The lots were sold chiefly at public sale, A. Whinnery being the auctioneer.
These sales in the aggregate amounted to 86,339, of which nearly the whole sum was expended in the erection of public buildings.
The following is a statement of the sales up to 1837, the names of the purchasers and the price paid:
| A. B. Anthony | 29 | 8 | 20.00 |
| A. B. Anthony | 29 | 9 | 15.00 |
| A. B. Anthony | 29 | 10 | 10.00 |
| A. B. Anthony | 29 | 11 | 10.00 |
| A. B. Anthony | 29 | 6 | 10.00 |
| A. B. Anthony | 30 | 30.00 | |
| Matthew Leeper | 16 | 7 | 82.00 |
| Matthew Leeper | 15 | 7 | 40.00 |
| Matthew Leeper | 15 | 8 | 60.00 |
| Matthew Leeper | 15 | 9 | 70.00 |
| Matthew Leeper | 15 | 10 | 76.00 |
| Matthew Leeper | 15 | 11 | 50.00 |
| Wm. McK. Ball | 16 | 6 | 82.00 |
| Wm. McK. Ball | 16 | 3 | 12.00 |
| Wm. McK. Ball | 4 | 50.00 | |
| John McGarroh | 16 | 9 | 65.00 |
| John McGarroh | 16 | 12 | 12.00 |
| John McGarroh | 16 | 13 | 11.50 |
| John T. Powers | 17 | 6 | 65.00 |
| John T. Powers | 17 | 12 | 12.00 |
| James P. Humes | 32 | 1 | 16.50 |
| James P. Humes | 32 | 2 | 17.00 |
| James P. Humes | 32 | 3 | 11.00 |
| John West | 7 | 1 | 27.00 |
| Alfred Wallace | 26 | 4 | 76.00 |
| Alfred Wallace | 14 | 8 | 56.00 |
| Alfred Wallace | 14 | 1 | 34.00 |
| Dillin Irby | 18 | 4 | 12.50 |
| Dillin Irby | 18 | 2 | 10.00 |
| Dillin Irby | 13 | 8 | 22.00 |
| Dillin Irby | 13 | 9 | 16.50 |
| Martha Tramell | 24 | 2 | 15.00 |
| Martha Tramell | 24 | 1 | 25.00 |
| David Walker | 28 | 6 | 46.00 |
| David Walker | 28 | 4 | 40.00 |
| David Walker | 16 | 11 | 100.00 |
| David Walker | 25 | 3 | 26.00 |
| David Walker | 25 | 4 | 26.00 |
| David Walker | 25 | 5 | 20.00 |
| David Walker | 25 | 9 | 18.00 |
| David Walker | 13 | 11 | 10.25 |
| David Walker | 13 | 4 | 10.00 |
| David Walker | 13 | 12 | 10.00 |
| David Walker | 13 | 3 | 10.00 |
| David Walker | 13 | 1 | 10.00 |
| David Walker | 13 | 8 | 10.00 |
| David Walker | 13 | 2 | 11.50 |
| David Walker | 25 | 2 | 23.50 |
| David Walker | 16 | 2 | 21.00 |
| David Walker | 42 | 5 | 35.00 |
| W. T. Larremore | 28 | 10 | 66.00 |
| W. T. Larremore | 3 | 50.00 | |
| W. T. Larremore | 7 | 2 | 10.00 |
| John Tuttle | 25 | 8 | 25.00 |
| W. F. Denton | 17 | 3 | 25.00 |
| B. H. Smithson | 17 | 1 | 25.00 |
| B. H. Smithson | 17 | 2 | 18.00 |
| B. H. Smithson | 25 | 1 | 31.00 |
| B. H. Smithson | 1 | 127.00 | |
| E. A. Sweeney | 17 | 9 | 50.00 |
| E. A. Sweeney | 18 | 8 | 20.00 |
| A. Yell | 41 | 15.00 | |
| A. Yell | 42 | 1 | 16.00 |
| L. Brodie | 17 | 7 | 55.00 |
| H. M. Hill | 8 | 30.00 | |
| William Dugan | 30 | 1 | 85.00 |
| William Dugan | 30 | 3 | 70.00 |
| William Dugan | 25 | 11 | 10.00 |
| William Dugan | 25 | 12 | 21.00 |
| William Dugan | 25 | 10 | 16.00 |
| J. M. Sweeney | 18 | 7 | 20.00 |
| Oneismus Evans | 16 | 15 | 10.00 |
| Oneismus Evans | 16 | 2 | 50.00 |
| George McGarroh | 13 | 15 | 30.00 |
| William Skelton | 15 | 4 | 13.00 |
| William Skelton | 15 | 3 | 13.00 |
| William Skelton | 15 | 2 | 16.00 |
| William McGarroh | 15 | 7 | 100.00 |
| A. S. Walker | 5 | 50.00 | |
| James Byrnsides | 16 | 6 | 52.00 |
| James Byrnsides | 16 | 7 | 144.00 |
| James Byrnsides | 16 | 10 | 25.50 |
| James Byrnsides | 16 | 11 | 40.00 |
| James Byrnsides | 31 | 7 | 17.00 |
| James Byrnsides | 31 | 8 | 23.00 |
| Alfred Dobbs | 30 | 5 | 82.00 |
| M. H. W. Mahan | 26 | 5 | 60.00 |
| M. H. W. Mahan | 26 | 3 | 50.00 |
| M. H. W. Mahan | 31 | 2 | 30.00 |
| M. H. W. Mahan | 31 | 3 | 20.00 |
| M. H. W. Mahan | 31 | 4 | 14.00 |
