Trotter, James Jr. ^{2 3}

   General Notes:

There was a James Trotter in Bourbon Co., KY Tax Records 1795-97 (but not this one). In the 1800 Census there was a James Trotter in each of Bourbon, Fayette and Scott Counties. See James Trotter Esquire, Fayette Co., 1795 tax rolls.

There was a JAMES TROTTER present at Conventions held in Danville, KY on May 23 and on Aug. 8, 1785. Could that be this individual?

James Trotter is listed as a Representative from Fayette Co. to the state senate in 1792, under the First Constitution.

A JAMES TROTTER was listed in the Acts Approved by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1800 re "an act to incorporate the Shareholders of the Lexington Library."

The date and place of his birth are not known. He is believed to have married Rachel E. ___?___ of NC. She is believed to be buried in Putnam Co., IN. The only documentation we have for this generation comes from an unsigned and undated genealogical history believed to have been written by William B. Trotter of Campbellsville, KY. The exact number of children born to James and Rachel is not known.

There are five marriages recorded in NC for a James Trotter, in 1743, 1795, 1802, 1813, and 1816. No record found for a Rachel E. Includes m. to Susannah Millis, 22 Feb 1816, in Guilford Co., NC (where his son, Ben, was married in 1820) James Jr. possibly had a son also named James.

A James Trotter m. Elizabeth Kenny in Bourbon Co., KY on 14 Jan 1796. As recorded in Bourbon Co. Marriage Register, Book 1, at p. 27. Again, not this one.

On p.490 of the 1820 Census for Person Co., NC there is listed one James Trotter, aged 26-45, and wife, aged 16-26, and four children under the age of 10 (2 boys, 2 girls). Could that be this individual and his second family? His son, Benjamin, and new wife were then living in Stokes, Co., NC.

   Marriage Information:

James married Catey Keats on 28 Apr 1795 in Brunswick Co., VA ¹. (Catey Keats was born about 1777 and died between 1800-1809.)

   Marriage Notes:

referred to as "Kitty Keats" in Mrs. Isham Trotter's book. Witness: William Trotter.

   Marriage Information:

James also married Rachel E. (Trotter) about 1799. (Rachel E. (Trotter) was born on an unknown date and died on an unknown date in Putnam Co., IN.)