Mississippi Civil Rights Project

History of the 82 counties

Background/History

County Seat: Woodville

Wilkinson County is located in the far southwest corner of the state and received its name from General James Wilkinson.

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Ann Moody
Anne Moody, author of A Coming of Age in Mississippi, was born in Wilkinson County in 1940. Her book is an autobiographical account of her experience growing up in South Mississippi.

Places

Rosemont Plantation
Rosemont Plantation near Woodville, Mississippi, in Wilkinson County, is the family and boyhood home of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America 1861-1865.

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