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Andries Hendrik Potgieter, known as Hendrik Potgieter (19 December 1792 – 16 December 1852) was a Voortrekker leader. He served as the first head of state of Potchefstroom from 1840 and 1845 and also as the first head of state of Zoutpansberg from 1845 to 1852.
Andries Hendrik Potgieter was a Boer leader in the Great Trek who took his party from the Cape Colony to settle the Transvaal and became a prominent figure in the early history of that state. Potgieter was a well-to-do sheep farmer from the Tarka district of eastern Cape Colony before the.
Andries Hendrik Potgieter was born in the Graaff Reinet district in the Cape Colony on the 19th of December 1792. He was the second child of Petronella Margaretha and Hermanus Potgieter. He fought in the Fourth and Fifth Frontier Wars and was a wealthy sheep farmer when, like many other Dutch farmers at the Cape, he decided to leave the colony ...
A party led by Hendrik Potgieter trekked out of the Tarka area in either late 1835 or early 1836, and in September 1836 a party led by Gerrit Maritz began their trek from Graaff-Reinet.
1835 - c. 1845. Location: South Africa. Participants: Voortrekker. Major Events: Battle of Blood River. Key People: Andries Hendrik Potgieter. Andries Pretorius. Piet Retief.
Mar 16, 2011 · Andries Hendrik Potgieter, the leader of a Voortrekker group which he led during the battle of Vegkop when attacked by the Matabele (Ndebele), was born in the Graaff-Reinet district in the Cape Colony.
Nov 26, 2013 · Andries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town of Potchefstroom after moving away from Natal and heading inland and eventually settling in the northern Free State. Potgieter was born in the Graaff Reinet district in the Cape Colony on the 19th of December 1792.
