YEAR | DATE | LOCATION | TOWN | |||
1900 | April 28-29 | Round Top School House | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
1901 | July 6-7 | Tenney's Creek Primitive Baptist Church | Tilman, Caldwell County | |||
1902 | July 4-5-6 | Good Hope Primitive Baptist Church | Saturn, Gonzales County | |||
1903 | September 4-5-6 | Round Top School House | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
1904-1933 | no record | no record | no record | |||
1934 | July 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
December 30 | San Marcos Primitive Baptist Church | Luling, Caldwell County | ||||
1935 | no record | no record | no record | |||
1936 | March 29 | San Marcos Primitive Baptist Church | Luling, Caldwell County | |||
May 31 | Adams School | Mathis, San Patricio County | ||||
August 30 | Nixon Public School | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
November 29 | Stratton Public School | Stratton, DeWitt County | ||||
1937 | May 30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
August 28-29 | no record | Sutherland Springs, Wilson County | ||||
October 31 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
1938 | January 30 | San Marcos Primitive Baptist Church | Luling, Caldwell County | |||
May 29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
July 31 | no record | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
October 30 | Doss Public School | Doss, Gillispie County | ||||
1939 | January 29 | San Marcos Primitive Baptist Church | Luling, Caldwell County | |||
April 30 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
July 30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
October 29 | Good Hope Primitive Baptist Church | Saturn, Gonzales County | ||||
December 31 | San Marcos Primitive Baptist Church | Luling, Caldwell County | ||||
1940 | March 31 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
June 30 | San Marcos Primitive Baptist Church | Luling, Caldwell County | ||||
September 29 | no record | Martindale, Caldwell County | ||||
December 29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
1941 | March 30 | San Marcos Primitive Baptist Church | Luling, Caldwell County | |||
June 29 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
August 31 | no record | no record | ||||
November 30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
1942-1944 | no record | no record | no record | |||
1945 | July 29 | Good Hope Primitive Baptist Church | Saturn, Gonzales County | |||
1946 | June 30 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | |||
1947 | March 30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
June 29 | Good Hope Primitive Baptist Church | Saturn, Gonzales County | ||||
August 31 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
November 30 | New Providence Primitive Baptist Church | Bastrop, Bastrop County | ||||
1948 | February 29 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | |||
May 30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
August 29 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
October 31 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1949 | January 30 | canceled due to snow | canceled due to snow | |||
May 29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
July 31 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
October 30 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1950 | January 29 | did not meet | did not meet | |||
April 30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
July 30 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
October 29 | New Providence Primitive Baptist Church | Bastrop, Bastrop County | ||||
December 31 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1951 | April 29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
July 29 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
September 30 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
December 30 | Tenney's Creek Primitive Baptist Church | Tilman, Caldwell County | ||||
1952 | March 30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
June 29 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
August 31 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
November 30 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1953 | March 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
May 31 | Quemado Primitive Baptist Church | Quemado, Maverick County | ||||
August 29-30 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
November 29 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1954 | January 31 | Tenney's Creek Primitive Baptist Church | Tilman, Caldwell County | |||
May 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
August 29 | New Providence Primitive Baptist Church | Bastrop, Bastrop County | ||||
October 31 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
1955 | January 30 | San Antonio (Northside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | |||
May 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
July 31 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | Killeen, Bell County | ||||
October 30 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
1956 | January 29 | San Antonio (Northside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | |||
April 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
July 29 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
September 30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | Killeen, Bell County | ||||
December 30 | Tenney's Creek Primitive Baptist Church | Tilman, Caldwell County | ||||
1957 | March 30-31 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
June 30 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
September 29 | San Antonio (Northside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
December 29 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
1958 | March 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
June 29 | San Antonio (Northside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
August 31 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
November 30 | Good Hope Primitive Baptist Church | Saturn, Gonzales County | ||||
1959 | March 29 | New Providence Primitive Baptist Church | Bastrop, Bastrop County | |||
May 30-31 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
