Jerry McKelvy , Thu, 16 Aug 2001 has submitted this information for Nevada County.

LAND OWNERSHIP IN 1861
TOWNSHIP 12 SOUTH, RANGE 20 WEST IN NEVADA COUNTY
TAKEN FROM 1861 OUACHITA COUNTY TAX ROLLS
Note: This includes a six square mile area of
what is now Nevada County lying south and
west of the town of Bluff City.

Section 1--
G. W. House
J. B. McCracken
D. M. Eagle

Section 2--
Lewis Jones
John McClellan
W. B. Howard

Section 3--
Mrs. L. Barlow
Lewis Jones

Section 4--
B. G. Mosely
W. S. Otwell
Mrs. L. Barlow

Section 5--
John A. Eagle

Section 6--
M. W. McClellan
James Beaver

Section 7--
William Stewart

Section 8--
William Stewart
T. F. Womble

Section 9--
T. F. Womble
R. W. Richey
J. B. McCracken
S. R. Rodgers

Section 10--
Lewis Taylor
Mrs. L. Barlow
S. R. Rodgers
Elijah Frisby

Section 11--
Elijah Frisby
L. B. Moores
W. B. Howard
Willis Nichols

Section 12--
Willis Nichols
Rafe Jones

Section 13--
C. J. Henry
Josiah Thompson
Willis Nichols
Sarah Grainger

Section 14--
Elijah Frisby
J. G. Purcell
Y. A. Grainger
Sarah Grainger

Section 15--
Nancy Leguin
John Dewoody
Henry Cross
J. G. Purcell

Section 16--
None listed

Section 17--
J. B. McCracken

Section 18--
J. B. McCracken
J. M. Otwell
William Stewart

Section 19--
J. B. McCracken

Section 20--
J. W. Beard
John Beard (may be same as J. W.)
James Wesley McKelvy

Section 21--
John W. Beard
Wiley Arnold
Mrs. Nancy Leguin

Section 22--
W. D. House
Henry Cross

Section 23
Henry Cross
John Gulley, Sr.
Lewis Taylor

Section 24--
Josiah Thompson
Lewis Taylor
James Turnage

Section 25--
Lewis Taylor
Nancy Leguin
John Gulley, Sr.
Leander Epperson

Section 26--
Lewis Taylor
John Gulley, Sr.

Section 27--
John Gulley, Sr.
Nancy Leguin

Section 28--
Wiley Arnold
P. D. Womble
Jabez McKelvy
John Gulley, Sr.

Section 29--
J. M. Couch
G. W. Martin
Jasper N. Kirk

Section 30--
J. M. Couch
P. D. Womble
G. W. Martin

Section 31--
Mrs. P. D. Womble
D. M. Eagle

Section 32--
James Wesley McKelvy
J. B. McCracken
John A. Eagle
Jasper N. Kirk

Section 33--
Jasper N. Kirk

Section 34--
John Gulley, Jr.

Section 35--
John Gulley, Sr.
R. J. A. Black

Section 36--
Leander Epperson
William Knight
H. Beaver