Clyde Tolley

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TOLLEY, Clyde
"Elizabethton Star," Sunday, October 16, 1938
JOHN CARVER IS GIVEN 10 YEARS IN TOLLEY DEATH
John Carver, white-haired 68-year-old Buffalo mountain resident, was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary after having been found guilty of second degree murder by a circuit court jury which deliberated two hours before returning its verdict late Friday afternoon.
Carver was charged with the fatal shooting of Clyde Tolley early last summer in the front yard of the Carver home. Tolley died shortly after being hit in the stomach with a shotgun charge filed by Carver, who admitted, was "too drunk to remember anything about it."
Carver and his 26-year-old daughter, Betty, testified that the three had been drinking prior to the time of the shooting. Tolley was a visitor at the Carver home, having spent the previous night there. The defendant's daughter declared that Tolley and her father had been "good friends," and that the shooting was the result of an accident.
She stated that her father had slipped on the porch of their home and that the gun, which he had brought out "to shoot rabbits with" had gone off accidentally as Carver sought to keep his balance. Betty was with Tolley in the yard when he was struck.

Unknown married Eula Ellen Tolley about 1903. Eula (daughter of David Daniel Tolley and Rebecca Whitehead) was born in Dec 1874 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; died on 1 Oct 1944 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Peterson Cemetery, , Unicoi County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1900 Carter County, TN Census
District 3
Household 167
Ellen Price Dec 1874 25 TN TN TN
Belle Jun 1897 2 TN NC TN Dau
Lon Feb 1899 1 TN NC TN Son


1910 Carter County, TN Census
District 14
Household 75
Ellen Tolley 36 TN TN TN Divorced
Mandy B. Price 11 TN NC TN Dau
Bert Tolley 6 TN NC TN Son
Mamie Tolley 4 TN TN TN Dau
Clyde Tolley 2 TN CA TN Son

David married Rebecca Whitehead about 1865. Rebecca (daughter of John Whitehead and Sydney Cynthia Oakes) was born in Jan 1850 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 27 Feb 1928 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in County Line Tolley Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
In the 1870 carter County, Tennessee Census, Francis Tolley was living with Daniel and his wife Rebecca.

Edward married Darcus Emaline Bennett about 1824 in North Carolina, , , . Darcus was born about 1801 in North Carolina, , , ; died about 1865 in , Yancey County, , North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sydney Cynthia Oakes about 1831 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Sydney (daughter of Barnabus Oakes and Sarah Hicks) was born about 1815 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]