August 30 | San Antonio (Northside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
November 29 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1960 | January 31 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | |||
May 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
July 31 | Lampasas Primitive Baptist Church | Lampasas, Lampasas County | ||||
October 30 | New Providence Primitive Baptist Church | Bastrop, Bastrop County | ||||
1961 | January 29 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | |||
April 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
July 30 | San Antonio (Northside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
October 28-29 | Lampasas Primitive Baptist Church | Lampasas, Lampasas County | ||||
December 31 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
1962 | April 28-291 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
July 29 | New Providence Primitive Baptist Church | Bastrop, Bastrop County | ||||
September 30 | Tenney's Creek Primitive Baptist Church | Tilman, Caldwell County | ||||
December 30 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
1963 | March 30-311 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
June 30 | Northside Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
September 29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | Killeen, Bell County | ||||
December 29 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
1964 | March 292 | did not meet | did not meet | |||
May 30-31 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
August 30 | did not meet | did not meet | ||||
November 28-29 | Lampasas Primitive Baptist Church | Lampasas, Lampasas County | ||||
1965 | January 31 | did not meet | did not meet | |||
May 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
August 29 | did not meet | did not meet | ||||
October 31 | Northside Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1966 | January 30 | did not meet | did not meet | |||
May 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
July 31 | did not meet | did not meet | ||||
October 29-30 | Lampasas Primitive Baptist Church | Lampasas, Lampasas County | ||||
1967 | January 29 | did not meet | did not meet | |||
April 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
July 30 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
October 28-29 | Sardis Primitive Baptist Church | Hamilton, Hamilton County | ||||
December 31 | canceled due to freezing weather | canceled due to freezing weather | ||||
1968 | March 30-31 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
June 30 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
September 28-29 | Lampasas Primitive Baptist Church | Lampasas, Lampasas County | ||||
December 29 | did not meet | did not meet | ||||
1969 | March 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
June 29 | Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Nixon, Gonzales County | ||||
August 31 | did not meet | did not meet | ||||
November 29-30 | Lampasas Primitive Baptist Church | Lampasas, Lampasas County | ||||
1970 | March 292 | did not meet | did not meet | |||
May 30-31 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
August 30 | did not meet | did not meet | ||||
November 28-29 | Lampasas Primitive Baptist Church | Lampasas, Lampasas County | ||||
1971 | January 31 | did not meet | did not meet | |||
May 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
August 29 | did not meet | did not meet | ||||
October 31 | Northside Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1972 | April 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
1973 | April 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
1974 | March 30-31 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | Killeen, Bell County | ||||
1975 | March 302 | did not meet | did not meet | |||
June 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | ||||
1976 | May 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
1977 | May 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 29-30 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1978 | April 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 28-29 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1979 | April 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 29-30 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1980 | March 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 25-26 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1981 | March 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 24-25 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1982 | May 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 30-31 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1983 | May 28-293 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 29-30 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1984 | April 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 29-30 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1985 | March 30-31 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 28-29 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1986 | March 29-304 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
August 30-31 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1987 | March 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
August 29-30 | Littlevine Primitive Baptist Church | Austin, Travis County | ||||
1988 | May 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 29-30 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1989 | April 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 28-29 | Littlevine Primitive Baptist Church | Austin, Travis County | ||||
1990 | April 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 29-30 | San Antonio (Southside) Primitive Baptist Church | San Antonio, Bexar County | ||||
1991 | March 30-314 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 28-29 | Littlevine Primitive Baptist Church | Austin, Travis County | ||||
1992 | March 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
August 29-30 | Littlevine Primitive Baptist Church | Austin, Travis County | ||||
1993 | May 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 30-31 | Littlevine Primitive Baptist Church | Austin, Travis County | ||||
1994 | May 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 29-30 | Littlevine Primitive Baptist Church | Austin, Travis County | ||||
