Joseph Bullard (b. ~1732) originated in this group and eventually settled in eastern Tennessee around 1775.
In the mid 1770’s, John Bullard’s father, Joseph Bullard, migrated west from North Carolina to the Nolichucky settlement in what is now present day Greene County, Tennessee. This journey occurred between 1774-1775. The Bullard family was one of the original settlers in eastern
Tennessee.
By the mid 1770’s, many Scots-Irish settlers left North Carolina and migrated west over the Blue Ridge Mountains to escape British taxation laws and to acquire cheap and more fertile land. In 1774/75, John Bullard (~10) accompanied his father, Joseph, and family on the long and difficult journey to resettle in the “backcounty.”
Joseph Bullard, led the way with his long rifle over his shoulders. The oldest children, Isaac (~15) and John Bullard drove the pack horses, cattle and livestock. Under the watchful eye of Martha Bullard, Ann (~11), Phoebe (~7), Christopher (~3), and Martha (~2) rode in the wagon burdened with household goods, skillets, small meal sacks, tools and farming implements
In 1788, at Lookout Mountain near present day Chattanooga, Tennessee, John’s father, Major Joseph Bullard, was killed in an ambush by a Chickamauga war party. After his father’s untimely death, it appears John Bullard became the family administrator of his father’s 3,000+ acre Revolutionary War land grants. Over time, John would prove himself to be an able body man of keen administrative skills.
https://www.bullardgenealogy.com/resources/JohnBullardSrNarrative%20Ver3.pdf
