# Peter Forney

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'''Peter Forney''' (April 21, 1756 &ndash; February 1, 1834) was a [U.S. Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina); born near [Lincolnton, North Carolina](/source/Lincolnton%2C_North_Carolina), April 21, 1756; attended the public schools; served as a [captain](/source/Captain_(U.S._Army)) during the [Revolutionary War](/source/American_Revolutionary_War); engaged in the manufacture of [iron](/source/iron);<ref name=hmdb>{{cite web|title=Forney's Corner|url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=36450|website=Historical Marker Database|accessdate=25 September 2015}}</ref> member of the [North Carolina House of Commons](/source/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives) 1794–1796; served in the [North Carolina Senate](/source/North_Carolina_Senate) in 1801 and 1802; elected as a [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [13th Congress](/source/13th_United_States_Congress) (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815); declined to be a candidate in 1814 for reelection to the [14th Congress](/source/14th_United_States_Congress); retired from public life; died at his country home, "Mount Welcome," in [Lincoln County, North Carolina](/source/Lincoln_County%2C_North_Carolina), on February 1, 1834; interment in the private burying ground on his estate.

He was the father of [Daniel M. Forney](/source/Daniel_Munroe_Forney) and grandfather of [William H. Forney](/source/William_H._Forney).

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