The following names are listed in the Historical Record of the Foundation and Development of Umtata, compiled by the Local Van Reebeeck Centenary Committee in April 1952 under the heading "They Started Umtata":

Henry CALLAWAY, Bishop of St. Johns
W. CAMERON
L.G.H. TAINTON
W.C. HENMAN
C.J. SWEENEY
R. WARREN
T. SHARPLEY
R.W. CALVERLEY
C.D. DUFFY
C. BAILIE
J. SHERIEF
J. CROSSLEY
R. HEATH
E. HACK
E.L. COAKES
A.H. STANFORD
N. LEWIS
OWEN Brothers
J. PERRIN
J. HOLMES
G. HOLMES
W. WAKEFIELD
B. KAUFMANN
A.W. WOODS
W.F. McTAVISH
J. KERR
E. MASTER
John ROSS
E. HOMER
W. DOWSE
A. DOWSE
G. BOSHOFF
W. BOSHOFF
D. BLACKBEARD
H. LANGLEY
R. KEARNEY
W. KEARNEY
E.J.J. VICE
J. VICE
C. BADE
A. HART
W. HART
N. BESSINGER
B. MURRAY
E. McALLISTER
T.L. KRIEL
J. BERRY
A. HAWKES
W. LAWLER
T. FLACK
W.H. GRIFFIN
M.T. WHITE
WHITE Brothers
W. MAXWELL
A. WILLIAMS

According to the record, on the 27 March 1879, these men "earnestly petitioned that the Honourable Colonial Secretary will be pleased to cause the site for a township on the Umtata Tembuland to be selected and surveyed".