| Samuel Forwood | |
| State House: | Alabama |
| Term Start: | 1876 |
| Term End: | 1876 |
| Term Start2: | 1839 |
| Term End2: | 1839 |
| Birth Place: | Harford County, Maryland, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Clarke County, Alabama, U.S. |
| Spouse: | |
| Children: | 11 |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Samuel Forwood (– October 27, 1892) was an American politician and slave owner from Alabama. He served as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives, representing Clarke County in 1839 and 1876.
Samuel Forwood was born to John Forwood in Harford County, Maryland. His father was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates.[1] [2]
In the fall of 1830, Forwood moved to Clarke County, Alabama.[1] He founded the plantation Gosport Retreat in Gosport in the early 1830s. The name Gosport was a reduced form of God's Port. He served as postmaster of Gosport when the post office was established in 1834. He purchased the estate of Governor John Murphy in Gosport.[3] [4] Forwood was a slaveholder[5] and owned a plantation during the Civil War. His plantation after the war had about .[1]
Forwood served as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives, representing Clarke County in 1839 and 1876. He served in the Alabama constitutional conventions of 1865 and 1875.[6] [7] [8]
He was chairman of the Lee Monument Association of Alabama.[2]
Forwood married Rachael Cooper Stump of Stafford in 1828. They had one son, W. Stump. His wife died in 1830.[1] After moving to Alabama, he married Martha J. Morriss in 1834. They had ten children.[1] [9] His son W. Stump Forwood worked as a physician and founded the Harford Medical Society in Harford County, Maryland.[10]
Forwood lived in Gosport, Alabama.[6] He was a member of the Methodist Church.[6]
Forwood died on October 27, 1892, at the age of 94, at his plantation in Clarke County.[1]