John Adger was born in South Carolina 1808, the son of William Adger and Susannah McCrorey. He came to Bossier Parish around 1860. John had many siblings: Margaret, Agnes, Jane, William, Mary, James, and Robert. The Adger family was large slave holders.

Children of John Adger (1808/1866) & Margaret Gray Ellison

1. William Ellison Adger – 1837/1877  m/Mary Moultrie Gamble
2. Susan Ellison Adger – 1840/1858

Grandchildren of John & Margaret Gray Adger
Children of William Ellison Adger & Mary Moultrie Gamble

1. John Adger – 1861/?
2. Willie Adger – 1863/1863
3. Jane Richmond Adger – 1865/1945  m/William Eramus Glassell Dec 15, 1886
4. William Ellison Adger Jr - 1869/1875
5. James Ross Adger – 1871/1877
6. Ellison M Adger – 1875/1945  m/Mary Elizabeth Betty Haden & children with Rose Player

I’m not sure on this first generation of Adger slaves, they all have the Adger name, I’m listing them the best I can. It will look like cousins getting married but I think they all just had the Adger name.
Children/grandchildren of Rose Adger (1790/?) SC & unknown father

1. Marina “Ma” Jane Adger – 1809/? / Ma Jane Adger Story
2. Solomon Adger – 1820/?  m/Miley Player
3. Moses Adger – 1820/?  m/Susan ? & children with Sophia ?
4. Sarah Adger – 1821/?  m/Stephens Player
5. Andrew Adger – 1830/?  m/Patsy ?
6. Noah Adger – 1842/?  m/Emma Whittaker   1878

Children of Isaac Adger (1807/?) SC & unknown spouses

1. Sam Adger – 1847/?  m/Betsy Doal
2. Minnie Adger – 1854/?  m/John Nelson
3. Scott Adger – 1856/?
4. Tom Adger – 1863/?  m/Clara Armstrong & Minnie Craig
5. Sracey Adger – 1865/?
6. Bog Adger – 1866/?
7. T Adger – 1867/?
8. Son Adger – 1875/?

With Sarah Adger

1. Nelson Adger – 1860/1940  m/Deaby Jenkins
2. Mary Adger – 1880/1945  m/unknown Cragg

With Doroh Harrington

1. Robert Adger – 1864/1931  m/Della Craig & Lizzie Dixon

Children of Solomon Adger & Miley Player
Miley Player is born around 1825 so the last few kids here have to be grandkids.

1. Sanders Adger – 1843/?  m/Mallie ?
2. Thos Adger – 1845/?
3. John Adger – 1850/?  m/Elizabeth Bolder
4. Rosetta Adger – 1852/?  m/Joe Bradford
5. Beek Adger – 1854/?
6. Richard Adger – 1854/?
7. Joshua Adger – 1855/?  m/Betty Fopp
8. Douglas Adger – 1856/?  m/Elzie Hickory & Amandy Player
9. Nancy Adger – 1858/?
10. Rebecca Adger – 1859/?  m/George Jackson
11. Sol Adger – 1860/1938  m/Nannie Bradford Jan 24, 1896 & children with Gincy & Jessie Bradford
12. Dock Adger – 1862/1918  m/Ester Brown
13. Julia Adger – 1864/?
14. Annie Adger – 1865/?  m/John Bradford
15. Sallie Adger – 1869/?
16. Jim Adger – 1870/?  m/Annie ? 1893
17. Samuel Adger – 1871/?  m/Mollie Taylor
18. Joseph Adger – 1871/?

Children of Moses Adger
With Susan ? (1822/?)

1. Yancie Adger – 1850/?
2. Silvie Adger – 1853/?
3. Lizzie Adger – 1865/?  m/Morris Maple

With Sophia ? (1830/?)

1. Gammer Adger – 1852/?
2. Maggie Adger – 1852/1933  m/Sam Player
3. Civilla Adger – 1855/?
4. Emmer Adger – 1865/?

Children of Sarah Adger & Stephens Player

1. Phil Player – 1867/1930

With unknown father

1. Bitha Adger – 1839/?  m/Samuel Harrison

Children of Andrew Adger & Patsy ? (1840/?)

1. Winnie Adger – 1865/?  m/Warren Jones
2. Tamie Adger – 1867/?
3. Fannie Adger – 1868/?  m/John Hartwell
4. Adaline Adger – 1870/?
5. Andrew Adger – 1872/?
6. Craig Adger – 1880/?

Children of Noah Adger & Emma Whittaker

1. Hettie Adger – 1875/1963
2. Cora Adger – 1877/1979  m/Jason White
3. Marie Adger – 1879/1967  1 child with unknown father
4. Nazarene Adger – 1880/?
5. Uasarru Adger – 1880/?
6. Henry Adger – 1882/?  m/Dolly ?
7. Betsy Adger – 1886/?
8. Dora Adger – 1886/1906
9. Corjuine Adger – 1886/1975
10. Florence Adger – 1888/1986  m/Abe Randle
11. Mozelle Adger – 1890/1925  m/Tom Anderson

SECONG GENERATION ADGERS

Children of Sam Adger & Betsy Doal

1. John Adger – 1867/1952  m/Rose Player & Janie Lister

Children of Minnie Adger & John Nelson

1. Sallie Nelson – 1875/?
2. Nancy Nelson – 1878/1918  m/Leman Cade & Arthur Tom Scroggins
3. Willie Nelson – 1881/1917
4. Laura Nelson – 1886/?
5. John Nelson – 1888/1920  m/Katie ?
6. Annie Nelson – 1896/1923  m/Willie G Nichols

Children of Tom Adger
With Clara Armstrong (1880/1917)

1. Tom Adger Jr – 1890/?  m/Mattie Smith
2. Caldwell Adger – 1897/?  m/Mary ?
3. Ruby Adger – 1897/?  m/Robert Porter & Joe Rivers
4. Dearl Adger – 1910/?

