Daniel Munroe Forney (May 1784October 15, 1847) was a United States Congressional Representative from

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. He was born near Lincolnton, North Carolina, in May 1784, the son of Peter Forney. Forney attended the public schools and the

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. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and served as a

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in the

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. He held several local offices. He was elected as a

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to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1815, until his resignation in 1818. He was appointed by President James Monroe as a commissioner to treat with the Creek Indians in 1820. He served as a member of the

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, 1823–1826. He moved to

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in 1834 and settled in Lowndes County where he resumed agricultural pursuits and became interested in various business enterprises. Forney died in Lowndes County on October 15, 1847, and was interred in the family burying ground there. He was the uncle of William Henry Forney. His home in Lincoln County, North Carolina, Ingleside built about 1817, was listed on the

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in 1972.

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U.S. Congress Biographical Directory entry
1784 births 1847 deaths People from Lincolnton, North Carolina North Carolina state senators Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina 19th-century American politicians

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