| Last name | Tyson |
| First name | Elisha |
| Display name | Elisha Tyson |
| Birth date | 1749 |
| Death date | 1824 |
| Gender | m |
| Affiliations | Society of Friends, Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends. Committee on Indian Concerns |
| Bio notes | In 1789 helped found the Maryland Society for the Abolition of Slavery, and later supported the African Academy. Member of BYM Indian Committee; hosted meeting between Indian Delegation and BYM Indian Committee in 1801, appointed to visit Indians with George Ellicott, Gerard Hopkins, and Joel Wright in 1804, appointed to visit Miami and Potawatomi Indians in 1808 |
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815
A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804