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Swellendam opgaafrol J 322, 1808 - the opening that holds entries 436-472: the names leaf (image 342) and its Landerijen leaf (image 343), with Pieter Cornelis Oosthuizen junior at 439 on 'de Buffelsvallij'

opgaafrol · an original record · consulted 2026-09-23

Type
opgaafrol
Repository
FamilySearch, "Opgaafrollen, 1692-1844"; Cape Archives J-series census returns (KAB). SWELLENDAM, volume J 322, year 1808 - the volume identified by its own title page at image 319 (SRC-521).
Reference
Film # 008145384, images 342 and 343 of 519. Image 342 ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK8-G39N-L (names, entries 436-472, 'Pr: Transport 235' at the head and 'Transporteere 264' at the foot); image 343 ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK8-G39F-6 (the right-hand leaf: continuation of the count columns, then Naamen der Plaatsen of Erven welke hy bezit / waar en op welken afstand van de Drostdy, in Eijgendom, in Erfpagt, in Leening / tot welke Landbouwkundige einden). Image 344 (ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK8-G39F-1) is the next names leaf and begins about entry 478.
Consulted
2026-09-23

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READ ON SCREEN, 23 Sep 2026, in the FamilySearch viewer with Frans signed in; the collection's download is disabled by contract, so no image is held and every reading below is from the zoomed viewer, uncertain readings in [?]. THE NAMES LEAF, entry | surname (written once, dittoed below by a dash) | given names and patronymic or seniority word | wife: 436 Olivier / Gerrit - J: Oosthuizen; 437 (ditto) / Piet: Lod: - B: J: Fourie; 438 (ditto) / Jan And: / J:z - M: E: Kok; 439 oosthuizen / P: Corn: Jun: - M: Swanepoel; 440 Plessis / Jan Louis du - Hester Venter; 441 (ditto) / Charl du / J:z; 442 (ditto) / Jan Louis / J:z [?]; 443 (ditto) / Piet: Joh: - A: Meijburg; 444 Pretorius / Gerrit - A: Calitz; 445 Slabbert / Joh: - J: W: Knoetze [?]; 446 Swart / Joh: Paul: [?] - A: Nel; 447 (ditto) / Jac: Nic: / Joh:z [?]; 448 Swanepoel / Jac: Hend: - J: A: Lier [?]; 449 (ditto) / Jac: / Jac:z [?] - M: Gouws; 450 [?Schiff] / Lud: van der / J:z [?] - E: Laas; 451 (ditto) / Jac: Corn: / Lud:z [?] - S: Swanepoel; 452 Tonderen / Corn: Jan: / J:z [?] - C: Horn; 453 (ditto) / Roelof Jan: - M: M: van den Berg; 454 (ditto) / Joh: Piet: - J: van den Berg; 455 (ditto) / Corn: / Jan:z [?] - M: J: van Wijk; 456 Wijk / Bart: van - J: Wols [?]; 457 (ditto) / Dan: van - M: van den Berg; 458 [?Wolvecher] / Jan - M: Nortje; 459 [?Wallas] / Christ:; 460 Wijk / Adr: van / W:z - D: Crafford; 461 Fourie / Joseph / Joh:z [?] - Hester Swanepoel; 462 (ditto) / Joh: Jac: / J:z; 463 (ditto) / Jac: / Jac:z - P: Kok; 464 (ditto) / Joseph / d'oude - C: van Eeden; 465 (ditto) / Louis / Joseph:z; 466 (ditto) / D: Steph: / J:z [?] - M: Coetzee [?]; 467 Gouws / Piet: / J:z [?] - M: Beck [?]; 468 (ditto) / Andr: Fred: - G: Brits [?]; 469 [?Harmsen] / Christ: - E: van der Linden; 470 (ditto) / Leendert; 471 Swanepoel / Jan Hend: - H: Roux; 472 (ditto) / P: And: / Jan:z [?]. ENTRY 439 IS THE ONE THAT WAS ASKED FOR: 'oosthuizen / P: Corn: Jun: / M: Swanepoel'. The abbreviation is 'P: Corn:' with 'Jun:' after it - not 'Cornz' - so a Pieter Cornelis JUNIOR, and the private tree and FamilySearch (LH2T-JRD) have exactly him: Pieter Cornelis Oosthuizen, born 18 Feb 1788, son of Pieter Cornelis (PER-000242) and Petronella Hermina Kok, married Magdalena Susanna Swanepoel at Swellendam in October 1807, died 7 Dec 1842. LEAD-0232's 'P: Corn:' reading was right and its identification was one generation out. THE LANDERIJEN LEAF (image 343), rows counted from the transport line: the first ruled row (436, Gerrit Olivier) carries three lines - '1 [?Hemme]kraal agter de Platte kloof', 'de Willige hout rivier en de [?kuil]', '2 [?...]rivier aan de Zwartberg' - at 12 and 13 uuren, Landbouw and Veeteelt; the fourth ruled row (439) reads '1 de Buffelsvallij gel: als boven', 14 uuren, Veeteelt, written in the In Leening sub-columns, with the count figures 79 | 10 | 15000 | 1 1/2 | 1 | 2 to its left under headers not yet read. 'Als boven' points at the Zwartberg of the row above. BELOW IT, IN ORDER BUT NOT YET ALIGNED TO AN ENTRY: 'de Rietfonteijn aande Touwsberg' 14 uuren Landbouw with '2 en 't [?Kalkuil] gel: aande Touw' 15 uuren Veeteelt as one entry's two places; '1 de Touws fonteijn gel: aande Touw' 13 uuren Veeteelt; '1 de [?Kupen] Riv: aande Rodeberg' 15 uuren; 'de Klaare Kamma gelegen aan de Rodeberg' 13 uuren Landbouw; '1 [?Wolvegraafs] bosch aande Rodeberg' 14 uuren; then the words 'Veld Cornetschap van agter de Swarteberg' written across the numeric columns; then '1 de Boeren fonteijn aande Swarteberg' 18 uuren Veeteelt; '1 de Buffels rivier gel: als boven' 18 uuren; two further two-line entries at 18 uuren not read; and at the foot, on the same line as the names leaf's 'Transporteere', the label 'Veldcornetschap van agter de Tradouw' with the running totals. WHAT THE HOURS SAY: the three Ladismith farms of the previous opening (SRC-521) calibrate the column at about five kilometres to the hour, so 14 uuren is the Klein Karoo under the range the Swellendam papers of 1832-38 call the Groote Swarteberg (Voorbaat, Buffelsfontein, Buffel Rivier Poort: DOC-0328 to DOC-0330), and NOT the De Rust farm of the same name, which is about 43 hours out. The alignment of the rows after 439 is LEAD-0366; the farm's polygon is LEAD-0365. A correction to SRC-482 follows from the same viewing: its 'entries 182-188' are 482-488, on image 344.

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