Witpan farm

Title

Witpan farm

Location Type

farm

Farm Number

44

Nearby Town

Danielskuil

District Municipality

Frances Baard

sourced from https://www.geonames.org/938824/witpan.html

Local Municipality

Dikgatlong

sourced from https://www.geonames.org/938824/witpan.html

Magistrate District

Barkly West

Province

Northern Cape

Historical Ownership

Between 1861 and 1871, parts of Griqualand West were governed by the Free State Republic. In 1881, the farm Doornfontein was owned by Hamelberg and Fichardt (Cape of Good Hope, Return of Farms and Lands granted in Griqualand West, Cape Town 1881, p. 8 ). H.A.L. Hamelberg, a prominent 19th-century lawyer and member of Parliament in the Orange Free State (https://hipsa.org.za/publication/die-dagboek-van-h-a-l-hamelberg-in-die-kaap-en-oranje-vrystaat-1855-71/), and Gustav Adolph Fichardt, a major merchant who served as mayor of Bloemfontein (https://artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes.php?bldgid=2730).

Latitude

-27.7952

Longitude

24.1265

Geographic coordinates sourced from

Chief Surveyor General Geographic Information System