Alberty, Judge B. W. (See Downing) Bluford West Alberty, born February 17, 1853.
He married September 7, 1884 Louvinia Jane Adair nee Lewis, born May 13, 1862 in Washington County, Arkansas having previously been elected as a member of the Supreme Court. He was elected Chief on November 15, 1892. On the coming of statehood he was elected the first Judge Of Adair County in 1907.