Mexico Orendorff of Breckinridge Co., KY 1812-1854

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Permalink Reply by J Orendorff on May 23, 2011 at 9:41pm

Just probably an unrelated tidbit....there is a Mexico, KY....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico,_Kentucky...Crittendon county...not too far..a few counties west of Breckenridge, Ky.  No info on when this unincorporated community came into being so it is not clear if there is any match up between Mexico Orendorff and Mexico, KY.

 

Actually, here is proof of the same time period:

 http://kydgi.ky.gov:2005/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/Jillson&...

 

Title Family old log house, Mexico, Ky.
Description The house was said to be 100 years old when this photo was taken in 1920. The log house has a shake roof and two cut-stone chimneys. The family is on the porch, some in a porch swing.
Date 1920
Places Crittenden County (Ky.)
Mexico (Ky.)

 

We still don't know when the name came into use for this area or why.

Permalink Reply by Sherry Hightower on May 23, 2011 at 10:09pm

Well! This is really interesting! Thank you for posting it.  The link doesn't work for me and I can't duplicate your search to pull it up at the http://kydgi.ky.gov/ website. 

Permalink Reply by J Orendorff on May 23, 2011 at 10:50pm

http://www.kyhistory.com

 

New link...put Mexico, KY in the search...it will bring up the photos.

 I wasn't able to make a connection between Crittendon and Breckinridge counties...but both were formed out of earlier counties and spawned later counties.

http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden/

 

Kentucky County Formations
Crittenden County was formed from Livingston Co. 1842
Crittenden County Seat is Marion
Livingston County was formed from Christian Co. 1798

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breckinridge_County,_Kentucky

"The county was formed out of Hardin County by a 1799 enactment of the Kentucky General Assembly"

 

 

Permalink Reply by Sherry Hightower on May 23, 2011 at 10:24pm

I found Mexico, KY on the map...on Hwy 70 between Frances and Crayne. Fredonia is to the south it looks like. A close up shows the Western Kentucky RR and the Tradewater RR converge near old KY-70 which makes a loop off Hwy 70. There is a road that looks like "Truman Highfil Rd" . Wouldn't it be interesting to visit there!!

Permalink Reply by J Orendorff on May 23, 2011 at 11:11pm

Fredonia, I always think of Duck Soup...Freedonia is Going to War!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jCyK5QtOuo

Permalink Reply by Andrea Orenduff-Peel on May 23, 2011 at 11:24pm

Dang that sounds close. I wonder where the Fisher farm is that Stephen Orendorff said Jesse was buried. I've sent him emails and asked, but no reply. William got his Masonic degree in Hardinsburg -(the article mentioned it) only problem is that Jesse and his fam didn't move to Kentucky until the 1830s and they moved to Stephensport (used to be known as Jackeysburg) etc. etc...but I wonder...well, back to deeds, lmaoo

Permalink Reply by J Orendorff on May 24, 2011 at 9:10am

http://www.hancockky.us/History/cemeterylistings.htm

 

Fisher Cemetery

Located off Lewisport Poplar Grove Rd

 

It may be the same...maybe not...I don't see Jesse's name on the list:

http://www.hancockky.us/History/Cemetery/FisherCem.pdf

 

Or

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kymercer/Locator/locatore.html

 

Fisher - Combs Cemetery    Casey     Located on the Omer Bell farm located seven miles west of Liberty on Hwy. 70.     CCK-292

 

 

Permalink Reply by Sherry Hightower on May 24, 2011 at 3:00pm

That "old Ky-70" shows as Mill Rd on the Google Map....

 

Findagrave shows one cemetery for Mexico...:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=983635

 

I didn't recognize any names in it...

Permalink Reply by J Orendorff on May 24, 2011 at 3:30pm

Another one...

 

Fisher Cemetery Boyle Located southeast of Danville off Ky. 52, on "Granite Hill" known as the J. R. Yeager farm. B-S2-51

KCR-I-63

KCR-III-72

 

And

 

Name Fisher Cemetery
Location Trimble County
Kentucky

 

Did not realize how many Fisher cemeteries there are in KY.

Permalink Reply by Andrea Orenduff-Peel on September 17, 2014 at 7:02am

Hi.....I am also descended from William, if we are speaking of the same ancestor. I found the Orenduff cemetery through a DAR link and have contacted the KY historical society for a better address. But Mexico is buried there, look up Orenduff cemetery on Find a Grave, there are two, one In Texas where William is buried and one in Kentucky where Mexico is buried. The directions are not clear, I have asked for someone to locate it for me and am waiting on a reply,

Permalink Reply by Andrea Orenduff-Peel on August 3, 2015 at 8:15am

Guess what I found :)....http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2544225&a...

Permalink Reply by Sherry Hightower on August 3, 2015 at 10:19pm

This is amazing! Where did th e"Mack" nickname come from.?

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