The Makers of the Sacred Harp:
Addenda and Corrigenda

In this space we offer "value added" to readers of The Makers of the Sacred Harp in the form of supplemental illustrations that could not be printed in the published version. We also provide corrections to errors found in the book, as well as updated information from current research by the authors and others.

Additional Illustrations

1. Cover art by Bethanne Hill, with explanation of the picture
2. Dick Hulan and William J. Reynolds at the conference on American hymnody, Belmont University, Nashville, 2005, page xiv, photo
3. Warren Steel, with Mississippi singer Jan Murray and commemorative fan, at signing at Square Books, Oxford, Mississippi, 2 December 2010, page xv, photo
4. George Troup, page 12, engraving
5. William McIntosh, page 12, colored engraving
6. Indian Land Cessions in Georgia (plate 1), page 12, color map
7. 1825 Sections, page 13, map
8. Detail from A New Map of Georgia (plate 2), page 13, color map
9. Blind Tom Bethune, page 13, engraving
10. Tom and Amanda Denson, page 26, photo
11. Temple Church, London, page 40, photo
12. John Playford, page 40, engraving
13. Methodists Proceeding to their Camp-Meeting (Plate 5), page 59, colored engraving
14. Methodist Camp-Meeting, page 59, colored engraving
15. John Leland (plate 6), page 71, painting
16. Oliver Bradfield family, page 89, photo
17. P. Dan Brittain, page 101, photo
18. George and Addie Daniell, page 103, photo
19. Tombstone of Sarah Lancaster, page 131, photo
20. L. L. Ledbetter, page 132, photo
21. C. F. Letson, page 132, photo
22. "The White Pilgrim," page 220, broadside

Addenda: Deceased since 2010

• Page 91, Philip Daniel Brittain, died 25 November 2023, Harrison, Arkansas.
• Page 105, Richard Lee DeLong, died 13 May 2020, Buford, Georgia, buried Holly Springs Cemetery.
• Page 119, David Russell Grant, died 7 October 2020, Macon, Georgia, buried Macon Memorial Park.
• Page 119, Raymond Cooper Hamrick, died 24 November 2014, Macon, Georgia, buried Evergreen Cemetery.
• Page 121, Joyce Darlene Rape Harrison, died 3 February 2015, Macon, Georgia, buried Centerville Baptist Cemetery.
• Page 137, Hugh Winfred McGraw, died 28 May 2017, La Grange, Georgia, buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Bremen, Georgia.
• Page 140, Theodore Chelton Mercer, Jr., died 4 August 2022, Chicago, Illinois.
• Page 155, William Jefferson Sheppard, died 2 August 2013, Anniston, Alabama, buried Maple Grove Cemetery.
• Page 156, Toney E. Smith, died 9 July 2016, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, buried Tuscaloosa Memorial Park.
• Page 162, Charlene Maude Wallace, died 18 October 2019, Waco, Georgia, buried Holly Springs Cemetery.

Corrigenda

• Page 14, first paragraph, after "Oliver Bradfield (1820)," add "William Lafayette Williams (1821),"
• Page 14, second paragraph, for "Georgia-born musicians" read "Georgia musicians"; for "William Lafayette Williams," read "Eli Fletcher Williams,"
• Page 15, second paragraph, for "Matthew Mark Wynn, and William Lafayette Williams." read "Matthew Mark Wynn."
• Page 15, third paragraph, for "Williams," read "William Lafayette Williams,"; for "still living in Tallapoosa, Alabama" read "living in Elmore County, Alabama"
• Page 15, last line, for "Texas" read "Kansas"
• Page 59, first paragraph, for "sold them at the camp meeting (or other large gathering of the pious)" read "sold them at the camp meeting (see plate 5) or other large gathering of the pious"
• Page 83, s.v. Arnold, J.D., for Arnold, James D. read Arnold, James Davis. After "1862 to 1865." read "He was buried in Sharpsburg Baptist Church Cemetery." [Thanks to Ron Trial]
• Page 84, s.v. Ball, R.F., replace opening sentence with
  "Ball, Robert F. (ca. 1840-12 August 1862) was born in Monroe County, Georgia, the son of Jonathan Ball and Eliza Osmore. According to Ogletree, he was a staunch Methodist. The youngest member of the 1859 revision committee for The Sacred Harp, he died near Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War."
