THE DYING CALIFORNIAN

Composer: Drinkard

Possibly John Smith Drinkard (1808-ca. 1865) who was born in South Carolina and was living in Georgia in 1830 and 1840, and in Alabama in 1850. The Makers of the Sacred Harp, David Warren Steel and Richard H. Hulan, University of Illinois Press, 2010 Go to person page >

Composer: R. F. Ball

Robert F. Ball (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. The Makers of the Sacred Harp: Addenda and Corrigenda (accessed online 8/12/2019) Go to person page >