| L. C. Pleasants | 28 | 12 | 67.00 |
| C. M. McClellan | 30 | 7 | 125.00 |
| C. M. McClellan | 30 | 8 | 10.00 |
| C. M. McClellan | 30 | 9 | 10.00 |
| William M. Kincaid | 30 | 6 | 114.00 |
| William M. Kincaid | 25 | 7 | 32.00 |
| John T. Cox | 28 | 11 | 75.00 |
| John T. Cox | 19 | 1 | 25.00 |
| B. H. Martin | 26 | 12 | 50.00 |
| John B. Webster | 26 | 13 | 32.00 |
| John B. Webster | 31 | 9 | 31.00 |
| John B. Webster | 19 | 2 | 25.00 |
| John B. Webster | 35 | 10.00 | |
| John B. Webster | 36 | 13.00 | |
| John B. Webster | 34 | 12.50 | |
| M. H. Clark | 26 | 15 | 50.00 |
| M. H. Clark | 17 | 4 | 28.00 |
| M. H. Clark | 18 | 3 | 15.00 |
| M. H. Clark | 18 | 1 | 12.50 |
| M. H. Clark | 22 | 15.00 | |
| M. H. Clark | 11 | 21.00 | |
| W. D. Hart | 26 | 8 | 21.00 |
| W. D. Hart | 23 | 20.50 | |
| P. V. Rhea | 17 | 8 | 41.00 |
| R. W. Reynolds | 28 | 9 | 55.00 |
| R. W. Reynolds | 28 | 8 | 55.00 |
| R. W. Reynolds | 28 | 7 | 101.00 |
| George Freyschleg | 30 | 4 | 80.00 |
| George Freyschleg | 31 | 1 | 131.00 |
| James Sinclair | 30 | 11 | 25.00 |
| James Sinclair | 30 | 10 | 10.00 |
| James Sinclair | 30 | 12 | 18.50 |
| Isaac Murphy | 12 | 1 | 11.00 |
| Isaac Murphy | 12 | 2 | 10.00 |
| Isaac Murphy | 12 | 3 | 14.00 |
| Isaac Murphy | 12 | 4 | 14.00 |
| L. Evans | 17 | 5 | 35.00 |
| L. Evans | 13 | 5 | 10.00 |
| J. M. Tuttle | 31 | 10 | 45.00 |
| Wilson Bros | 16 | 3 | 87.87 |
| John S. Blair | 6 | 150.00 | |
| Matthew Hubbard | 42 | 3 | 7.00 |
| Matthew Hubbard | 42 | 4 | 17.00 |
| John Lewis | 28 | 5 | 60.10 |
| John Lewis | 28 | 15 | 16.00 |
| John Lewis | 16 | 10 | 100.00 |
| Samuel O. Harris | 28 | 17 | 10.00 |
| Samuel O. Harris | 28 | 16 | 14.00 |
| Samuel O. Harris | 32 | 7 | 22.50 |
| Samuel O. Harris | 14 | 4 | 20.00 |
| Samuel O. Harris | 14 | 5 | 15.00 |
| Samuel O. Harris | 14 | 2 | 15.00 |
| Samuel O. Harris | 14 | 3 | 15.00 |
| William Meek | 16 | 8 | 85.00 |
| W. Marrs | w½4 | 12.00 | |
| J. M. Hoge | 13 | 7 | 15.50 |
| J. M. Hoge | 13 | 10 | 12.00 |
| D. R. Mills | 28 | 18 | 11.50 |
| D. R. Mills | 28 | 2 | 15.00 |
| J. H. George | 28 | 19 | 10.00 |
| Jackson Bigelow | 26 | 14 | 39.00 |
| Jackson Bigelow | 26 | 1 | 106.00 |
| Solomon Tuttle | 15 | 6 | 22.00 |
| Solomon Tuttle | 15 | 5 | 20.50 |
| John G. Stout | 21 | 15.00 | |
| William Wilson | 26 | 14 | 26.00 |
| J. & G. Laplin | 26 | 9 | 19.00 |
| J. & G. Laplin | 18 | 6 | 16.00 |
| James Irvin | 30 | 2 | 101.00 |
| James Irvin | 30 | 13 | 11.25 |
| James Irvin | 30 | 14 | 10.50 |
| James Irvin | 30 | 15 | 10.00 |
| N. Coffman | 28 | 3 | 22.00 |
| John Ransom | 28 | 1 | 11.50 |
| Samuel Alexander | 37 | 17.00 | |
| Samuel Alexander | 33 | 12.00 | |
| Samuel Alexander | 32 | 6 | 10.50 |
| Samuel L. Marrs | 32 | 5 | 10.50 |
| Samuel L. Marrs | 38 | 10.00 | |
| James Boone | 31 | 6 | 10.00 |
| James Boone | 14 | 7 | 17.00 |
| James Boone | 14 | 6 | 11.50 |
| James Boone | 39 | 6 | 14.00 |
| James Boone | 32 | 4 | 11.00 |
| James Boone | 9 | 4 | 20.25 |
| James Boone | 16 | 1 | 12.75 |
| James Boone | e½40 | 12.00 |
Back to: Washington County, Arkansas History
Source: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, And Sebastian Counties, Arkansas: From the Earliest Time to the Present, Including a Department Devoted to the Preservation of Sundry Personal, Business, Professional and Private Records ; Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Original Observations, Etc., Etc. Salem Mass.: Chicago : Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1889.