• Page 84, s.v. Barnett, S.P., for "James P. Story" read "James F. Story" [Thanks to Robert Vaughn]
• Page 86, s.v. Belknap, Daniel, for "3 October 1815" read "31 October 1815."
• Page 88, s.v. Bovell, Stephen, for "(1770-December 1840)" read "(22 January 1769-December 1840). For "he married Esther Vance" read "he married (1) Esther Vance"; Before "He retired in 1826" read "On 20 October 1824 He married (2) Ann Middleton Craig (1786-1837)."
• Page 91, s.v. Brittain, Philip Daniel, after "Phoenix, Arizona," add "son of Arthur Loflin Brittain and Frankie Marie Cherry. He attended Hardin-Simmons, University, attaining the bachelor and masters degrees in music."
• Page 91, s.v. Brown, Jackson C., for "March 1849-after 1913" read "18 March 1849-5 July 1917"; after "all are listed in the 1910 census." read "Jackson C. Brown was buried at Bethlehem Baptist cemetery at Felton, Georgia." For "John M. Brown" read "James M. Brown"
• Page 93, s.v. Brown, S.M., for "Brown, S.M. (1811-29 March 1881)" read "Brown, Silas Mercer (19 September 1811-29 March 1881)" [Thanks to Rebecca Over]
• Page 94, following "S. Edwards, Committee: add paragraph:
  "S.M. Brown was buried at Macedonia Church between Buchanan and Tallapoosa, Georgia." [Thanks to Rebecca Over]
• Page 98, s.v. Carrell, James P., for "author of the unlocated Songs of Zion (1821)" read "author of Songs of Zion (1821)." The list of songs should read:
  57 Christian Soldier
  131 Messiah
  139 Elysian
  312 Restoration
  332 Sons of Sorrow
• Page 98, s.v. Carter, Thomans W., replace entire entry with:
  Carter, Thomas W. (12 April 1822-19 August 1876), was born in Abbeville District, South Carolina, the son of Edward Robert Carter. The family moved to Meriwether County, Georgia, before 1830. Thomas began medical training at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. After graduation in March 1846, he began his practice in Atlanta, where he appears in the 1850 census. On 30 January 1849 he married Lucinda A. Tompkins; they had one daughter, Hannah, but Lucinda died soon afterwards. In 1856 he moved to Lake City, Florida, where he practiced medicine and in 1859 joined the Methodist Church. In 1870 he was living with his daughter and son-in-law. He later married Mrs. Mary A. Dozier. According to his obituary, "his voice generally led the congregation in its hymns of praise. He was passionately fond of music, and never seemed happier than when singing the sweet songs of Zion." He was associated with White and King in the 1844 edition of The Sacred Harp, to which he contributed thirteen tunes. J. S. James calls him both Doctor and Professor, and writes that he was a member of the Southern Musical Convention and the Chattahoochee Convention. [Thanks to Robert Vaughn]
• Page 101, s.v. Coles, George, following "164 Duane Street" add line "198 Green Street"
• Page 106, s.v. Denson, Owel, for "Vaughn" read "Vaughan"
• Page 110, s.v. Denson, S.W., for "and contributed the well-known Will You Meet Me?" read "and contributed I Won't Turn Back" [Thanks to Henry Johnson] For "Burdette and Sidney were printed in the Union Harmony;" read "Sidney was printed in the Union Harp; Burdette in Original Sacred Harp (1911);" [Thanks to Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg]
• Page 113, s.v. Doss, G.S. After "and a Mason." add "He died in Gardendale, Alabama, and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham."
