The following is an excerpt from the book, Sketches of Our Mountain Pioneers, edited by J. W. West. It contains a somewhat humorous account of an event in the life of Chester Bullard.
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At what time in his life he moved to Snowville, Va., is not known. At that place was a church known as Cypress Grove, which Bullard soon won over to the Restoration Plea. He built his home, “Humility,” on the opposite hill near the church. This church was the second that Bullard established. For many years Snowville was known as “The Jerusalem” of Southwest Virginia.
For many years the converts of Dr. Bullard were called Bullardites. Once while baptizing in a mountain stream, Dr. Bullard was annoyed by a group of boys perched on a limb over the pool, who, as each convert was baptized, would cry out, “Hurrah for the Bullardites.” Finally, just as the last convert had been baptized, the limb broke and the boys fell into the stream. When the boys had emerged from the water Dr. Bullard shouted, “Hurrah for the Devilites.”