Nancy was born in 1823 in Wilkinson, County, Georgia and moved with her parents, James Harrison and Delany Justice to Butler County, Alabama. Her parents are buried in the Harrison Cemetery in Butler County, near Greenville. Nancy married John Reddin Alford/Halford around 1842 in Alabama. The family was listed on the 1850 Rocky Mount District, Lowndes County, Alabama Federal Census as Redding Hallford (instead of Alford) and he was listed as a school teacher.
Not much is known about John ‘Reddin' and Nancy's everyday life. What we do know is tidbits of information handed down from various family members in and around Milam County, Texas and although these ‘tidbits' from this one or that one is ‘the same with a twist', none of it has been proven. Tradition has it that Nancy went to Florida during the Civil War to visit or bring home her wounded son. She went by train and took her 2 year old child. The child died on the way and the conductor had to stop the train to bury the child. Her wounded son died later as a young man and is buried in the Forest Grove Cemetery in Milam County. (Information from Tom Underwood, Rockdale, Texas)
(Although this story has been told by various family members in various parts of the country, I have found nothing to substantiate this information.)Nancy was described as a rather stern woman and a very hard worker.
Children of John Reddin Alford and Nancy Harrison

1. Rebecca – was born March 1843 in Alabama and died about 1907in Burneyville, Love County, Oklahoma.
2. James Reddin – was born August 12 1844 in Lowndes County, Alabama and died Oct 4, 1872 in Milam Co., TX.
3. Mary Clementine – born 1846 in Lowndes County, Alabama and died unknown (probably Milam County)
4. John William – was born January 1, 1848 in Lowndes County, Alabama and died May 20, 1870 in Milam Co., TX.
5. Sarah Elizabeth – was born 1849 in Lowndes County, Alabama and died February 18, 1883 in Milam County, Texas.
6. Hurst Justice – was born June 23, 1852 in Alabama and died Oct 11, 1902 in Milam Co., TX
7. Moses Thomas – was born November 6, 1853 and died May 6, 1932 in Milam Co., TX
8. Martha Catherine – was born March 1, 1855 in Butler County, Alabama and died February 23,1933 in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX.
9. Nathaniel Jefferson – was born August 13, 1861 in Butler or Covington County, Alabama and died June 24, 1921 in Milam Co., Texas.
10. Emily Francis – was born April 14, 1866 and died February 19, 1954 in Milam Co., TX.
Information from Rose Shelton