Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains a version of the popular Jesse James Ballad written by J. T. Hill of Twinville, Tennessee, a town in North Knox County. The ballad is handwritten on both sides of a single sheet of paper and contains seven verses. The James ballad is dated as September 11, 1898 on the front sheet and September 13, 1898 on the back sheet. The ballad begins: Jesse James was the lad, ...