Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson?read=1673 Surname: Parsons ------------------------- Here again is another legend that needs to be corrected. William Parsons, the oldest son of Charles and Elizabeth Chestnut Parsons was never called William Lowther in any documents that I have seen. He was either William or Captain William. William Lowther Parsons was his nephew (son of Joseph Parsons). He lived in Jackson County, WV and was also known as "Devil Bill" Parsons, not because he was ever a bushwacker but because he like to play tricks on people.