Drumgoole was an attorney of Brunswick County, Virginia and South Gaston, [North Carolina?], including an account, 1871-1872, showing payment to Virginia Military Institute, of J. W. Harrison, an orphan of N. M. Harrison, of whom E. Dromgoole was guardian, and accounts in his capacity as executor of the estate of Issac F. Harris, Sr.; also blank promissory notes, 184(7), for accounts involved with the estate of George C. Dromgoole, Edward Dromgoole, Administrator.