Thomas Forsyth (Indian agent), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Forsyth (Indian agent)

Illiois frontiersman, trader and U.S. Indian Agent

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1771

Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 24-Oct-1833

Profession: trader

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Major Thomas Forsyth (December 5, 1771 – October 29, 1833) was a 19th-century American frontiersman and trader who served as a U.S.
Indian agent to the Sauk and Fox during the 1820s and was replaced by Felix St.
Vrain, prior to the Black Hawk War.
His writings, both prior to and while an Indian agent, provided an invaluable source of the early Native American history in the Northwest Territory.
His son, Robert Forsyth, was a colonel in the United States Army and an early settler of Chicago, Illinois.