George opgaafrol of 1821 (volume J101) - the Olifants River ward, read for the land register
tax roll · an original record · consulted 2026-09-16
- Type
- tax roll
- Repository
- FamilySearch, Cape Province OPGAAFROLLEN (census-tax), filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah at the Government Archives, Cape Town, project S-AF 20 B. FamilySearch catalogue: Opgaafrollen, 1692-1844, George Landdrosdistrik.
- Reference
- Film # 008145125, images 199 (card) to 229; the Olifants ward runs from the foot of image 221 through 222 to 223.
- Consulted
- 2026-09-16
The citation as it was given
[16 Sep 2026] Read by a reading pass into data/opgaaf_land.csv; the Modder Fontyn line checked against the page. Veldcornet Hendrik Pt. Grobler (Buffels Klip). 89 households. Nearly every place in erfpacht; no distance column. MODDER FONTYN on image 223 (checked against the page): 'STEPH. E. TERBLANS Sr' x MARGARETHA MARAIS, 2 sons 3 daughters, 22 wheat 13 barley, 1 wagon, TWO PLACES IN ERFPACHT 'Modder Fontyn & Rott Valley'. Two lines below: SALOMON TERBLANS x HESTER MARE, 8500 vines, brandy 3/8, 2 wagons, NO PLACE. Also Lambt. Pt. Zaayman x Martha Terblans on Paarde Fontyn; Joachim Prinslo on De Wanhoop. Missing 203 208 212 214-216, outside the ward.
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.