12. General Peter Forney, (sketch of his life previously given) married Nancy, daughter of David Abernathy, of Lincoln county.  He had twelve children: 

1.  Daniel M. Forney married Harriet Brevard, of Lincoln county.

2.  Mary Forney married Christian Reinhardt, of Lincoln county.

3.  Moses Forney, (died in Alabama unmarried.)

4.  Jacob Forney married Sarah Hoke, of Lincoln county,

5.  Joseph Forney (died comparatively young.)

6.  Eliza Forney married 1st, Henry T. Webb, Esq., of North Carolina, and 2nd, Dr. John Meek, of Alabama.

7.  Susan Forney married Bartlett Shipp, Esq., of Lincoln county.

8.  Lavinia Forney married John Fulenwider, of Lincoln county.

9.  Nancy Forney married Dr. William Johnston, of Lincoln county.

10.  Caroline Forney married Ransom G. Hunley, of South Carolina.

11.  Sophia G. Forney married Dr. C.L.  Hunter, of Lincoln county.

12.  J. Monroe Forney married Sarah Fulenwider, of Cleaveland county.

13. Major Abram Forney, (sketch of his life previously given,) married Rachel Gabriel, of Lincoln county.  He only had two children: 

1.  Abram Earhardt Forney, a worthy citizen of the same county, and now (1876) considerably past his “three score years and ten,” and 2., John W. Forney, who died comparatively young.

Daniel M. Forney, eldest son of Gen. Peter Forney, received the appointment of Major in the war of 1812, and proceeded to the scene of conflict in Canada.  He served as a Representative to Congress from 1815 to 1818, and as a Senator from Lincoln county to the State Legislature from 1823 to 1826.  In 1834, he moved to Lowndes county, Ala., where he died in October, 1847, in the sixty-fourth year of his age.  He had seven children: 

1.  Eloise Forney married Gen. Jones Withers, of Mobile, Ala.

2.  Mariah Forney married Judge Moore, of Alabama,

3.  Alexander B. Forney, (died comparatively young.)

4.  Harriet Forney, (died young.)

5.  Macon Forney, (died young.)

6.  Susan Forney, married Dr. B.C.  Jones, of Alabama.

7.  Emma Forney married Col.  M. Smith, of Alabama.

2. Mary Forney, who married Christian Reinhardt, had five sons and four daughters.  One of the sons, Franklin M. Reinhardt, who remained in the State, was a worthy member of society, highly esteemed by all who knew him, and remarkable for his benevolent disposition and liberality to the poor.  He married Sarah, daughter of the late David Smith, of Lincoln county.  He died on the 12th of June, 1869, in the sixty-second year of his age.

3. Jacob Forney, who married Sarah Hoke, daughter of the late Daniel Hoke, formerly of Lincoln county, N.C., was an enterprising, useful and highly respected member of society, possessed many noble traits of character, and raised a large and interesting family.  He moved in 1835, from Lincoln county to Alabama, and settled in Jacksonville, where he died on the 24th of April, 1856, in the sixty-ninth, year of his age.  He had nine children: