Sorry; meant to shed the formatting; forgot.  :-)    Here is a short summary
of the pensions acts of which you seem to refer.

Confederate Pension Applications
1885-1901 & 1901-1942

The first general pension law in North Carolina for Confederate vererans and
widows was passed in 1885 and was restricted to veterans with serious
injuries, e.g., lost a leg, lost an eye, or the widows of veterans who died
in service. There were about 5,000 applications statewide under this
pension. The second, more general, pension was in 1901 and there were about
40,000 applications statewide under this pension.  Veterans and widows could
apply under both pensions, and some did.
If your ancestor or his widow applied for a Confederate pension in North
Carolina, copies of applications for both the 1885 and the 1901 schemes are
held by the NC Archives in Raleigh. Look at the NC Archives Web Site for
further information. For a brief history of the Pension Bureau, see the
recently published Guide to Research Materials in the North Carolina State
Archives: State Agency Records.
When requesting a Veteran's or Widow's pension file, please request only one
at a time, submit the MARS ID #, the Veteran's or Widow's Name, and their
County of Residence. Mail your request to the North Carolina State Archives,
4614 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-4614. NC residents may send
requests by FAX: (919) 733-1354, or by email: [log in to unmask] A small
fee is required for all out of state residence.

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