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Re: Texas Confederate Indigent Families Index

CONFEDERATE INDIGENT FAMILIES LISTS OF TEXAS 1863-1865 Transcribed by Linda Mearse. 1995.

This book has transcriptions of the counties in Texas which responded. Some counties never responded, some counties like Angelina County only responded once, while Bexar County responded three times.

To answer your questions specifically about if the book is a list of names or if there is other genealogical material, almost all county lists only have the name of the veteran and the number of dependents. For example: John Smith, 4.

There are some counties which list either Texas or CSA service and a handful, like McLennon County, that list the specific unit. A large number of counties sent letters which stated the list was impossible to complete for various reasons so an incomplete list was being sent.

As I look through this book, Limestone County's list dated Feb 21 1865 on pages 283-285 is 3 pages long and "Only" lists the names of the dead and their number of dependants. The cost of the war and number of widows/orphans for this small Texas county must have been tragic in every sense of the word.

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