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* Wilkinson County, Mississippi is named for General Wilkinson, as well.

It was there in the Old Natchez District that Wilkinson spent much of his time allegedly plotting the Burr Conspiracy, as Fort Adams ( then a major U. S. Army post, located in present day Wilkinson County ) was the most south-westerly point in the United States and the last stop on the Mississippi River before entering Spanish territory.

It was also from these environs that Burr recruited his would-be revolutionaries, most notable amongst them a young Philip Nolan, famously remembered as " the man without a country " in literature and history.