Ballad-[Owen's Confession], n.d.
Item — Box: Small Coll. 04, Folder: 1, item: 1
Scope and Contents
A ballad supposedly written by William Owens and sung at his hanging. This version was written by someone who learned it as a child and he was 72 when he wrote it down. Two similar versions exist in Folk Songs of Middle Tennessee: The George Boswell Collection and The North Carolina Booklet: Great Events in North Carolina History, Vol. 11; however, this version is not the same as either.
Dates
- Creation: n.d.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 2.00 folders
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository