Each of the grants listed below is in large folio format (approx. 495 x 320
mm, folded double) with three horizontal folds.
The documents are in good to very good condition, with light surface dirt
and a little edgewear. These grants represent a haunting record of a vanished
nation and a neglected corner of Africa.
| 1. Grant, on perpetual quitrent, made in favour
of Jan Bezuidenhout, authorised at Cape Town on 18 July 1884 with
the official embossed “Public Seal of the Settlement at Cape Town”,
and with the signature of Governor and High Commissioner Hercules Robinson,
and that of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works. The deed
pertains to a lot of land in the town of Kokstad,
and is accompanied by a surveyor’s
diagram. (zoom here)
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| 2. Grant, on perpetual quitrent, made in favour of Jan de
Bruin (Ludowijk Kok’s son), authorised at Cape Town on 18 July 1884
with the official embossed “Public Seal of the Settlement at Cape
Town”, stamped “TRANSFERRED”, and with the signatures of Governor
and High Commissioner Hercules Robinson, and that of the Commissioner of
Crown Lands and Public Works. The deed pertains to a lot of land in the
town of Kokstad, and is accompanied by a
surveyor’s diagram.
(zoom here)
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| 3. Grant, on perpetual quitrent, made in favour
of John Peter Wildredge, authorised at Cape Town on 12 November 1884
with the official embossed “Public Seal of the Colony of the Cape of
Good Hope”, stamped “TRANSFERRED”, and with the signatures
of Governor and High Commissioner Hercules Robinson, and that of the Commissioner
of Crown Lands and Public Works. The deed pertains to a piece of land in
the town of Kokstad, and is accompanied
by a surveyor’s diagram.
(zoom here)
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| 4. Grant, on perpetual quitrent, made in favour of John
Vesazie (C’s son), authorised at Cape Town on 28 September 1900
with the official embossed “Public Seal of the Colony of the Cape of
Good Hope”, stamped “TRANSFERRED”, and with the signature
stamp of Governor and High Commissioner Alfred Milner, and some other signatures.
The deed pertains to a piece of land in the town of
Kokstad, and is accompanied by a
surveyor’s diagram.
(zoom here)
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| 5. Grant, on perpetual quitrent, made in favour
of Adam Kok (Widow of Cornelius Schalkwyk), authorised at Cape Town
on 13 November 1900 with the official embossed “Public Seal of the Colony
of the Cape of Good Hope”, stamped “TRANSFERRED”, and with
the signature stamp of Governor and High Commissioner Alfred Milner, and
some other signatures. The deed pertains to a piece of land in the town
of Kokstad. It is without the surveyor’s
diagram.
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| 6. Grant, on perpetual quitrent, made in favour of Adam Kok
(Gert Tee’s son), authorised at Cape Town on 13 November 1900 with the
official embossed “Public Seal of the Colony of the Cape of Good
Hope”, stamped “TRANSFERRED”, and with the signature stamp
of Governor and High Commissioner Alfred Milner, and some other signatures.
The deed pertains to a piece of land in the town of
Kokstad. It lacks the surveyor’s diagram. |
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| 7. Grant, on perpetual quitrent, made in favour
of Jacobus Krontz, authorised at Cape Town on 14 December 1900 with
the official embossed “Public Seal of the Colony of the Cape of Good
Hope”, stamped “TRANSFERRED”, and with the signature stamp
of Governor and High Commissioner Alfred Milner, and some other signatures.
The deed pertains to a piece of land in the town of
Kokstad. It is without the surveyor’s
diagram. |
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| 8. Grant, on perpetual quitrent, made in favour of Jan [Ian?]
Bezuidenhout (H’s son), authorised at Cape Town on 30 May 1901,
with the official embossed “Public Seal of the Colony of the Cape of
Good Hope”, stamped “TRANSFERRED”, and with the signature
(hand-stamp?) of Governor Walter Hely-Hutchinson, and some other signatures.
The deed pertains to a piece of land in the town of
Kokstad, and is accompanied by a
surveyor’s diagram.
(zoom here)
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