• Page 144, s.v. Dye, John Marion, for "George Washington Dye and Nancy Lassiter" read "George Washington Dye and Nancy Laster Baxley" [Thanks to Robert Vaughn]
• Page 122, s.v. Heritage, Elphrey [death date] for "1875" read "7 December 1875" [Thanks to Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg and Christopher Sawula]
• Page 123, s.v. Heritage, Elphrey, after "T. K. Collins" add "for whom Elphrey worked as bookkeeper for twenty-five years:" [Thanks to Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg and Christopher Sawula]
• Page 123, s.v. Hitchcock, replace entry:
  Hitchcock, Miles (3 February 1767-9 December 1843), was born in Cheshire, Connecticut, the son of Asahel Hitchcock and Abigail Law (1747-1827). He was the nephew of clergyman and singing-master Andrew Law (1749-1821). He worked as a merchant in New York City for many years, where on 25 October 1825 he married his second wife Caroline Aertse (1782-1851). He died in Gowanus, New York, and is buried at Flatbush Reformed Dutch Cemetery; both communities are part of Brooklyn today. Two compositions by Hitchcock appear in Law's Rudiments of Music between 1786 and 1790, during a period when Miles Hitchcock was procuring music plates for these revisions. Miles Hitchcock's relationship to Law, and his known involvement in the Rudiments of Music, make it very likely that he is the composer of FAIRFIELD. [Thanks to Mary Huffman]
• Page 128, s.v. Kimball, Jacob, for death date read "24 July 1826." [Thanks to Ron Trial]
• Page 132, s.v. Ledbetter, for "Ledbetter, Lewis L." read "Ledbetter, Lewis Laurie"; for final sentence, read "Lewis Ledbetter was buried at Habersham Methodist Cemetery, Perkins."
• Page 136, s.v. McCurry, A.W. After "Roberts in 1850." read "He was buried in Bethesda Cemetery in Hart County."
• Page 138, s.v. McGraw, L.A., [death date] for "15 June 1957" read "16 January 1957" [thanks to Rebecca Over]; delete third sentence:
  "He is buried in Mitchell Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama." [duplicated later in article]
• Page 139, s.v. McWhorter, M.F., end of page: for "He contributed four songs" read "He contributed five songs" [Thanks to Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg and Robert A. W. Dunn]
• Page 141, s.v. Miller, P., for Miller, Prisetly read Miller, Floyd Priestly
• Page 144, s.v. Osborne, R.R., add to end of article: "After the Civil War he moved to Lowndes County, Mississippi, where he was still alive in 1880." [Thanks to Robert Vaughn]
• Page 145, s.v. Parks, W.W., for "Parks, William Williamson" read "Parks, Williamson Williams". For "He died in Hall County," read He died in Hall County, and was buried at Flowery Branch Cemetery." [Thanks to Robert Vaughn]
• Page 145, s.v. Parris, O.A., for "Vaughn" read "Vaughan"
• Page 148, s.v. Power, W.T., for "1859 appendix" read "1850 appendix"
• Page 149, s.v. Price, F., remove "57 Christian Soldier (arranged)" from the list of tunes.
• Page 149, s.v. Randall, John, death date, for "18 March 1790" read "18 March 1799"
• Page 150, s.v. Reese, H. S., birth date, for "23 November 1828" read "23 November 1827". After "including" add Celestial Light on 31 October 1855 and"
• Page 151, s.v. Reese, J. P., birth date, for "23 November 1828" read "23 November 1827". Delete "and Celestial Light on 31 October 1855."
• Page 156, s.v. Smith, Toney E., for "born 21 September 1927" read "21 September 1927-19 July 2016"
• Page 160, s.v. Wakefield, Samuel, last line, for "1821" read "1825"
• Page 163, s.v. Watson, John A., replace entire entry with
  Watson, John A. (ca. 1833-after 1872) was born in Georgia, and moved to Tallapoosa County, Alabama, where he married Martha A. Mozley in 1855. He purchased land on 1 March 1858 and is listed as a farmer in the 1860 and 1870 census. He was a songleader at the East Alabama Musical Convention in 1869. He wrote Passing Away in December 1872 for the 1873 edition of William Walker's Christian Harmony. He died before 1880, when Martha is listed as a widow.
