Craven County Marriage Records, 1773-1908
The following search is based upon the book Marriages of Craven County, 1851-1908, & Marriage Bonds, 1773-1868 abstracted by Jo Ann Ernul Murphy and Eula Pearl Beauchamp (privately published, 2006, now out of print).
This site contains an index to the Marriage Registers of Craven County Books 1 through 7 (indicated by a number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7) and the Marriage Bonds of Craven County Volumes 1 through 3 (indicated by Vol. 1, Vol. 2 or Vol. 3). These books are housed at the Craven County Register of Deeds office in New Bern, North Carolina. The original marriage bonds are housed in the North Carolina Office of Archives and History. Additional information may be available in the original registers (including witnesses, ages, places of residence, and for Books 3 and 4 the names of parents).
Due to requests to republish the book, the authors generously allowed the library to place their database on this website.
Search the Marriage Register:
| Bride's First Name |
Bride's Last Name |
Groom's First Name |
Groom's Last Name |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patience Moore | Angus Moore | 8 / 7 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 10 yrs | |
| Mattie B. Williams | B. E. Moore | 1 / 14 / 1903 | 7 | ||
| Polly (colored) Moore | Baker (colored) Moore | 7 / 3 / 1851 | 1 | ||
| Polly (colored) Moore | Baker (colored) Moore | 6 / 23 / 1851 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Louisa (colored) Moore | Bannon (colored) Moore | 3 / 25 / 1847 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Olley (colored) Moore | Bannon (colored) Moore | 9 / 27 / 1851 | 1 | ||
| Olley (colored) Moore | Bannon (colored) Moore | 9 / 26 / 1851 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Frances Powers | Benjamin Moore | 9 / 5 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 2 yrs | |
| Susan Chadwick | Brice Moore | 3 / 6 / 1880 | 6 | colored | |
| Susan Nobles | Brice Moore | 1 / 14 / 1833 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Catherine Moore | Bryan Moore | 12 / 9 / 1860 | 1 | ||
| Edey Willis | Byas Moore | 11 / 3 / 1868 | 4 | colored | |
| Josephine Wetherington | C. E. Moore | 12 / 18 / 1889 | 6 | ||
| Amanda Hobbs | Caesar Moore | 2 / 13 / 1869 | 4 | colored | |
| Drusilla Edwards | Cannon Moore | 5 / 14 / 1831 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Rhody Hawkins | Cannon Moore | 1 / 7 / 1835 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Nancy Moye | Cannon Moore | 2 / 7 / 1833 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Winney Moore | Charles Moore | 12 / 1 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 9 yrs | |
| Elizabeth King | Charles Moore | 6 / 25 / 1888 | 6 | colored | |
| Sarah Chapman | Charlie Moore | 12 / 26 / 1907 | 7 | colored | |
| Eliza James | Churchill C. Moore | 5 / 23 / 1839 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mamie Hill | Cleam Moore | 12 / 31 / 1908 | 7 | colored | |
| Gertie Register | Cliffie Moore | 10 / 1 / 1905 | 7 | ||
| Minerva Lindsay | Collins Moore | 12 / 5 / 1872 | 5 | colored | |
| Bedy Taft | Collins Moore | 8 / 30 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 13 yrs |
