Descendants of Eliza Forney (2nd marriage) and Dr. John Meek were: 

1.  Samuel T. Meek, married Miss Cabeen, of South Carolina.

2.  John A. Meek, of Franklin, Ky., married Miss Newton, of Arkansas.

3.  Lavinia Meek married, 1st, Col.  Harry Williams, of Louisiana and 2nd, E.B.  Cryer, of Trenton, Louisiana.

4.  Nancy, and 5, Sarah Meek.

Bartlett Shipp, who married Susan Forney, served in the State Legislature from 1824 to 1830, and was one of the delegates from Lincoln county in 1835, to amend the constitution.  He was an able lawyer, had a large practice for many years, and died in Lincolnton, on the 26th of May, 1869, in the eighty fourth year of his age.  His descendants were: 

1.  Eliza Shipp married William Preston Bynum, Esq., at present one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of North Carolina.

2.  William M. Shipp, Esq., married 1st, Catharine Cameron, of Hillsboro, and 2d, Margaret Iredell, of Raleigh.

3.  Susan Shipp married V.Q.  Johnson, Esq., of Virginia.

Descendants of John Fulenwider and Lavinia Forney were: 

1.  John M. Fulenwider married Frances Hudson, of Alabama.

2.  Eliza Fulenwider married L.M.  Rudisill, Esq., of Catawba county, N.C.

3.  Robert Fulenwider married Mary Sellers of Alabama.

4.  Daniel Fulenwider married Mary Ann Leslie of Alabama.

5.  Jane Fulenwider married Joshua Kirby, of Alabama.

6.  Fannie Fulenwider, married James Gore, of Alabama.

7.  Louisa Fulenwider married Robert Loyd, of Alabama.

8.  Mary Fulenwider, (unmarried.)

For descendants of Dr. William Johnston and Nancy Forney see
“Genealogy of Colonel James Johnston.”

Descendants of Ransom G. Hunley and Carolina Forney, were: 

1.  Richard R. Hunley married Martha S. Johnston, of Lincoln county.

2.  Col.  Peter F. Hunley married Margaret Johnston, of Lincoln county.

3.  Mary Hunley married Gen. E.W.  Martin, of Alabama.

4.  Annie Hunley married Alfred Agee, Esq., of Alabama.

5.  Ransom Hunley, (died young.)

Descendants of Dr. C.L.  Hunter and Sophia G. Forney, were: 

1.  Nancy Jane Hunter, (died young.)

2.  Caroline Elmina Hunter, (died young.)

3.  Henry Stanhope Hunter (severely wounded in the late war.)

4.  Capt.  George William Hunter, mortally wounded in the battle at Chancellorsville, Va.

5.  Sophia F. Hunter married John H. Sharp, Esq., of Norfolk, Va.

CHAPTER VI.

GASTON COUNTY.

Gaston county was formed in 1846, from Lincoln county, and derives its name from William Gaston, one of the most distinguished men of North Carolina, and late one of the Judges of the Supreme Court.  In the language of one who knew him well (the late Chief Justice Ruffin) “he was a great Judge, and a good man.”  Its capital, Dallas, is named in honor of the Hon. George M. Dallas, Vice-President of the United States in 1844.