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Krom River

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To the north of Olifantsbosch and also on October 15 , 1817, J. P. Kirsten was able to
expand the boundaries of his original grant of five morgen 65 square roods on the Krom
River to take in the land to the west coast, and then northward ‘naar de Schoesters’ (near to
Schoester’s Kraal) and eastward to encompass an area 530 morgen 361 roods in extent, and
which became the farm Krom River (Cape Farm No 1036) (70) .

Klaasjagers River, Klipfontein, Partryse Valley, Bon Attente and Dean’s Valley

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Moving further east Jeremias Auret was granted, on January 1 , 1817, a further 15 morgen
and 547 square roods of land on the Klassjagers River under Perpetual Quitrent. This land lay
along the river below his original 10 morgen (still retained on fifteen year erfpacht / quitrent)
to the now northern boundary of Olifantsbosch. When his original erfpacht expired, he was
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able to convert this 10 morgen tract of land also to Perpetual Quitrent on March 1 , 1824 (71) .
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Then on October 25 , 1827, he obtained a further 252 morgen of surrounding land
(Wolvekop) and finally an additional 594 morgen 423 roods still further south on November
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1 , 1832 (72) .This last piece of land surrounded an anomalous tract of land on the upper
reaches of the Hout River – 24 morgen and 6 square roods in extent - first granted to Nicolaas
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Sertyn on October 15 , 1817 (Cape Farm 1042) (73) . Later land surveys show this plot as
belonging to John Osmond and then John McKellar and labelled as ‘Lot 3’, so apparently this
small parcel later became attached to Buffelsfontein / Cape Point with Buffelsfontein and
Cape Point Farm as Lot 1 and Lot 2, respectively.

Following up the Klaasjagers River, Charles Morgan and Richard Savary were granted 36
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morgen and 197 square roods of land above Auret’s property on January 1 , 1817 (74) . Above
this Oranje Klein still held his 10 morgen on fifteen year erfpacht / quitrent. To later
conclude his estate, this land was converted to Perpetual Quitrent and granted to his heirs on
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November 29 , 1828. Through subsequent land grants to the south this would grow to
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