Samuel LeFors

Samuel was b in NC in 1785, son of Raney La Force & Mary Gillespie. His father was French & his mother Irish. When he was still an infant his father took his family to Fayette Co., KY.

In about 1806 in Scott Co he married Margery Montgomery (1792 - 1876), daughter of Henry Montgomery. Henry was an Irish refugee who had come to America, served in the War of 1812 & died on his way home from service.

Samuel's older children were born in Scott Co: James Jefferson 1808-1881, John S. 1813-1874, Anna (m. Henson) 1812, Mary (m. Henson) 1814, Sarah (m. Weatherman) 1816, Eleanor (m. Casebier) 1818-1904, Henry 1818-1902, Thomas M. c. 1823-1862, Samuel 1824-1877 & Whitfield Collins in 1830-1900. In 1831 he moved to Morgan Co ILL & 2 years later to Green Co MO to an area which later included Dade Co where he was a pioneer settler. William Green was born there in 1835-1902.

In 1848 he & some of his sons went to TX - perhaps to Hopkins Co, where he died the next year. 4 or 5 years later his wife & sons moved back eastward to Benton Co Ark where 2 older sons, John & Samuel, had already established themselves. His oldest son James had moved to Jenny Lind in Sebastian Co southeast of Ft. Smith.

Rene, his father, had changed the spelling of his first name to Raney. Samuel changed the spelling of the family name to Lefors, apparently the only one of the family to do so.

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Samuel was b in NC in 1785, son of Raney La Force & Mary Gillespie. His father was French & his mother Irish. When he was still an infant his father took his family to Fayette Co., KY.

In about 1806 in Scott Co he married Margery Montgomery (1792 - 1876), daughter of Henry Montgomery. Henry was an Irish refugee who had come to America, served in the War of 1812 & died on his way home from service.

Samuel's older children were born in Scott Co: James Jefferson 1808-1881, John S. 1813-1874, Anna (m. Henson) 1812, Mary (m. Henson) 1814, Sarah (m. Weatherman) 1816, Eleanor (m. Casebier) 1818-1904, Henry 1818-1902, Thomas M. c. 1823-1862, Samuel 1824-1877 & Whitfield Collins in 1830-1900. In 1831 he moved to Morgan Co ILL & 2 years later to Green Co MO to an area which later included Dade Co where he was a pioneer settler. William Green was born there in 1835-1902.

In 1848 he & some of his sons went to TX - perhaps to Hopkins Co, where he died the next year. 4 or 5 years later his wife & sons moved back eastward to Benton Co Ark where 2 older sons, John & Samuel, had already established themselves. His oldest son James had moved to Jenny Lind in Sebastian Co southeast of Ft. Smith.

Rene, his father, had changed the spelling of his first name to Raney. Samuel changed the spelling of the family name to Lefors, apparently the only one of the family to do so.-Source "Find a Grave"