Slaveowners needing additional labor sometimes looked beyond the borders of Wilson County for supply. J.J. Williams, W.M. Gay, B.G. Albritton, and C.L. Vines agreed to pay Dr. W.R. King $450 for twelve months’ hire, beginning on or before 1 January 1861, of enslaved men Caesar and Dick. The men were to be returned to King in Louisburg, Franklin County, the following Christmas Day 1861, barring “unavoidable accident.”

• W.R. King — in the 1860 census of Franklin County, N.C., physician Wm. R. King  Clifton claimed $26, 000 in personal property, most of which would have been in the form of enslaved people.
• J.J. Williams
• W.M. Gay — in the 1860 slave schedule of Wilson township, Wilson County, William M. Gay is listed with ten enslaved people.
• B.G. Albritton — in the 1860 slave schedule of Pitt County, N.C., B.G. Albritton is listed with 19 enslaved people.
• C.L. Vines — in the 1860 slave schedule of Edgecombe County, N.C., C[harles]. L. Vines is listed with 14 enslaved people.