David Patillo White (1828–1903) was a shape note singing teacher, composer, and a co-issuer, with his father, of the 1870 Sacred Harp.
David Patillo White was born in October, 1828, in South Carolina, and moved with his family to Harris County, Georgia in 1842.
They had ten children, including John T., Omer, Alice, Ella, James, Lena, Lula, Thomas L. and Minnie).
David Patillo White was a music teacher, teaching singing schools in The Sacred Harp.
The fourth edition of The Sacred Harp was prepared in 1869 by B. F. White and a committee selected by the Southern Musical Convention.