Long before Buckhorn Lake was created and the state park established in 1964, a small community flourished for many generations here, along the middle fork of the Kentucky River.
Early records refer to this area as the Bowling District, founded by Reverend Jesse Bowling, his wife Mary Pennington, Reverend Duff and 50 other families. They were led to this remote area under the guidance of Daniel Boone. By the late 1800's Bowlingtown was a thriving community of hundreds. There was a post office, school, churches, grocery, saw mill, blacksmith and the Frontier Nursing Service. Local officials included a sheriff, magistrate, justice of the peace, and tax commissioner. The citizens were primarily farmers and coal miners. They were known to be patriotic, honest, kind, and well-educated people.
In 1960, when the construction of Buckhorn Lake began, Bowlingtown had to be abandoned and families relocated. Family graves (873) were re-interred to Buckhorn Cemetery. All were sad to leave their homeland of seven generations.
This cemetery which is located in Perry County is being listed here due to some of the interred were Leslie County Veterans and Residents.
1. Dan L. Abner, (1916 - 1944) KY 1st SGT 325 Glider INF WW II 2. Daniel B. Abner, (1922 - 1977) TEC 5 Army WW II
3. Washington Edward "Dickie" Abner, (1947 - 2009) SP 5 Army Vietnam
4. Lewis Amis, (1930 - 2006) US Airforce & SGT Army
5. Fred Barger, (1921 - 1946) KY PVT
6. Nelson Barger, (1894 - 1924) Army Company C, 102nd Infantry World War I
7. Nelson Gay Barger, (1843 - 1924) Civil War Union in Co I. 14 Kentucky CAV
8. Alexander Begley, (1935 - 1994) RCT Army
9. Elmer Begley, (1924 - 2000) Army WW II
10. Garfield Begley, (1886 - 1971) KY PVT Army WWI
11. Jackson Begley, (1919 - 1980) SGT Army WW II 12. Lee Begley, (1893 - 1935) KY PVT 12 INF
13. Lester Begley, (1906 - 1940) PVT Army
14. Robert John Begley, (1930 - 1974) Army
15. **Jesse Bolling, (1758 - 1841) Revolutionary War
16. Hale C. Bowling, (1919 - 1993) Army WW II
17. Woolery Bowling, (1839 - 1921) Q M SGT Co. L 14 KY CAV
18. Ervin E. Daniel, (1928 - 2000) S2 Navy
19. **John Henry Doughman, (1919 - 1979) Army WW II
20. Elmer Eversole, (1927 - 1996) PFC Army Korea
21. John J. Fenton, (1900 - 1991) PVT Army WW II
22. Charles "Carl" Gay, (1922 - 1988) PFC Army WW II
23. Leon Gilbert, (1958 - 2021) Army
24. Joe Hacker, (1898 - 1945) Kentucky Co. K 68 Infantry, World War I
25. Potter Hacker, (1917 - 1959) Kentucky TEC5 Co. C 701 TD BN WW II PH
26. William "Bill" Hobbs, (1920 - 2012) PFC Army WW II
27. Willie Walton Lambert, (1913 - 1990) PVT Army WW II
28. Vernon McIntosh, (1931 - 1987) CPL Army Korea
29. John F. McKnight, (1918 - 1979) PVT Army WW II
30. Floyd Morris, (1926 - 1969) Kentucky AMS2 Navy WW II
31. Buster Mosley, (1923 - 1988) Army WW II
32. Harry Oliver, (1887 - 1929) Kentucky PVT 20 INF
WWI
33. Homer Riley, (1941 - 1993) A2C Airforce
34. James Harvey Ross, (1916 - 1984) PFC Army WW II
35. Buford Sandlin, (1930 - 1981) CPL Army Korea
36. Richard Charles VanAusdal, (1948 - 2005) Army Vietnam
37. Henderson West, Saddler Co I 14 KY CAV Civil War
38. Glenn Wilder, (1916 - 1991) CPL Army WW II
39. William Delaney Couch, (1894 - 1940) no military info available.
**Jesse Bolling was in the battle of the Cowpens during the Revolution. He came to Ky. in 1810 and settled in Clay Co. on the Middle Fork of the Ky. River. That section of Clay Co. later became Perry Co. and then Leslie Co. Jesse enlisted in the Revolutionary war in 1780 in Wilkes Co. NC. He marched to Salisbury and was employed in guarding British and Tory prisoners. He marched with the prisoners from the Salisbury line to VA with the British in pursuit. He served three months and was discharged. In the spring of 1781 he reenlisted in Wilkes Co. NC and marched from there down the Yadkin River to the trading ford and was used in guarding against an invasion by the British.
In July or August, 1781, he again re-enlised in Grayson Co. Va. as a light horse soldier and marched to NC to a place where the troops guarded a town against the British.
1 Cemetery
39 Veterans
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