OF THE 1805 OPGAAFROL (SRC-497, image 42) AND THE 'wolfe fonteijn gel: aan de Swartberg' OF THE 1808 ROLL (SRC-483, page 115). *** 'gel: aan de Swartberg' is this field-cornetcy, named on this sheet. Later endorsements: the remainder is No. 88, 2669/47 (D.G.Sw.Q.Vol.13/16535), and under Section 31(bis) of Act 9/1927 the middle of the Touws River was acknowledged as the boundary from X to Y (Ken C. Lomberg for Surveyor-General, 24.7.1947).
Kept verbatim. This project contradicts published genealogies and corrects a family's own oral tradition, so every claim has to be checkable by someone who was not in the room.