We understand that Wm. S. BATTLE, Esq., of Rocky Mount, has purchased from Kemp P. BATTLE, Esq. of Raleigh, his Flag Marsh Plantation in this county, containing from 1100 to 1200 acres, together with fifty slaves, for $65,000. — Tarboro Southerner

Source: Weekly Standard, 2 March 1859, page 3.