About Benjamin Franklin White
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 child of Robert and Mildred White. For the first time, in this revision White replaced old songs with new ones, rather than simply adding the new songs to the back of the book. In 1911, White's youngest son, James Landrum White, reissued this fourth edition with a supplement of newer gospel songs. White was named as Superintendent of the first newspaper published in Harris County, The Organ, which was "published by authority of the Southern Musical Convention".
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