Nicholas Perkins III

Nicholas "Bigbee" Perkins III (1779–1848) was an attorney, federal land agent, and territorial militia officer who played a leading role in the 1807 arrest of Aaron Burr in the Mississippi Territory, now Wakefield, Alabama. Perkins is known for identifying Burr and, along with Edmund P. Gaines, arresting the former Vice-President. Perkins subsequently escorted Burr to Washington, D.C., and testified at his trial.

Perkins was later the owner of Montpier, built during 1821 and 1822.