Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

W. B. Kegley Legal Records, Accession # 2000.4, Special Collections, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, VA

Acquisition Information

Donated by Mary B. Kegley in 2000.

Biographical Information

William Bullard Kegley, son of John George and Mary Magdalene Wolford Kegley, was born 27 May 1868. He practiced law in Wytheville, Virginia. In the 1930s, Paul Parson joined the law practice and eventually took over Kegley's practice. Kegley married Sue Gibson (1867-1946) and died 22 November 1937. He is buried in East End Cemetery in Wytheville.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two series, Series I, Bound Legal Documents, and Series II, Unbound Legal Documents. Series I is composed of four volumes (six separate bound books) of legal work conducted by Wytheville attorney W. B. Kegley for the Ivanhoe Mining and Smelting Corporation. The four volumes contain abstracts of titles to land held by the Simmerman family, Ivanhoe Furnace Corportion, the Huddle family, and the Painter family. Volume II and III contain 2 parts each, labeled as Part I and Part II.

Series II, Unbound Legal Documents, consists of nineteen folders of legal documents prepared by W. B. Kegley for Norfolk and Western Railway Company, including title searches. Folders 1 - 17 contain information on acquisition of property by Norfolk and Western Rilway Company for its Cripple Creek Extension. Legal documents regarding Norfolk and Western acquisition of land for its Dry Spur line are found in Folder 17. Folder 18 contains documents relating to the case, S. S. Simmerman vs. Charles William Dickey. Folder 19 contains documents on the abstract of title of Pulaski Iron Company to the Nobel Iron Company property in Polk County, Georgia.