• Page 165, s.v. White, B.F., for "purchased a farm in Whitesburg" read "purchased a farm in Whitesville"
• Page 165, s.v. White, B.F., for "working on a fourth edition" read "working on a fourth revision"
• Page 168, s.v. Williams, E. F., replace entire entry with
  Williams, Eli Fletcher (23 March 1838-15 November 1923) was born at Salem, Russell County, Alabama (now in Lee County), the son of Eli Williams and Mary Hollingsworth Truesdale, who had emigrated from Kershaw County, South Carolina. He was the younger brother of William Lafayette Williams. E. F. Williams settled in Eclectic, Elmore County, Alabama and served as a private in the 34th Alabama Infantry from 1861 to 1865. On 21 March 1867 he married Lucy Adaline Kidd in Elmore County; the ceremony was performed by the Methodist minister Robert Adijah Timmons, the presumed honoree of the song Timmons, which was published, along with Friendship, in the 1870 Sacred Harp. He died in Elmore County and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. [Thanks to Robert Vaughn]
• Page 168, s.v. Williams, W. L., replace entire entry with
  Williams, William Lafayette (21 December 1821-18 January 1909) was the son of Eli Williams and Mary Hollingsworth Truesdale. Born in Kershaw County, South Carolina, he emigrated with his parents at the age of sixteen to Harris County, Georgia for two years, and thence to Russell County Alabama. On 4 December 1848 he married Virginia Ann Barnett in Harris County; the couple had eight children. He is listed as a farmer on the 1850 census for Russell County; in 1852 he joined the Baptist Church. After the Civil War he settled in Elmore County, Alabama, where he became a singing teacher and a member of the Eastern Alabama Musical Convention in 1869, where he and F. C. Wood were chosen as delegates to the Southern Musical Convention. In 1876 he moved to Kansas, where he died in Harvey County and was buried in Halstead Cemetery.
• Page 170, s.v. Wood, Francis C., replace entire entry with
  Wood, Francis C. (ca. 1824-after 1872) was born in Georgia. He married Evalina S. Webb in 1846 in Chambers County, Alabama. They had three sons, and Evalina died in January 1860. F. C. Wood was a blacksmith and farmer near Dudleyville, near the Tallapoosa-Chambers county line, and appears in the census for 1850, 1860 and 1870. He was a member of the East Alabama Musical Convention in 1869, and was selected, with W. L. Williams, as a delegate to the Southern Musical Convention. He was a Mason, and a member of the Good Samaritan Lodge in Dudleyville. According to J. S. James, Carroll County, Georgia singer B.F. Wilson, while leading the tune Antioch, reported that the composer "was killed by a falling tree or limb."
• Page 171, s.v. Wynn, Matthew Mark, for "after 1897" read "18 November 1895" [Thanks to Robert Vaughn]
• Page 172, line 12: for "from 1892 to 1897 he was living further west, in Brownville, Brown County," read "by 1892 he was living further west, in Brownwood, Brown County,"
• Line 13: for "No trace of him has been found after this date." read "He died at his home in Brownwood, and was buried in Greenleaf Cemetery." [Thanks to R.L. Vaughn]
• Page 173, at 1811: for "1811 S. M. Brown" read "19 September 1811 Silas Mercer Brown"
• Page 173, at 1816: for "James M." read "James M. Denson"
• Page 174, at 1821: add "21 December 1821 William Lafayette Williams"
• Page 174, at 1833: delete "November 1833 William Lafayette Williams"
• Page 174, at 1838: add "23 March 1833 Eli Fletcher Williams"
• Page 174, after "James D. Arnold" add line: "about 1840 Robert F. Ball"
• Page 180, s.v. 29t, replace Music entry with: "Miles Hitchcock, in Andrew Law, Rudiments of Music, variant 2d ed. [1787-1790]."
