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Grave and Memorial to Adam Kok III
Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal

Date:n.d.
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
30°33'03.03" S 29°25'30.77" E Alt: 1307m

The inscription on the commemorative marble plaque - in Dutch and in English - reads as follows:

DEZE IS DE RUSTPLAATS
VAN
ADAM KOK III,
OPPERHOOF DER GRIQUA VOLK
GESTORVEN 30STE December 1875,
OUDERDOM 64,
EN
ZYN ECHTGENOOT MARGARET.
________________

THIS IS THE RESTING PLACE
OF
ADAM KOK III,
PARAMOUNT CHIEF OF THE GRIQUA PEOPLE,
DIED 30TH DECEMBER 1875,
AGED 64
AND HIS SPOUSE MARGARET.