William Walker (composer)
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William Walker was an American Baptist song leader, shape note "singing master", and compiler of four shape note tunebooks, most notable of which are the influential The Southern Harmony and The Chris
William Walker
What Wondrous Love Is This
William Walker's grave in Spartanburg, South Carolina
Benjamin Franklin White
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Benjamin Franklin White was a shape note "singing master", and compiler of the shape note tunebook known as The Sacred Harp. He was born near Cross Keys in Union County, South Carolina, the twelfth ch
William Walker (composer)
…Walkers in Spartanburg, he was nicknamed Singing Billy. He married Amy Golightly in 1832 and they lived in Spartanburg. Her sister Thurza had married Benjamin Franklin White in 1825; while is clear that there was strife between the two brothers-in-law, there is no evidence for the claim, sometimes heard among Sacred Harp…
Benjamin Franklin White
A historic marker in the town square in Hamilton, Georgia commemorates the life and legacy of B. F. White.