[1] Despite leaving school at a young age, he attended Baylor University at Independence in 1873 and graduated after five years of intensive study, winning scholarships and oratory awards.
[2][3] Carroll founded and led the Education Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas through its first ten years.
[3] Active as an educator, Carroll helped found and was the first president of San Marcos Baptist Academy.
This collection of five lectures describes Baptist history as a direct succession from apostolic times of early Christianity.
The Trail of Blood promoted the Landmarkist view of Baptist origins, a movement that developed in the mid-nineteenth century among Tennessee and western congregations, and had lasting influences.