Order of birth for children isn't known. It is assumed that they all belong to this family based on the information listed below.
A-5-1-8-3; Capt. 'Nat' S. Offutt; 1842-1875
Ref: Adjutant General Report for Kentucky Vol. 1, pp. 646-647 and also shown in Vol. 2, pp. 276-277: 2nd LT. N. S. Offutt, Co. E, 5th KY Cavalry. Elected 9/2/1862.
Found in Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky. Series M377 Roll #10. 3 index cards, 1 for Offatt, Nat S., 1 for Offatt Nat C., 1 for Offutt, N. S. 2 Offatt cards refer to original filed under Offutt, N. S.
Compiled Service Records KY State Library and Archives
Drawer 528 Microfilm #319-34: 5th KY Calvary C.S.A.
Nat C. Offat, Co. E, 5th KY Calvary, 2nd LT./LT. Filed with Offutt, N. S. enlisted: 2 Sep 1862 at Lexington, KY by Gen. Buford for 3 years. shows never having been paid
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N. S. Offutt appears on a description roll of POWs at Camp Chase, OH
arrested: Salineville, OH 26 Jul 1863
received at Camp Chase 28 Jul 1863
whence: Dellsville, OH by order of Maj. Gen. Brooks
transferred to Johnson Island 10 Oct 1863
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Nat C. Offutt LT., Co. E, 5th Cav.
Roll of POWs at depot Prisoners of War, near Sandusky, OH
cap: 26 Jul 1863
joined: Oct 1863
where from: Camp Chase
remarks: Released on Oath of Amnesty 9 May 1865
correction in pencil
change name Nat S. Offutt
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Nat S. Offutt
LT. Co. E 5th KY Cav.
swore oath of amnesty at Johnson's Island 9 May 1865
residence: Georgetown, KY
complexion: light
hair: light
eyes: gray
height: 5 ' 11 l/2"
captured at Salineville, OH 22 Jul 1865
Ref: Widow's Pension, 19 July 1912 (Kentucky Pension Index #1818, Scott Cty, KY, 7/19/1912)
Mollie Viley Offutt, widow of N. S. Offutt
Mollie, of Georgetown, b. 1848, m. Georgetown (or Cisstic/ Cincinnati, Ohio) Nathaniel S. Offutt, b. 8 Sept. 1842, enlisted 1862 at Georgetown in Company E, 5th Kentucky Cavalry. Was captured at Washington, Ga. He died at Prince Valley Soldiers' Home. Left a family, James D. and M. V. Offutt.
Additional letter - same company for about a year, captured in Pennsylvania, the said fact known by common knowledge.
Confederate Pension Dept., Ky.
Nathaniel S. Offutt enlisted 2 Sept. 1862. Co. E, 5th Ky. Cavalry, captured 20 July 1863 in Salineville, Ohio, and released 9 May 1865 at Johnson's Island, Ohio, upon taking the oath of allegiance. Proven by records. Signed: J. Tandy Ellis; Adj. General
Ref: "Register of Kentucky Historical Society", Vol. 56, #3, July l958, page 249
N. S. Offutt, Lieutenant in the 5th Cavalry, wrote letters to his father accounting his war experiences, his capture at Buffington, Ohio, while on Morgan's Raid, 19 July 1863, and his prison life at Camp Chase and Johnson's Island.
Ref: "History of Scott Co., Ky.", by B. 0. Gaines, Vol. 2, pub. 1904, page 83
Capt. 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 Co., Sept. 8, l842.
His father was Col. Lewis B. Offutt. On April 17th, 1867, he married Mary E. Viley. He has two children living (1904) Milton Viley and Joe Offutt. The former is a farmer and the latter a dealer in horses.
Capt. 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 since has been practicing his profession.
Ref: "Georgetown Weekly Times, Aug 31, 1881"
Sale of town property:
Capt. Nat S. Offutt, Real Estate Agent, sold for Mrs. James H. Thompson, her house & lot on S. Hamilton ST. to Mrs. Elizabeth Scott of Mt. Sterling for $3,000, equal to cash. Mrs. Scott is the mother of Mr. William Mitchell.
Ref: "Georgetown Cemetery, Scott Cty, KY, Book IV, p. 20"
Mary Viley Offutt 1848-1929, wife of Capt. Nat Offutt
Nat Offutt died 1909
Obituary for Nat Offutt as printed in the "Confederate Home Messenger" (Feb. 1909)
Mr. Nat Offutt was born in Harrison County, Kentucky, September 8, 1842. He enlisted in the Confederate army June 9, 1862, in Co. E, 5th KY Calvary, and served through the war. He came to the Home September 2, 1908, and died March 3, 1909. His body was taken to Georgetown for burial, accompanied by Mr. R. S. Redd, from the Home. He was quite an invalid when he came to the Home.
[For some reason the obituary was run in the March issue as well. The second was substantially the same as the first with only two major changes. It left out the last sentence and also noted that he came to the Home from Georgetown, so it would seem that he went back home after the war. Obituary information provided by Darlene Mercer (secesh1@juno.com)]