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Source: John J Dickey's 1898 Diary ("Kentucky Explorer, Vol 23, #10, April 2009, pages 69 & 70).
"I was born in Leslie County, Kentucky (then Clay County), on April 8, 1857. I was born on Bull Creek. My father was John Bolling. My mother was Susan Napier. My paternal grandfather was James Bowling. His wife was Mahala Wilson. My great-grandfather Bolling was named Eli. He came from Licking River, Tennessee, to Clay County, Kentucky, in 1807. His sister, Mary, called Mollie, came with him and became the wife of Rev. John Gilbert. His brothers, Levi, John, and James came with him; also a sister, Nancy, who married a Sizemore. My great-grandfather settled on Bear Creek, Clay County. He paid for a tract of land on that creek, containing 1,500 acres, by herding hogs one winter on the mast. Dan and Dave Bolling (sons of James Bowling) owned and resided on it. They sold it in the boom for $7,000, but the parties failed to pay for it. Rev. Jesse Bowling who settled on the North Fork in Breathitt County was the uncle of Eli, John, James, Levi, Mary, and Nancy Bowling. This is the way that I have always heard it. I have heard my father say that he heard Rev. John Gilbert say that he had the settling of Clay County. He first thought that he would settle at the mouth of Hector, but he finally had to settle higher up Red Bird. Taylor Gilbert says that his grandfather, Rev. John Gilbert, preached in "Hardshell" doctrine, but I have heard many old people say that he did not, but preached a free salvation for all. Hector Creek was named by John Gilbert in honor of a favorite bear dog by that name which was killed by a bear on it. Old John Hays who lived and died on Hector, said that the Bowlings above mentioned all came from Tennessee that is, that Jesse Bowling of North Fork came from the same place that the others did. Hays died five years ago at the age of 92. He said there was a Levi Bowling in that neighborhood, Uncle to Eli and perhaps brother of Jesse above mentioned. I think old John Gilbert came from the same place. Taylor Gilbert wrote them a few years ago to get the ordination of Jesse Bowling, and others ordained John Gilbert but failed to get them. I have always learned that the Harshells broke off from the Baptist Church in 1833. They were 100,000 strong at first, and in 60 years, they had fallen off to 40,000. I learned it from Throckmorton and Potter debate held in Indiana. Silas Hensley, on this creek has a copy. I joined the church in 1884, am a preacher in the Missionary Baptist Church. (I tried to type this exactly as it appeared but may have made a typo, my appreciation to KY Explorer for printing this & also to John J Dickey for having the foresight he had by interviewing these people and keeping a record of what they said)
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