Mark C Trotter (1860 - aft. 1937)

Born 1860 in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States

Husband of Laura (Crawley) Trotter — married 21 Sep 1887 in Coahoma, Mississippi, United States

Husband of Lee Ila (Smith) Trotter — married 6 Mar 1908 in Tunica, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died after 1937 after age 77 in Edmonson, Crittenden County, Arkansas

Biography

Mark Trotter is a part of US Black heritage.

Mark C. Trotter was interviewed in Edmonson, Arkansas about 1938 about his life and his time as an enslaved person. The typescript is stamp dated May 11, 1938.

"My owners was Miss Betty and Mr. Luke Trotter. I was born in Tunica County, Mississippi. I farmed all my whole life."

"I come to Arkansas in 1923."

Mr. Trotter does not name any family members in his interview.

Interview: Mark C. Trotter was interviewed in Edmondson, Arkansas by Miss Irene Robertson as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Research Notes

• birth year was about 1860 (1870 census) or 1862(1880 census)

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Mark C. Trotter - Vol. 2, Arkansas, part 6; pages 353-353 images 358-358 of 376.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSY-5F3 : 29 May 2021), Mark Trotter in entry for Luke Trotter, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4PW-X7Q : 14 January 2022), Mack Trotter in household of Luke Trotter, Beat 3, Tunica, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HY51-V5T2 : 11 February 2020), Mark Trotter, 21 Sep 1887; citing Marriage, Coahoma, Mississippi, United States, 00039, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9FW-71V : accessed 1 September 2022), Mark Trotter, Beat 3, Tunica, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 66, sheet 6A, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,830.

• "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DTFK-WDPZ : 7 December 2020), Mr M C Trotter, 6 Mar 1908; citing Marriage, Tunica, Mississippi, United States, 00498, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTP-D4T : 2 February 2021), Mark C Troter, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM2T-8D8 : accessed 31 August 2022), M C Trotter, Edmondson, Crittenden, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 3B, line 61, family 84, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 71; FHL microfilm 2,339,806.

• Possible: "Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJRP-65Z : 27 November 2014), Mark Cla Trotter, 05 Aug 1945; derived from "Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); a multigenerational derivative citing Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 (Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society).