• Page 180, s.v. 30b, add, "Alto by William Walker, 1866."
• Page 180, s.v. 32b, add, "Alto by Hugh McGraw, 1971."
• Page 181, s.v. 33t, add, "Alto in Christian Harmony, 1867."
• Page 181, s.v. 33b, for "Edward Dumas" read "Edmund Dumas"
• Page 181, s.v. 37t, for "Bloom County" read "Boone County"
• Page 181, s.v. 37b, replace Words entry with: "In A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1803." [Thanks to Wade Kotter]
• Page 182, s.v. 39t, delete, "Previously printed without attribution in Lewis, Beauties of Harmony, 1818." [Thanks to Joseph Herl]
• Page 182, s.v. 42, add, "Alto after W.M. Cooper, 1902."
• Page 183, s.v. 47t, add, "Alto in Hesperian Harp, 1848."
• Page 184, s.v. 47b, for "Alto in Christian Harmony, 1867" read "Alto in Hesperian Harp, 1848."
• Page 184, s.v. 48b, for "Alto in Christian Harmony, 1867 read "Alto in Hesperian Harp, 1848."
• Page 184, s.v. 53, add, "Alto in Christian Harmony, 1867."
• Page 185, s.v. 56b, replace meter C.M. with 8787 [Thanks to Will Fitzgerald]; add, "Alto by W.M. Cooper, 1902."
• Page 185, s.v. 57, replace Music entry with: "James P. Carrell, in Songs of Zion, 1821; alto in Walker, Christian Harmony, 1867."
• Page 186, s.v. 64, for "In Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of Christians ("The Baltimore Collection," 1803 ed.)" read "In Peter Leibert, The Christian's Duty, exhibited in a series of hymns, 1801;" [Thanks to Robert Vaughn]
• Page 189, s.v. 81b, for "Christmas" read "Cookham"
• Page 190, s.v. 89, replace Words entry with: "William Arnold, in The Sacred Harp, 1844."
• Page 192, s.v. 100, replace Words entry with: "Thomas Ormsby (1784-1824) of Bradford, Vermont, in Samuel C. Stevens, Select Poems, 1823; perhaps based on 'There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream' from Lalla Rookh by Thomas Moore, 1817" [Thanks to Wade Kotter]
• Page 192, s.v. 104, add, "Alto by Minnie Floyd, 1902."
• Page 193, s.v. 110, Words: after "1799." add "Attributed to Theodore Dwight by Samuel Griswold Goodrich in Recollections of a Lifetime." [Thanks to Gaylon Powell]
• Page 193, s.v. 111t, replace Words entry with: Verse 1 in Mead, General Selection, 1807; verses 2 and 3 by Isaac Watts, 1707, Hymn 133, book 2. [Thanks to Gaylon Powell]
• Page 194, s.v. 114, add, "after Christian Harmony, 1867."
• Page 194, s.v. 115, replace Words entry with: "Peter St. John, 1777, in broadside at Brown University."
• Page 196, s.v. 131, add to Words entry, "Stanza 2 by Charles Wesley [Thanks to Robert Vaughn]; replace Music entry with: "James P. Carrell, in Songs of Zion, 1821."
• Page 197, s.v. 137, replace Words entry with: Stanza 2 of "Anthem for the Fourth of July," anonymous in The Weekly Museum (New-York), July 4, 1795. [Thanks to Rachel Hall]
• Page 198, s.v. 139, replace Music entry with: "James P. Carrell, in Songs of Zion, 1821; alto in Walker Christian Harmony, 1867"; akin to "The Minstrel Boy."
  s.v. 141, replace Words entry with: "In John Purify, A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, before 1831." [Thanks to Wade Kotter]
  s.v. 145t, for "William Walker, 1838," read "William Walker, 1837."
