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DANIEL ELARDUS ERASMUS PROCLAIMED THE TITLE DEED OF THE DOORNKLOOF FARM

He proclaimed the title deed of the Doornkloof farm in 1838. After Erasmus passed away in 1875 his 5 136 hectare farm was left to his three sons and was divided into three roughly equal portions between the streams that course through the farm. The area was quiet until after the 1880/1881 war: (Helme, 1974:10) “the history of Doornkloof remains a closed book until the sparkling figure of Nellmapius bursts upon the scene at the end of the 1880s

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