It is known that he was a "buljukbaša" (hajduk commander) under the famous "obor-knez" beneath the Medvednik mountain, Ilija Birčanin. After the Slaughter of the Knezes Milić Kedić from Suvodanje was appointed the new "obor-knez". Bobovac remained "buljukbaša" under Kedić, until the latter's death in 1809, when Bobovac was appointed a "knez" (a governor of a "knežina", "district") in Revolutionary Serbia. The district was called "Bobovac's "knežina"" ().