History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883. Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980. p. 612. PLEASANT E. DOUTHITT, born Jan. 30, 1832, in Yelvington Precinct, was a son of James and Elizabeth (Barnett) Douthitt. During the late war he enlisted in Company B, Eighth Kentucky Cavalry, U. S. A., under J. A. Shackelford. His regiment was in many small battles and skirmishes, being mostly engaged in routing and capturing guerrillas and bushwhackers; also was with the party that routed Morgan from the State. Douthitt Barnett Shackelford Morgan = none http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/daviess/douthitt.pe.txt