With Minnie Craig (1869/1937)

1. Willie Adger – 1898/1937  m/Charlotte Frederick

Children of Sanders Adger & Mallie (1854/?)

1. Allie Belle Adger – 1883/?
2. John S Adger – 1887/1923  m/Mary E
3. Jennie Adger – 1888/?
4. Bibay Adger – 1895/?

Children of John Adger & Elizabeth Bolder

1. Joshua Adger – 1876/?
2. Janie Adger – 1881/1932  m/John Caldwell

Children of Rosetta Adger & Jordan Bradford

1. Mildred Bradford – 1873/1952
2. Joe Bradford – 1875/?  m/Eliza ?
3. Milley Bradford – 1877/?
4. Jordan Bradford Jr – 1879/? 
5. Laura Bradford – 1881/?
6. William Bradford – 1883/?  m/Maggie Carroll
7. John F Bradford – 1887/?  m/Lillie Mary Moore
8. Solomon Bradford – 1888/1957  m/Mary Hall
9. Henry Bradford – 1889/?  m/Easter ?
10. Rosa Bradford – 1894/?

Children of Joshua Adger & Betsy Fopp

1. Joshua Adger Jr – 1876/1935  m/Rockay Roxie Bradford
2. Samy Adger – 1890/?  m/Rosetta Campbell
3. Miley Adger – 1892/1919  m/Jesse Cook
4. Angeline Adger – 1894/?
5. Catt C Adger – 1898/1975  m/Reo Jackson & Leola Patterson
6. Lennie Adger – 1907/1947  m/Nathaniel Capers

Children of Douglas Adger
With Amandy Player

1. William Ellison Adger – 1879/1972  m/Lucy Johnie Ford   1905
2. Douglas Adger Jr – 1880/1946  m/Annie Adger (daughter of Rose Player & Ellison Adger)

With Elzie Hickory

1. Mary D Adger – 1883/?
2. Bertha Adger – 1887/1927  m/M D Douglas
3. Mattie R Adger – 1887/?
4. Bessie Adger – 1890/1990
5. A B Adger – 1891/?
6. James Adger – 1893/?
7. John B Adger – 1900/?

Children of Rebecca Adger & George Jackson

1. Dave Jackson – 1895/1953

Children of Sol Adger
With Gincy Bradford

1. Jackson Adger – 1882/1956
2. Bessie Adger – 1885/1953
3. Israel Adger – 1886/?
4. Robert Adger – 1888/?
5. Cesission Adger – 1895/?
6. Sam Adger – 1897/1971  m/Lula “Miss Bitt” Gipson

With Jessie Bradford

1. Thomas Adger – 1884/1953  m/Clyde ?

With Nannie Bradford

1. Tillie Bradford  - 1908/1972 

Children of Jim Adger & Annie ?

1. Frances Adger – 1894/?
2. William Adger – 1896/?
3. Mary Adger – 1898/?

Children of Maggie Adger & Sam Player

1. Rolla Player - 1875/?
2. Raleigh Preston Player – 1876/1944  m/Pearline B Bailey
3. Dolly Player – 1877/?
4. Samuel Player – 1889/?  m/Carrie Willis
5. Maggie Player – 1893/1951  m/Arthur Chambers & Jesse Charles
6. Evelyn Player – 1894/?  m/Albert Sidney Jones
7. Maier A Player – 1896/?
8. Hazie D Player – 1897/?
9. Mary Player – 1899/?  m/Ike Bradley

Children of Lizzie Adger & Morris Maple

1. Minnie Maple – 1885/1954  m/Walter Willie Bratton
2. Morris maple Jr – 1893/1951  m/Mandy Brown

Children of Bitha Adger & Samuel Harrison

1. Thomas Harrison – 1865/?’
2. Milly Harrison – 1867/?
3. Eliza Harrison – 1869/?
4. Samuel Harrison Jr – 1874/?
5. Tabby Harrison – 1874/?

Children of Marie Adger & unknown father

1. Will Adger – 1905/?

Children of Nelson Adger & Deaby Jenkins

1. Robb Adger – 1889/?
2. Willie Adger – 1893/?  m/Annie Robinson
3. Jennie Lee Adger – 1896/?
4. Anna Adger – 1897/?
5. Hewitt Adger – 1899/?
6. Booker T Adger – 1917/1969

Children of Robert Adger
With Della Craig (1860/?)

1. Eddie Adger – 1888/?
2. Mary Adger – 1890/?
3. Lue Adger – 1892/?
4. Robert Adger Jr – 1898/?
5. Joseph Adger – 1899/?
6. Percy Adger – 1900/?
7. Sarah Adger – 1902/1927  m/Joe Willis
8. Nelson Adger – 1904/?

With Lizzie Dixon ( 1869/?)

1. Jackson Adger – 1894/?
2. Alabama Adger – 1896/?
3. Jannie L Adger – 1906/1942  m/Willie S Britton
4. Pondey Adger – 1908/?