I focused on the documents of Jerry Tyson. Jerry Tyson was a soldier from Nashville, Tennessee. These documents also give a brief insight of the life of Catharine Tyson, Jerry Tyson’s wife who became a widow at the age of 24. According to her declaration, they married on July 15, 1859. They were married during slavery and since they were both slaves, no records were saved. Jerry and Catharine had no children together. Catherine was set to receive a pension of $8 per month beginning April 13,1864. With the information from the files, I can infer that Catherine suffered during this time of her life. In the third article, she states that her husband's death was unknown. According to her, they were not able to find a witness who was with her husband during the time of his death. It was until around 1867, that Daniel Anderson, was found to be a credible witness of Tyson’s death. Anderson stated, he also helped to bury Tyson’s body. Catherine seemed to have dealt with a lot of uncertainty with her husband’s death.

-Mary Perez