"the very first shape-note book produced south of the Mason-Dixon line, Ananias Davisson's Kentucky Harmony, published in Harrison, Virginia, in 1816" Hatchett, Marion J. (2003). A companion to the New harp of Columbia. Univ. of Tennessee Press. p. 34. ISBN978-1572332034.
Editors of the Shenandoah Harmony. "About Us". Hymn Book. The Shenandoah Harmony Publishing Company (Boyce, VA). Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
The role of the Organ in setting musical tastes of the Sacred Harp community is discussed in the third chapter of Bealle, John (1997). Public Worship, Private Faith: Sacred Harp and American Folksong. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. ISBN9-780-8203-1988-9.. See in particular pp. 141-142 for a discussion about the use of a sharped seventh in the minor scale between Isaac B. Woodbury (1819-1858) and Isaac Holcombe (for) vs. the anonymous "Georgia Boy" (against).
Stoddard. "About". Hymn Book. Northern Harmony. Archived from the original on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
Editors of the Shenandoah Harmony. "About Us". Hymn Book. The Shenandoah Harmony Publishing Company (Boyce, VA). Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)