Thomas Marsh Forman (January 4, 1809 – September 27, 1875) was a prominent
Confederate
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politician. He was born Thomas Forman Bryan in
Chatham County, Georgia
Chatham County ( ) is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Georgia, on the state's Atlantic coast. The county seat and largest city is Savannah. One of the original counties of Georgia, Chatham County was created February 5, 1777, a ...
to US Representative
Joseph Bryan
Joseph Bryan (August 18, 1773 – September 12, 1812) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's at-large congressional district from 1803 to 1806.
Early life
Bryan was born ...
and Delia Forman Bryan. In 1846 he changed his name in order to inherit the estate of his maternal grandfather of the same name.
Forman served in the Georgia state senate in 1847. Forman represented the state in the
Provisional Confederate Congress
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from August 1861 to February 1862, replacing Francis Stebbins Bartow who had been killed at the