Peter Parker was a modest planter whose plantation, Martinique, was located between the Rockyhock and Ballard's Bridge areas of Chowan County. Due to the brevity of his life, not much is known of him. He was born about 1808 at Martinique, the family home. Upon the death of his father Elisha in 1830, Peter inherited 300 acres and the home that comprised the plantation. According to the 1830 census of Chowan County, Peter was head of household living with his mother and two of his sisters at Martinique. According to the same census, 11 slaves were working Martinique in that year. After the Nat Turner Rebellion in 1831, Peter and his brother Jacob were summoned to appear before the Chowan County Court on several occasions between October and December to testify on behalf of Sandy, a slave from the neighboring plantation of Wingfield. Charges were eventually dropped against the slave and he was sent home to his master, Richard Brownrigg. Peter is mentioned in county records again in 1833 when he married Elizabeth B. Skinner. Elizabeth was from Perquimans county, the daughter of Henry Skinner and Sarah Roberts. She and Peter had three children together: Elisha, Sarah Elizabeth, and Annie Felicia. Only Annie survived her father's death. Elisha Norfleet, Sarah Elizabeth, and Peter died within a week of each other probably of a particularly contagious illness. Peter died intestate at the age of 31 in February of 1839. His widow was 26 years old and his daughter Annie an infant. They continued to live at Martinique with Peter's mother and sisters, Elizabeth and Sarah. When Annie reached her majority, the plantation became hers. Edenton Gazette, Edenton, North Carolina, 6 May 1830; When Annie reached her majority, the plantation became hers. Edenton Gazette, Edenton, North Carolina, 6 May 1830; Fifth Census of the United States (1830) Chowan County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, National Archives (microfilm) North Carolina State Archives; Criminal Actions Concerning Slaves 1830-1844, Chowan County Slave Records, North Carolina State Archives; Peter Parker, Elizabeth Skinner Marriage Record, 26 March, 1833, Chowan County Marriage Records, 1754-1909, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. Oral Interview with Hurley Bunch Winborne, Martinique Plantation, 5 October, 2000, Winborne Family Papers.