Welgelegen, Mowbray, Cape, South Africa
He had a beautiful Dutch house built (In 1724 three slaves burnt it down and murdered the whole family. The culprits were later triedand executed and their heads hoisted on poles which is why Mowbray's earlier name was Driekoppen- Three heads) and also built the mill in 1796.
(Now erroneously known as Mostert`s Mill-It was declared a national monument in 1936.)
He also built a family graveyard, which was firstly used in 1827 when he died. He had farmed for 32 years when his son-in-law Sybrand Jacobus Mostert bought the farm from his estate.
Today the farm is part of the Groot Schuur Estate
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