Nicholas Perkins (1779 - 1848) established this 12000-acre estate about 3 miles S.W. in 1810. In 1807, an official of the Mississippi Territory, he arrested former vice president Aaron Burr and took him from Ft. Stoddert, Mss., to Richmond, Va., for trial on charges of treason. He later served as territorial attorney general in Mississippi. His house stands about 1 mile west of this road, and he is buried near the junction of two rivers 0.3 miles east.