I sent a request to Texas State Archives, (as I had been instructed by a USGENWEB site), to have copies made of a pension application found in an online index. Below is their response. I thought you might wish to know of it in the event you might need to access a file of this sort. Mary Ellen From: Archives Info [mailto:archinfo@tsl.texas.gov] Sent: Monday, February 8, 2016 9:27 AM To: Mary Ellen Wexler <me@wexonline.net <mailto:me@wexonline.net> > Subject: RE: Civil War Pension Application Your request for photocopies of Confederate Pension Applications was received by the staff of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. We are pleased to inform you that these records have been digitized and are now available online from Ancestry.com and Ancestry Library Edition. If you or your local library has access to one of these resources, you may wish to view and/or print your copies from that site. The title of the database containing the Texas Confederate Pension Applications is Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Although we no longer photocopy the original documents, we can print copies of the digitized images available on Ancestry. If you would like for us to print the images, please let us know and we will provide you with a price quote. All images will be printed on 8.5" x 11" paper and our copy fee is $.10 per page, plus postage. If you have any questions concerning your request, please do not hesitate to contact us directly. Library Staff sv Texas State Library and Archives Commission 512-463-5455 archinfo@tsl.texas.gov <mailto:archinfo@tsl.texas.gov> www.tsl.texas.gov <http://www.tsl.texas.gov>