Newton County Christian Harmony Convention
About this singing
The Newton County singing was started in 1875 and is the oldest Christian Harmony singing still in existence.
A note on its origins, by John Hollingsworth, noted by Robert Vaughn:
“Hugh Bill McGuire and I remember my uncle Millage Hollingsworth telling that Elansom Green Everett was the first president of the Newton County Christian Harmony Convention, was not reappointed for the second year in its existence, but then returned in that position for another 50 years and only relinquished the position with his death. Green died at Hickory, Mississippi on August 1, 1927 in his 79th year. Based on our calculations, therefore, the Convention would have originated about 1875. This agrees with the notes kept by the late Sidney Scarborough, President of the Convention during the 1940s.”
The first chairman of the Convention was E. G. Everett (1843–1927).