This collection contains the papers of Samuel W. Williams, a lawyer in Bland County, Virginia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Included within the collection are three notebooks containing Williams's notes from law classes at the University of Virginia; the notebooks also contain other miscellaneous notes, as well as accounting ledger entries for 1871-1873. The collection also contains a receipt book, together with various letters, notes and miscellaneous items which had been inserted within it. Completing the collection is a set of four ledgers containing details on the credits and debits of Williams's law practice and numerous other notes concerning the practice. The records have value to those interested in local history and genealogy in Bland County at the turn of the 20th century.