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Cecil Sharp’s Madison County, North Carolina Singers

Cecil Sharp collected a total of 260 tunes in Madison County, NC. 158 of these were collected in one small area, comprising the settlements of White Rock, Alleghany, Allenstand, Carmen, Big Laurel, Rice Cove and Spillcorn. The remaining 102 songs came from the small town of Hot Springs. These include 70 songs which came from one singer alone, Jane Gentry. Cecil Sharp’s Madison County, NC, singers:

Allenstand	Mrs Mary Gosnell Mrs Mary Sands Mrs Dorah Shelton Mr Franklin B Shelton Mr Mitchell Wallin
Alleghany	Mrs Anelize Chandler Mr Floyd (or is this Lloyd?) Chandler Mr Jehu Harris Miss Donna Shelton Miss Memory Shelton Mrs Norah Shelton Miss Stella Shelton Miss Virginia Shelton Mr William Riley Shelton
Big Laurel	Mrs Becky Griffin Miss Viney Norton Mrs Minnie Rice Mr & Mrs Tom Rice Mrs Zipo Rice

Carmen	Miss Emma Hensley (later became Mrs Donald Shelton) Mrs Rosie Hensley Miss Linnie Landers Mrs Mandy Shelton Mrs Nancy E Shelton Mr Sol Shelton Mrs Wonnie Shelton Mrs Sotherland
Hot Springs	Mrs Jane Gentry Mrs Hester House Mrs Ellie Johnson Mrs Lizzy Roberts Mrs Smith Mrs Julie Williams
Spillcorn	Mrs Harland Shelton Mr Silas Shelton Mrs Tempa Shelton
White Rock	‘Granny’ Banks Mrs Polly Shelton

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