Owner and operator, Jagoe Abstract Company, Denton, Texas and co-owner, Lewisville Fishing Barge, Lewisville, Texas. Family background; history of Carroll’s abstract business and Jagoe Abstract Company; history of Denton courthouses; origins of First Mondays in Denton; Denton Transportation, 1920s; comments on father’s experiences operating abstract company; effects of Depression in Denton; employment as weigher for Jagoe Public Construction Company, 1938; work with Universal Credit Company, Fort Worth, 1940; employment, with Jagoe Abstract Company, 1946; description of title policies; problems of insurance claims filed against title policies; description of locations of Jagoe Abstract Company in Denton; comments concerning record-keeping on cards, microfilm, and computers; views on boom of housing and abstract business following World War II; description of development of Southridge and Montecito areas in Denton; description of typical abstract; comments on personnel; incorporation of business, 1960; sale of business, 1978; description of area independent abstract companies; comments on Denton Square businesses; civic and trade association activities; history of Lewisville Fishing Barge; description of services offered at Barge; problems insuring Barge operation; dealings with City of Lewisville and Corps of Engineers; entry into fishing barge operation, 1978; effects of droughts and floods on business; description of typical day’s activities; comments on employees; experiences with ranching and real estate.