• Page 199, s.v. 152, for "it was 'rearranged' and given an alto part by B.S. Aikin in 1908 and printed in James, Union Harp, 1909, and Original Sacred Harp, 1911." read "it was 'rearranged' by B.S. Aikin in 1908 and printed in James, Union Harp, 1909, and Original Sacred Harp, 1911; alto by S.M. Denson, 1911."
• Page 200, s.v. 154, for "adapted from J. W. Dadmun, in The Melodeon, 1860." read "adapted from William McDonald, in J. W. Dadmon, The Melodeon, 1860."
• Page 200, s.v. 160t, for "anonymous in the (Bennington) Vermont Gazette, 6 April 1803. as 'The Triumph of Grace in the Wilderness.'" read "anonymous in The Baptist Register 3:391-2 (1801) as 'Good News to the Wilderness, and the Triumphs of Grace in the Desart,' may be by John Rippon." [Thanks to John Martin]
• Page 205, s.v. 198, replace Music entry with: "George Coles, before 1842, as Greene Street. Named for Greene Street Methodist Church, New York." [Thanks to Fynnian Titford-Mock, John Garst and others]
• Page 206, s.v. 204, for "In Wolcott, Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1817" read "In Ebenezer Chase, Divine Songs (and elsewhere), 1814."
• Page 206, s.v. 210, replace Words entry with: "Verse 1 by Joseph Hart, 1769; verses 2 and 3 in Smith and Jones, Hymns, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians, 1804." [Thanks to Barry Johnston and others]
• Page 207, s.v. 212, for "alto by S.M. Denson, 1911" read "counter by [W.H.] Swan in The Harp of Columbia, 1848"
• Page 207, s.v. 213t, for "Original Sacred Harp, 1922" read "Original Sacred Harp, 1911"
• Page 207, s.v. 215, replace Words entry with: "In A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1803." [Thanks to Wade Kotter]
• Page 208, s.v. 225, add "adapted from Departed Friends, by C. J. Griggs, 1939. [Thanks to Robert Vaughn and Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg]
• Page 209, s.v. 240, for "Anonymous in Ingalls, Christian Harmony, 1805," read "Stanzas 1, 5 and 6 of "The dying Christian," by Abner Reed, in Love Triumphant, or Constancy Rewarded, (Troy, NY, 1797) [Thanks to Gerald Montagna]
• Page 211, s.v. 269, for "alto by G.B. Daniell, 1911" read "alto by G.B. Daniell in Original Sacred Harp, 1921"
• Page 211, s.v. 270, add "Alto by W.M. Cooper, 1902."
• Page 211, s.v. 271b, replace Words entry with: "John Cennick, 1742, in Rippon, Selection, 1787." [Thanks to Wade Kotter and Robert Vaughn]
• Page 213, s.v. 284, for "In Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of Christians ("The Baltimore Collection," 1803 ed.)" read "In Peter Leibert, The Christian's Duty, exhibited in a series of hymns, 1801;" [Thanks to Robert Vaughn]
• Page 213, s.v. 285b, for "Anonymous in The Religious Telescope, 15 January 1837." read "'G.M.' in The Baptist Magazine (London) 21, 1829."
• Page 216, s.v. 312b, for "The Southern Harmony, 1835;" read "The Southern Harmony, 1835; a variant of Jewin-Street by James P. Carrell, 1821;"
• Page 219, s.v. 332, Words: for "In Harrod, Social and Camp-Meeting Songs, 7th ed., 1827" read "'S. G.' in Hampshire Gazette, 28 October 1795, p. 5" [Thanks to Barbara Swetman]; Music: for "in Davisson, Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony, 2d ed., [ca. 1823];" read "in Songs of Zion, 1821;"
• Page 221, s.v. 346, for "The Songster's Repository, 1811," read "National Martial Music and Songs, 1809."
