Robert R. Felton was a Rockyhock planter. His plantation rested near Martinique and was one of the larger farms in the neighborhood. It consisted of 27 slaves and over 500 acres in 1860, and its value was over $30,000. Eighth Census of the United States (1860) Chowan County, North Carolina, Population, Agricultural, and Slave schedules, National Archives (microfilm, Joyner Library, East Carolina University).