1  “Historical Homes on Tour in the Country.” Forum News  3 Sept. 2003. 44; Martin, Margaret. “Cotton Country.”
    Shreveport Times. 30 Sept. 2001. 1-D. Louisiana State University in Shreveport Noel Memorial Library, Archives
    and Special Collections. VF: Gilliam, Louisiana.

2  Belk, Joe. A Little History of North Caddo Parish. Belcher: J. Belk, 1996. 14.

3  Martin, “Cotton Country.”

4  Belk, 14.

5  Ibid.

6  Belk, 14-15.

7  Touchstone, Samuel J. Caddo Parish History. Princeton, LA: Folk-Life Books, 1998. 58.

8  Martin, “Cotton Country.”

9  Touchstone, 58.

10 Belk, 15.

11 Martin, Margaret.  “W. E. Adger: ‘He was a friend to man.’” Shreveport Times. 2 Jan. 1990. Louisiana State
    University in Shreveport Noel Memorial Library, Archives and Special Collections. VF: Gilliam, Louisiana; Martin,
    Margaret. “Adger’s Store: Sandwiches to shoes.” Shreveport Times. 11 Oct. 1987. Louisiana State University in
    Shreveport Noel Memorial Library, Archives and Special Collections. VF: Gilliam, Louisiana.

12 Gilliam Methodist Church Dedication program.  30 Mar. 1958. Louisiana State University in Shreveport Noel
    Memorial Library, Archives and Special Collections. VF: Gilliam, Louisiana.