• Page 222, s.v. 358, for "in The American Musical Miscellany, 1798;" read "unattributed, in The Massachusetts Spy, 2 November 1780;" [Thanks to Rachel Hall]
• Page 223, s.v. 365, for "Anonymous, in The American Musical Magazine, 1786-87; suggested by Samuel Stennett's ''Tis finished! so the Saviour cried.'" read, "Robert Seagrave, in his Hymns for Christian Worship, 1742. [Thanks to Robert Vaughn and Wade Kotter]
• Page 223, s.v. 384, for "1791" read "1786." [Thanks to Will Fitzgerald]
• Page 223, s.v. 369, for "Send s Blessing" read "Send a Blessing"
• Page 224, s.v. 374, replace Words entry with "Mary Morrison, 1854, stanzas 2 and 4 of 'Come, strike the harp!'" [Thanks to Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg]
• Page 225, s.v. 384, Words: for "in Divine poems, ..." read "in Hymns for believer's baptism, 1786." [Thanks to Will Fitzgerald]
• Page 225, s.v. 385, Words: for "1832" read "1830" [Thanks to Wade Kotter]; Music: for "R.F. Ball, 'Original,'" read "Arr. by John P. Rees." [Thanks to Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg]
• Page 226, s.v. 390, for "Anonymous in The Religious Telescope, 15 January 1837." read "'G.M.' in The Baptist Magazine (London) 21, 1829."
• Page 227, s.v. 398, for "Anonymous, in The Sacred Harp, 1859" read "Nettie Lynn, in The Southern Watchman, 12 July 1855." [Thanks to Robert Vaughn]
• Page 227, s.v. 404, for "In Robinson, New England Sunday School Hymn Book, 1830" read "In Ebenezer Chase, Divine Songs (and elsewhere), 1814"; for "in The Sacred Harp, 1870" read "in The Sacred Harp, 1859." [Thanks to Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg]
• Page 230, s.v. 421, after "from a revival song" add, cf. In That Morning, by William Walker, in The Southern and Western Pocket Harmonist (1846).
• Page 230, s.v. 422, for "the composer's wife and her family" read "the composer's mother and her family" [Thanks to Karen Willard]
• Page 232, s.v. 436, for "In Wolcott, Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1817" read "In Ebenezer Chase, Divine Songs (and elsewhere), 1814."
• Page 232, s.v. 437, for "Isaac Watts, Psalm 23, 1719; the second half of the text is anonymous" read "H.A. Parris, adapted from Isaac Watts, Psalm 23, 1719." [Thanks to Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg]
• Page 232, s.v. 438, replace Words entry with: "Lila Dale Avery-Stuttle, Signs of the Times 1899." [Thanks to Rachel Hall]
• Page 233, s.v. 448, for "W.S. Turner, 'Original,' in The Sacred Harp, 1859 (p. 422)", read "W.S. Turner, 1866, 'Original' in The Sacred Harp, 1870.
• Page 233, s.v. 450, for "In Ives, Manual of Instruction in American Sunday-School Psalmody, 1832," read "William B. Collyer, in Hymns partly collected and partly original, 1812."
• Page 235, s.v. 467, add "Alto by A.M. Cagle, 1960."
• Page 238, s.v. 495, for "Alto by S.M. Denson, 1911," read Counter by [W.H.] Swan, in The Harp of Columbia, 1848." [Thanks to Robert Vaughn]
• Page 252, following Carden, Allen D., add entry: "Carrell, James P. Songs of Zion. Harrisonburg, Va.: A. Davisson, 1821."
• Page 265, s.v. Brown, Jackson C., add line "http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=chandlermcclain&id=I6645"
• Page 266, s.v. Brown, S.M., add line "http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=chandlermcclain&id=I6638"
• Page 279, s.v. Osborne, R.R., add line "http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.mississippi.counties.lowndes/810/mb.ashx?pnt=1"
• Page 292, s.v. Mason, Henry Lowell, delete line:
  ----. The New Carmina Sacra. Boston, 1856.

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