1800 - 1879 Composer of "HOLY CITY" in The Sacred Harp Benjamin F. White (b. Spartanburg, SC, 1800; d. Atlanta, GA, 1879), was coeditor of The Sacred Harp (1844). He came from a family of fourteen children and was largely self-taught. Eventually White became a popular singing-school teacher and editor of the weekly Harris County newspaper.
Bert Polman
Not to be confused with B. F. White who composed music in the 1930's and 1940's
B. F. White