1995 | April 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 28-29 | Littlevine Primitive Baptist Church | Austin, Travis County | ||||
1996 | March 30-31 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 28-29 | Littlevine Primitive Baptist Church | Austin, Travis County | ||||
1997 | March 29-304 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
August 30-31 | Littlevine Primitive Baptist Church | Austin, Travis County | ||||
1998 | March 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
August 305 | Littlevine Primitive Baptist Church | Austin, Travis County | ||||
1999 | May 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 30-31 | Littlevine Primitive Baptist Church | Austin, Travis County | ||||
2000 | April 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 28-29 | Littlevine Primitive Baptist Church | Austin, Travis County | ||||
2001 | April 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 29-30 | Littlevine Primitive Baptist Church | Austin, Travis County | ||||
2002 | March 30-31 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 28-29 | Southwest Texas State University | San Marcos, Hays County | ||||
2003 | March 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
August 30-31 | Main Street Baptist Church (Saturday) San Gabriel Community Center (Sunday) |
Georgetown, Williamson County | ||||
2004 | May 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 30-31 | San Gabriel Community Center | Georgetown, Williamson County | ||||
2005 | May 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 29-30 | San Gabriel Community Center | Georgetown, Williamson County | ||||
2006 | April 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 28-29 | Sri Atmananda Memorial School | Austin, Travis County | ||||
2007 | April 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 29-30 | Sri Atmananda Memorial School | Austin, Travis County | ||||
2008 | March 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
August 30-31 | Austin Waldorf School | Austin, Travis County | ||||
2009 | March 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
August 29-30 | Austin Waldorf School | Austin, Travis County | ||||
2010 | May 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 30-31 | Austin Waldorf School | Austin, Travis County | ||||
2011 | May 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 29-30 | Austin Waldorf School | Austin, Travis County | ||||
2012 | April 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 29-30 | Austin Waldorf School | Austin, Travis County | ||||
2013 | March 30-31 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 28-29 | Austin Griffin School | Austin, Travis County | ||||
2014 | March 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
August 316 | Austin Waldorf School | Austin, Travis County | ||||
2015 | March 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
August 29-30 | Austin Waldorf School | Austin, Travis County | ||||
2016 | May 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 29-30 | Wells Branch Community Center | Austin, Travis County | ||||
2017 | April 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 28-29 | Jarrell Memorial Community Center | Jarrell, Williamson County | ||||
2018 | April 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 29-30 | Jarrell Memorial Community Center | Jarrell, Williamson County | ||||
2019 | March 30-31 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
September 28-29 | Jarrell Memorial Community Center | Jarrell, Williamson County | ||||
2020 | March 28-297 | did not meet | did not meet | |||
August 29-307 | did not meet | did not meet | ||||
2021 | May 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 30-31 | Jarrell Memorial Community Center | Jarrell, Williamson County | ||||
2022 | May 28-29 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County | |||
October 29-30 | Jarrell Memorial Community Center | Jarrell, Williamson County | ||||
2023 | April 29-30 | Bethel Primitive Baptist Church | McMahan, Caldwell County |
1 In April of 1962 and March of 1963, the convention was jointly held with The State Convention of Sacred Harp Singers. It was decided at the 1963 convention that the 1964 session of the State Convention of Sacred Harp Singers would be held in Tatum, Texas, on the 4th Sunday and the Saturday before.
2 The 5th Sunday of March in 1964, 1970, and 1975 fell on Easter Sunday. Henderson was the host of an annual Easter Singing, held on Easter Sunday; once it was held in the Rusk County Courthouse, and then later held at Mt. Ararat Primitive Baptist Church. On these three particular 5th Sundays, the singers from McMahan decided to delay their singing to the next 5th Sunday weekend so as to eliminate any schedule conflicts between two Texas Singings, and the singers from both communities could visit and attend each others singing.
3 On Saturday, May 28, 1983, we had a special visitor: James A. Michener. Michener was researching for information for his historical novel, Texas (1985). In the Acknowledgement section of his book he does mention having the opportunity to attend a Sacred Harp singing at McMahan. In his book, he writes of this one family who settled in Texas and then they got out their Sacred Harp tune books and sang.
4 The 5th Sundays of March in 1986, 1991, and 1997 fell on Easter Sunday. This time the Henderson singers cancelled the Easter Singing for the year, yielding to the Southwest Texas Convention. By the time the 20th Century came to an end, the annual Easter Singing ceased to be held.
5 On August 29, 1998, the convention yielded the normal Saturday session for the Young People’s Singing. Up until this time, the Young People’s Singing was held somewhere in the State of Alabama, and had always been held in that state. The following year, the Young People’s Singing was held in Nashville, Tennessee. The organization of the Young People’s Singing is such that only the singers that are under a certain age are to serve as officers and all committee positions for the day.
6 On August 30, 2014, the convention yielded the normal Saturday session for the Young People’s Singing.
7 In 2020, both the Spring and Fall Sessions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.