Kerkenberg is a location in the Oliviershoek Pass Area in Free State, South Africa. The Voortrekkers camped there from mid-October to mid-November 1837 and from there sent out parties to find ways down the escarpment. On 12 November Piet Retief’s daughter Debora painted his name on a rock to mark his 57th birthday.
Debora Retief, daughter of voortrekker Piet Retief, painted her father's name on this rock at Kerkenberg, eastern Free State, to commemorate his 57th birthday on the 12th November 1837. On 10 October 1899, members of the Bethlehem commando also recorded their names here, when they arrived to guard a pass on the Free State border at the start of the Boer War.
The site is open to the public.[1]
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28°30′14″S 29°06′29″E / 28.504°S 29.108°E
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