ORENDUFF CEMETERY - MELISSA
CR338
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy
Gough
This cemetery
can also be reached by taking SH 5 north out of McKinney to CR 278 east.
This area was the community of Trinity. According to Capt. Hall, it was the
second oldest settlement in Collin County. It was started by Leroy Clements in
1842. Clements Creek, which ran through his property, was named for him.
Eventually several Clements (Clemmons) families settled in the area. A school
was established in the area in 1870 and called Trinity. The cemetery is on the
John Orenduff homestead. William Orendoff came to Collin County from Kentucky in
1855. Some members of the family spell their name "Orendorff."
The cemetery deed is for 2 acres of land with the deed listed in Vol 78, p 320.
There was a fence at one time. The area is heavily wooded. Several family plots
are fenced off. A chair has been carved from a tree stump on the east side of
the cemetery. It is said that a family lost a baby. The mother spent so much
time at the baby's grave that the father made a chair for her. There is also a
deed listed under the name of Willow Wild Care.
This cemetery has been greatly vandalized in the past. There was once an
entrance on CR 338. It was closed off because people were using it to dump
things. The access from the dirt road is not a road. The field is grassy with no
fence.
The cemetery was cleaned by the Sheriff's Dept. in September of 1993. There is a
Cemetery Association that says that it will keep the cemetery clean.
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended
citation:
Orenduff
Cemetery - Melissa,
"CEMETERIES OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin
County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano
Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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