The Gatlin Tree Branch

Descendants of  Jack and Alice Conerly Gatlin

The surname Gatlin is common in Pike County, Mississippi. My research in this blog  post relates to the Gatlin family of African lineage.  Jack Gatlin and Alice Conerly Gatlin were thought to have been married in 1873 in Pike County, Mississippi. I have been unable to identify the parents of Jack Gatlin.  The parents of Alice Conerly Gatlin were Jeremiah Conerly and  Lethia . Her paternal grandparents were William Conerly and Harriet. It was the children from this union that some of the connections of other families were established.   The  Sartin, Gatlin, Downs, Caston, Magee and Brumfield families are linked together by matrimony from the children of Jack Gatlin and Alice Conerly Gatlin. 

Jack Gatlin and Alice Conerly children and known spouses

1.      Harriet A. Gatlin married Jacob Ellzey

 2.     Edmond Gatlin married  Elnora (Nora)Magee  January 1, 1899 (daughter of Washington and Betty Magee)

 3.     William Gatlin spouse not identified

 4.     Emmitt Gatlin married first wife Alfa (last name unknown) and second wife Roxie Johnson

 5.     Nethia Gatlin married Willis C. Brumfield (The son of Thomas Brumfield Sr.  and Rosa Coward aka Cowart)

 6.     Lumendy Gatlin 1903 married Jessie K. Brumfield (The son of Robert  and Ann Brumfield) 

 7.     Katy Gatlin married Henry Sartin March 5, 1906 first husband in Pike County , Mississippi and Cal Rayborn  January 5, 1916 second husband in Pike County, Mississippi 

8..     Rosa Gatlin   married Eugene Commodore  January 26, 1906 in Pike County, Mississippi

9.     Zella  Gatlin married John Downs (son of Francis Downs and Thursdann Lampkin Downs married January 25, 1883, grandson of Edmond  and Caroline Downs)

10.  Julia Gatlin married Joel Downs December 11, 1911  in Pike County, Mississippi (The son of Edmond and Caroline Downs )

11.   Jethro Gatlin 1918 married Bertha Collins September 9, 1918 Pike County, Mississippi (The daughter of Tony and Luvinia Collins)

12.  Mary Gatlin 1919 married Herbert Caston December 24, 1919  (Grandson of Liddie Brumfield Caston and Calvin Caston)

13.  Sarah Jane Gatlin married Ellis Caston July 31, 1920 (son of Green Caston, Grandson of Liddie Brumfield Caston and Calvin Caston )

14.  Ann(Annie) Gatlin married Thomas Brumfield  December 29, 1892 (son of Liddie Brumfield Caston  and Louis Brumfield )

The information was gathered from several sources. I received a program from the late Roger Dale Wilson The First Jack and Alice Gatlin Reunion  July 23, 1988. This program lists the known spouses and gives a brief biography of each of the children.  The  Pike County, Mississippi website: co.pike.ms.us , Ancestry.com and obituaries were my other sources. From these sources I was able to identify the ancestors of some of the spouses.


I have made prior blog posts about Edmond Downs, Thomas Brumfield, Liddie Brumfield Caston and Calvin Caston who are the parents of some of the Gatlin  children spouses.

------- The Tree Gardener