Slayden, Mississippi

Slayden is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Mississippi, United States.[1] It is located along U.S. Route 72 in northeast Marshall County, about 35 miles from Memphis, TN

History

Settled in the 1860's, originally known as "Gourd Neck" then "Slayden's Crossing", historical post office 1875-1909. Named for Everett Daniel Slayden. The population in 1900 was 26.[2]

In 1935, Ab Young, a black tenant farmer, was lynched in Slayden by a group of 150 white men. Young had murdered a white man.[3] The authorities took no action because they could not identify the killers.[4]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Slayden
  2. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 693.
  3. "Newspapermen take big risk to see lynching". Winnipeg Tribune. April 9, 1935. p. 5. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. "Lynchers Unknown". Anniston Star. Anniston, Alabama. March 13, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

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