A History of Kentucky Baptists From 1769 to 1885, Including More Than 800 Biographical Sketches, J. H. Spencer, Manuscript Revised and Corrected by Mrs. Burilla B. Spencer, In Two Volumes. Printed For the Author. 1886. Republished By Church History Research & Archives 1976 Lafayette, Tennessee. Vol. 2, p 143 [Garrard County] MICHAEL DILLINGHAM was among the prominent preachers of South Kentucky Association. From whence he came to Kentucky, is not known; but he was an early settler in what is now Garrard county. He was a member of Gilbert's Creek church, and succeeded the venerable Joseph Bledsoe, as pastor of that congregation, at least as early as 1804. He was a prominent member of the Association, acting as its Moderator some five years, and serving on most of its important committees. He remained in the Association till about 1820. Dillingham Bledsoe = none http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/garrard/dillingham.m.txt