 In a series of articles published in the May 14 and May 21 , 1857 issues of the Virginia Argus , Romney resident Col. Isaac Parsons chronicled the 1855 arrest of his nephew , James Parsons , for attempting to capture Col. Parsons ' fugitive slave , Jacob Green , and the resulting dispute between the Parsons family and Charles James Faulkner over legal fees in 1857 . 
