Daniel Munroe Forney

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Daniel Munroe Forney (1784 - 1847) was Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Lincolnton, North Carolina, in May 1784, he was son of Peter Forney.

Forney attended the public schools and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, and served as a major in the War of 1812. He held several local offices: elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1815, until his resignation in 1818; appointed by President James Monroe a commissioner to treat with the Creek Indians in 1820; served as a member of the State senate 1823-1826. He moved to Alabama in 1834 and settled in Lowndes County; resumed agricultural pursuits and became interested in various business enterprises.

Forney died in Lowndes County, Ala. on October 15, 1847. He was interred in the family burying ground at Lowndes County, Ala. He was the uncle of William Henry Forney.