Peter Forney

Peter Forney

Peter Forney (1756 – 1834) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Lincolnton, North Carolina, April 21, 1756; attended the public schools; served as a captain during the Revolutionary War; engaged in the manufacture of iron; member of the State house of commons 1794-1796; served in the State senate in 1801 and 1802; elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815); declined to be a candidate in 1814 for reelection to the Fourteenth Congress; retired from public life; died at his country home, “Mount Welcome,” in Lincoln County, North Carolina, on February 1, 1834; interment in the private burying ground on his estate. Father of Daniel Munroe Forney and grandfather of William Henry Forney.

See also

* Thirteenth United States Congress
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000279 U.S. Congress Biographical Directory entry]


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