Alan, thank you for the response. I knew of the Confederate Citizens files but just didn't go there mentally on this one. No question the affidavit includes my guy. There are other pages shown but it appears they are for a Thos./Thomas Leach/Leech for supplies for the Confederates. Interestingly, Thornton and his one brother for sure, R. H., appear on the Confederate indigent list for Wood County, Texas from 1863-1865. I'm not sure what that means if they were soldiers, why no service records? Can anyone help on that one? Their brother-in-law, M. Etheridge, served with the William Starr whose affidavit is attested to for his widow.