Near current Airways BL between Spottswood Ave. and Carnes Ave. Memphis, TN
Circa 1825. Large 2-story home on a rise
John George Deaderick (1792-1831) and Eliza G. Deaderick (1790-1845) built Orange Mound. They wed in 1821. He was the son of George M. Deaderick of Nashville. G.M. Deaderick started first bank in Nashville and Tennessee. The Deaderick family originally owned 5,000 acres stretching from current Airways BL on the west to Semmes St. in the east and Central Ave. to the north. The name came from the Osage Orange hedges around the acreage.
After the death of Deaderick Sr, his sons Michael and William began to develop their inherited property as Memphis grew. Part of the land was sold to the organization of the Memphis Jockey Club in 1851; it would later become the Mid South Fairgrounds (see John Montgomery entry).
His son, William Pitt Deaderick (1827-1889) and Martha S. “Mattie” Park Deaderick (1844-1029) developed it into the Orange Mound “planned community” for African-Americans - the first in the South. After 1890, Mattie sold most of the land to a real estate developer Izey Eugene Meacham. The area became a status symbol for the Black community and by 1970, was the largest Black community outside Harlem in the U.S. Family members are remembered with Park, David, Barron, Spottswood, Hamilton, Deaderick street names.
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