The B.O. Gaines History of Scott County, Kentucky, Vol. II. First Published in 1904, Reprinted in 1981 by the Frye Printing Co., Georgetown, KY Captain Nat S. Offutt, who has been a breeder of fine horses, and an auctioneer until recently, when he became a member of the bar. He was born in Harrison county September 8th, 1842. His father was Col. Lewis B. Offutt. On April 17th, 1867, he married Mary E. Viley. He has two (sic) children living - Milton, Viley and Joe Offutt. The former is a farmer and the latter a dealer in horses. Captain Offutt was Deputy Sheriff for four years under John Glenn and George Tilford. He was City Treasurer of Georgetown and for a while a Constable of the county. He enlisted as a Confederate in 1861, and was captured while under Morgan and kept a prisoner for 22 months in the Ohio raid. In 1896 he was admitted to the bar, and has since been practicing his profession. Offutt Glenn Tilford Viley Morgan = Harrison-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/scott/offutt.ns.txt