Searching: ALFORD, ALEXANDER, BARRETT, WARD. GGgrandfather, John B ALFORD, (parents unknown) married Martha Elizabeth WARD (daughter of Thomas S. WARD and Caroline _?_) in Rutherford County (1858). GGGgrandfather, James ALEXANDER and wife (possibly Elizabeth) 1840 time frame...two known sons (John H born 1828 and James H born 1825), also two sons younger and two daughters, one older and one same time frame (names, dates unknown). Known sons born in Smith County, confirmed in Rutherford by 1850. Located in northern part of Rutherford County (Valley District, District 15, District 5). John married Nancy Ann BARRETT in Rutherford County (1848), her family from Moore County, NC. James H married Sarah Ann COLEMAN (1849). Melissa in Colorado