Johannes Potgieter

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About Johannes Potgieter

He went on the Great Trek and probably fought at the Battle of Vegkop after which he trekked to Natal and later back to the O.F.S., where he resettled at Wepener. http://www.geni.com/discussions/152597?msg=1070552

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DRVN-8R?mode=g&i=53&cc...

He was baptized Johannes Potgieter in Stellenbosch !!

Name Johannes Potgieter
Father's Name Johannes Potgieter
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Agatha Catharina Meijer
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 01 Nov 1785
Event Place Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

See documentation attached. Fought at the battle of Bloodriver.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DRVK-31?i=52&wc=M6...

Witnesses to his baptism was mothers sister and her husband https://www.geni.com/projects/Battle-of-Blood-River-Slag-van-Bloedrivier/2621

https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-443912001-1-500508/fer...

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Johannes Potgieter's Timeline

1785
November 1, 1785
Uitenhage, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
November 1, 1785
Uitenhage, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1787
November 29, 1787
Age 2
1788
June 15, 1788
Age 2
Swellendam
1808
May 1, 1808
Uitenhage, Cape Colony, South Africa
1810
May 8, 1810
Uitenhage, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1811
December 28, 1811
Sondagsrivier, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1813
April 22, 1813
sondagsrivier, uitenhage, South Africa
1814
September 23, 1814
Aan de Zondagsrivier, District , Uitenhage, South Africa