Marshal Robert Forsyth

Death by Force

Marshal Robert Forsyth, a 40-year-old white male, was the first U.S. Marshal killed in the line of duty. On January 11, 1794, while attempting to serve civil court papers to Beverly Allen, a former churchman, Forsyth was shot and killed. The incident occurred in Augusta, Georgia, not Saint-Elmo. Forsyth, who had been appointed the first marshal for the District of Georgia by President George Washington in 1789, was a respected lawman and a contemporary of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee. He was al ...Read More

Marshal Robert Forsyth, United States Department of Justice

U.S. Marshal Robert Forsyth (1754 – 1794)

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