Grover C. Ramsey, comp., Confederate Postmasters in Texas (Waco: W. M. Morrison, 1963); Gammel, comp., The Laws of Texas 1822-1897, vol. 5, p. 837; Hank Bieciuk and H. G. "Bill" Corbin, Texas Confederate County Notes & Private Scrip (1961), p. 90, which contains a reproduction of a Neer, James & Co. note. McLeary was the first postmaster at Osage.