This Early Settlers of Craven County, North Carolina, database was created by Susan M. Benning, a former Reference Assistant in the Kellenberger Room, and now Librarian at the Lee County Public Library. She graciously allowed the Kellenberger Room to add this database to our site.
The information in the database contains names, dates, and event information on over 13,000 individuals, chiefly living in the 1700s. It has been expanded to include some individuals in the early 1800s by Victor T. Jones, Jr.
By clicking on the Source number, you will obtain a bibliographical note about the source from which the information on the individual was found. Check your local library for some of these items, as they often come from widely available sources.
| Joseph | Causey | 1783 | p. 20 | /esreferences#51 | Marriage Bonds |
| Phillip | Causway | 1790 | S# 76 | /esreferences#76 | 1790 US Census NC |
| David | Cauthorn | 1770 | p. 31 | /esreferences#30 | Entries of Lots New Bern |
| Liphey | Cavender | 1798 | p. 116 | /esreferences#51 | Marriage Bonds |
| Bryan | Caviner | 1790 | S# 76 | /esreferences#76 | 1790 US Census NC |
| Sarah | Caviner | 1790 | S# 76 | /esreferences#76 | 1790 US Census NC |
| Thomas | Cawdrey | 1748 | p. 195 | /esreferences#25 | Will Abstract |
| Joseph | Cawsay | 1753 | p. 121 | /esreferences#85 | NC Land Entries 1753--1756 |
| John | Cearuthers | 1756 | p.235 | /esreferences#85 | NC Land Entries 1753--1756 |
| Martin | Certain | 1826 | 3070 | /esreferences#94 | Immigrant from Spain, native of Portonobo, Spain, aged 23 |
| George | Chace | 1797 | p. 20 | /esreferences#51 | Marriage Bonds |
| Sarah | Chace | 1783 | p. 78 | /esreferences#51 | Marriage Bonds |
| Jonathon | Chadwick | 1769 | p. 1406 | /esreferences#33 | Taxables Craven, Jones |
| John | Chadwick | 1799 | p. 20 | /esreferences#51 | Marriage Bonds |
| Rhoda | Chadwick | 1799 | p. 20 | /esreferences#51 | Marriage Bonds |
| John | Chainey woolf | 1714 | p. 2 | /esreferences#7 | War Claims Pd. Tuscarora War |
| Dorcas | Chalton | 1797 | p. 128 | /esreferences#51 | Marriage Bonds |
| Wm | Chamberlain | 1743 | p.1826 | /esreferences#57 | Land Rights Proved 1741-1752 Colonial Census |
| Willm | Chamberlain | 1742 | p.1826 | /esreferences#57 | Land Rights Proved 1741-1752 Colonial Census |
| Ephraim | Chamberlain | 1796 | p. 47 | /esreferences#24 | Mason St. John's No.3 |
| Wm | Chamberlin | 1743/4 | p. 64 | /esreferences#84 | NC Land Entries 1735-1752 |
| Lavinia | Chambers | 1790 | S# 76 | /esreferences#76 | 1790 US Census NC |
| William | Chambers | no date | p. 48 | /esreferences#84 | NC Land Entries 1735-1752 |
| Levina | Chambers | 1791 | p.3 | /esreferences#51 | Marriage Bonds |
| Levinia | Chambers | 1791 | p. 1 | /esreferences#51 | Marriage Bonds Craven Michael Arentz |