Peter Forney (April 21, 1756 – February 1, 1834) was a

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from

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; born near

Lincolnton, North Carolina Lincolnton is a city in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States, within the Charlotte metropolitan area. The population was 10,486 at the 2010 census. Lincolnton is northwest of Charlotte, on the South Fork of the Catawba River. The city i ...

, April 21, 1756; attended the public schools; served as a

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during the Revolutionary War; engaged in the manufacture of

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; member of the

North Carolina House of Commons The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the North C ...

1794–1796; served in the

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in 1801 and 1802; elected as a

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to the

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(March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815); declined to be a candidate in 1814 for reelection to the 14th Congress; retired from public life; died at his country home, "Mount Welcome," in

Lincoln County, North Carolina Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,810. Its county seat is Lincolnton. Lincoln County is included in the Charlotte- Concord- Gastonia, NC- SC Metropolitan Statis ...

, on February 1, 1834; interment in the private burying ground on his estate. He was the father of Daniel M. Forney and grandfather of

William H. Forney William Henry Forney (November 9, 1823 – January 16, 1894) was an Alabama legislator, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and U.S. Representative from Alabama from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1893. E ...

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1756 births 1834 deaths People from Lincolnton, North Carolina Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina

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