Kosciusko

Thaddeus Kosciuszko left a will that bears on the town carrying his name. Before leaving America in 1798 he named Thomas Jefferson executor and directed that his American estate be sold to buy freedom for enslaved Black people, Jefferson's among them, and to educate them for independent lives. Jefferson later declined to serve, and so did the executor he recommended. The estate stayed in the courts until 1856, reaching the Supreme Court three times, and none of it freed or educated anyone as he intended. In 1840 Attala County counted 1,082 enslaved people among 4,303 residents.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• L.V. Hull Legacy Center — 0.5 mi
  A folk artist's legacy campus on Allen Street in Kosciusko, opened in June 2026 a few doors from the National Register home and studio of L.V. Hull, the Unusual Artist.
• Chahta Immi Cultural Center — 30 mi
  The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' own museum and cultural center at Pearl River, with basketry, artifacts and the tribe's guidance on what visitors may see.

More markers nearby

• Attala County Training School — 0.7 mi
• Durant — 15 mi
• Choctaw Line — 16 mi
• Goodman School — 20 mi