Belongings

Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa

An Exploration of Frontiers, 1725–c. 1830

Laura J. Mitchell

 

Fig. 8.3. List of Stopping Places on the Journey Caabwaards

ARA: VOC 4158, OBP, 1743 - 44, vol. 2. Testimony in the case against Willem van Wyk, 1743, ff. 928 - 42, SGO 1:50 000 series.

List of Stopping Places on the Journey Caabwaards
Location Residents & Distance to the Next Stop
A Kleinfontein Willem van Wyk & Johanna Catherina Campher
15-20 km to the next farm
1 Heeren Logement Jacob Cloete
30 km to the next farm
2 Brandenberg  
30 km to the next farm
3 Verloerevlei  
20 km to the next farm
4 Kruismansrivier Gerrit van Wyk & Maria Eykoff
10 km to the next farm
5 Groene Valleij Jacobus Guildenhuizen & Anna M. Koekemoer
5 km to the next farm
B Klein Vogelvallej Widow Joachim Scholtz (Antoinetta Campher)
10 km to the next farm
6 De Hoek Hendrik Krugel
3–4 km to the next farm
C Rietfontein Ernst Christiaan Ehlers
30 km to the next farm
7 De Gunst Floris Smit & Margaretha Steenkamp
40–50 km to their camping spot
8 Cape Flats  
10–20 km to Cape Town
9 Cape Town