Likely Elisha C. Small, a small farmer from Chowan County who owned three slaves in 1840. He first hired Millie and Allen from the Parker estate in February, 1840. Sixth Census of the United States (1840) Chowan County, North Carolina, Population schedule, National Archives (microfilm, Joyner Library, East Carolina University); Peter Parker Estate Papers, Chowan County Estate Records, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.