The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-09
Daughters of the
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nsMaesnAlnsmAAe1ms@Azmsmn1nemedE previeus to the Revolutionary War vhs father was e school teacher named xshaos ana is believed to hays come from Tres lana. He had four tor perhaps. mora. sens, named Isaac, William. sohn or Taeuas ana George. Isaac, William and
 (t'Aamaa or Johnj moved to diffsrsnt parts of 1nast Harnesses about 1890. Isaac married Fannie Anderson. John is be. lisvsd to have married an Annis. and to hAye had two daughters. Nancy and El-
 lem and one son. 'Jonn. E. s. H. Answers. co TRoTTER. A full history of this
 qunintly named old family can be found
 In Bushes County Famiiies of England.
 and their various crests and coats of arms in his "Armorisl Bearings" They probably cams into England or Scotland about the time of Henry III, as they are found in the list of landed es- tates in 1900. the device being a penant shaped shield bearing a star and a horse.,
 with the name Trotar above. Later 1t is
 spelled Trotet. The termination indi- cates French or Spanish origin. The star means that the bearer was a second
 son, and the horse that he was mounted cavalier in the direct service of the King.
 The Trotter estates lay in the southern part of Scotland, and the north of Eng
 land; they became possessed of many
 manors and castles and allied with va-
 rious different and noble families of their
 day.
 gkeIton Castle, in Yorkshire, where
 Sterne wrote his Sentimental Journey, was one of their demesnes. The crest of the Trotters of Skelton was a lions head on an ermine collar with the motto ''Fortis non Ierox." The Hons head in- eicated a connection with royalty. The Earl of Gowrie. who was the custodian ! of the ''secret letter casket' of Mary | Queen of Scotts, was a member of the | family. John, Baron of Morton Hall, was l the seventh of the name in his line. About 17O0 the family dwindled, owing to l lack of male heirs. and a century later
 the last heiress of the Trotters married | and her husband, by act of Parliament. took the name and coat of arms. Of the present representatives in England, Maj. Gen. Sir Henry Trotter commands | the Home District of the Kings Colonials. Colonel and Captain Trotter gained dis- tinction in the Boer war, and Capt. l.. J. Trotter of the Indian service has writ | ten valuable history of England. The cadets of the house appears in
  logies, -- Trotter married Ann Stephens | in Virginia. From the Edenton Register,
 we find that James Trotter married Mar | that Potter In 1742 and James Trotter mar ! ried Mary Ward in 1743. in North Caro- | lima. At this time in America a bond of | $2,500 had to be given before a license ] to marry was issued. The sureties on | the bond of James are given in both cases In 1742 a young couple, descendants of the Earl of Gowin, settled in Augusta County. Va, though they came first to Philadelphia Their children were Jo-
 seph, James. George, and another son. either William or John. When the sons | were grown they moved to Kentucky. Jo-
 seph Trotter became a merchant in Lex | ington, Ky, and a large land owner there | and in Ohio. His children are not known but "a John Trotter, born in 1775, who l married Claudia Rice, daughter of the | Rev. David Rice a prominent divine of
 note in Kentucky, and Ohio. might very | likely be a son. (Exact information on | this point is desired.)
 James Trotter, also son of the Au- gusta couple, was a man of note in Vir- ginia, Colonel in Tygart's expedition from
 that county under General Harman in
 1790. He was at the siege of York in | the Revolutionary War. After his re- l moval to Kentucky he represented that
 district in the General Assembly of Vir- ginia and later his own county in Ken lucky. He married Margaret Downing,
 member of a well known family in Au- gusta County, Va, whose sister married
 Major James Wilson. Colonel James
 Trotter died at his estate, Woodlands,
 near Lexington, Ky, in 1927, July 13. His
 children were: James Gabriel, married
 Eliza Randolph Nicholas; George Trotter,
 married Eliza Pope, daughter of United States Senator Pope; entered the army in 1872 as Captain of Volunteers, became
 Lieutenant Colonel in 1913 and led afbrig- ade with the title of General. the same year; Samuel Trotter, married Kitty
 Gatewood. Col James Trotter died in
 1915 and lies in what was the family graveyard just outside the city limits of Lexington. His estate is now the Chau- tauqua Assembly grounds.
 George Trotter, ST., son of the Au- gusta Trotter couple. probably remarried | in Virginia. He married Sarah -.
 brother of George, Sr., was killed by In-
 dians in Mississippi. His name Supposed | to be John or William), and family have not been learned. The above is from records of the Habersham Chapter, pub
 lished at Atlanta, Ga.
 The Augusta Trotters have descendants | in Virginia and Philadelphia. There
 is a story told of one who had contract l for the mail between Staunton and Pitts
 burg during the early days of the re- public. One very severe winter. it was difficult to get the mail through and several complaints reached him from Washington. He became both ''Yortis
 and Perry" and wrote back that he was
 doing the best that could be done, but
 that If the south side of Hell blew out
 and 1t rained fire and birthstone for
 month it wouldn't melt the snow in the Alleghany Mountains" He was let alone and the letter was framed and hangs in
 one of the department rooms at Wash | ington.
 No relationship has yet been traced be- tween the Augusta County Trotters and
 those of southeast Virginia, though origi-
 nally there was probably blood connec- tion.
 In 1873 a Dr. J. M. Ttrotter of Virginia
 visited the different families of Trotters
 endeavoring to secure concerted action to
 secure the properties or some part of
 them in England Unfortunately Cor
 otherwise) he was not a man to inspire confidence and although a convention of
 the heirs and name was called at Clarks-
 vile, Tenn, the same year, he was not
 able to accomplish his object. The writer
 of this was one of those invited who did
 not go, a fact now bitterly regretted from purely genealogical standpont as
 have learned from one who was present that many letters and documents were shown connecting tha family with thair