Lincoln County, NC - Peter Forney Cemetery


                       Peter Forney Cemetery
                          Lincoln County, NC

From Lowesville (on Hwy.16), take Old Plank Rd. (SR 1511) 2.8 miles.
Left on Mariposa Rd. (SR 1412) four-tenths of a mile. Site is in woods,
100 yds. to the left. Please ask permission from the owner.


1. Peter Forney
    A patriot soldier of the Revolution,
    Who was born April 21, 1756,
    Died Feb.1,1834.
    In public life the deceased aquited himself
    With reputation as a useful and efficent member of Congress
    As an elector from the people for President of the United States.
    He carried out the Republican principles
    Upon which he had acted through life
    By voting successively for Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Madison, Mr. Munroe,
    And Gen. Jackson and in all the relations of private life.
    He aquired the love and esteem of all who knew him.

(All of this is written on the tombstone.)

2. Mrs. Nancy Forney   was born March 1,1766 - died May 1,1847 (stone broken)
3. Joseph Forney     Born. Dec.22,1792 - Died. Dec.15,1812
                     son of Peter & Nancy Forney


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 Reprinted, with permission from Terry Waldrop, from the book "Old Gravesites
Revisited, Gaston & Lincoln Counties, Vol. 1".

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