The Trotters of Quitman, Clark County Mississippi
"Information is found in "Trotter Genealogy by Susie Edgar Trotter 1948"
This information came from Anna Kate Trotter, daugther of Alexander and Matilda Pickens Trotter.
Her Father told her a few years before he died in 1928, at the age of eighty-seven, that there were three brothers, George, William and Isham Trotter who came to Virginia, somewhere near Lynchburg, VA. He understood they were originally from Ulster, Ireland, Scotch-Irish; but he did not know when they came to Virginia. All left Virginia, moving westward to Tennessee, Illinois and Alabama. No records of George and Isham.
Her line descends from William Trotter, born about 1775-80, perhaps in Ulster, Ireland, who married first, in Virginia, his cousin, Miss Lucy Broadus, born about 1780-85 in Virginia. He died August 3, 1828. She died March, 1819. They had four children:
1. Alexander (Sandy) Trotter
Was a Brig-General in our Mexican War of 1846-48 he married Miss Faith Love about 1828.
2. William Broadus Trotter, author of "Trotter On Slavery"
3. Lucy Trotter
4. Nancy Fisher Trotter.
May have been others. His wife, Lucy, died March, 1819. He married second a Miss Slater: one child Caroline; no records. He died August 2, 1828.
Epitaphs on the stones in the Trotter Cemetery near Toxey, Alabama
1. To the memory of William Trotter, who departed his life August 3, 1828, between 40 & 50 years of age. He served as Senator of the State of Alabama 3 years, from 1819 to 1821.
2. To the memory of Lucy Trotter, wife of Wm. Trotter, who departed this life March 1819 about the middle of life. She left a husband and four children to larment her death.
3. To the memory of Gen. Alexander Trotter, eldest son of Wm. and Lucy Trotter born in Va. July 15, 1805 died February 16, 1847. Famed for profuse liberalities and kind hospitality and charity. Truly a friend to the poor. He left an affectionate wife and six small children with many friends to lament his death.
4. Scared to the memory of Miss Nancy Fisher Trotter, who departed this life on the 19th of Audust, A.D., 1851, age about 36 years. She was a fithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a kind and generous sister, a true christian possessing every virtue that can ornament the soul and fit it for Heaven. She died in full faith and confidence that she would inherit eternal happiness beyond the grave through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord.
These Ep[itaphs were copied from the grave stones a few years ago., (it is now 1947) by Mrs. T. L. (Anna Trotter) Mathers. I appreciate her sending them to me for this record.
signed Mrs. I. P. Trotter (Susie Edgar Trotter)