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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Sampson | Samuel Parsons | 6 / 30 / 1841 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Virginia Wright | Samuel Parsons | 2 / 9 / 1881 | 6 | ||
| Eliza Nelson | Thomas Parsons | 10 / 1 / 1824 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Betsy A. Powell | Thomas Parsons | 2 / 20 / 1878 | 5 | ||
| Barbara Smith | Thomas Parsons | 5 / 18 / 1858 | 1 | ||
| Barbara Smith | Thomas Parsons | 5 / 17 / 1858 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Frances Howlen | William Parsons | 2 / 20 / 1849 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Jeanette W. Jones | William S. Parsons | 11 / 29 / 1895 | 6 | ||
| Nancy Griffith | Abner Pasteur | 2 / 16 / 1804 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Jane Pasteur | Abner Pasteur | 5 / 12 / 1813 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Sarah Blanchard | Edward Pasteur | 10 / 29 / 1794 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Sarah Neale | Edward Pasteur | 7 / 14 / 1786 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Sarah Torrans | Edward G. Pasteur | 4 / 19 / 1826 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Frances Moye | Ezekiel Pasteur | 12 / 12 / 1895 | 6 | colored | |
| Lucinda Allen | George Pasteur | 8 / 17 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 13 yrs | |
| Sarah Wyatt | George Pasteur | 2 / 27 / 1895 | 6 | colored | |
| Alice Daniels | Henry Pasteur | 6 / 14 / 1880 | 6 | colored | |
| Amy Grainger | Henry Pasteur | 4 / 25 / 1907 | 7 | colored | |
| Mary Jane Whitehead | James Pasteur | 1 / 19 / 1896 | 6 | colored | |
| Elizabeth Pasteur | John I. Pasteur | 4 / 14 / 1818 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Jane Lowthorp | John S. Pasteur | 3 / 15 / 1801 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Phoebe Henry | William H. Pasteur | 11 / 22 / 1906 | 7 | colored | |
| Courtney Pearce | Blaney Pate | 9 / 8 / 1807 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Bertha Wilcox | C. F. Pate | 4 / 6 / 1898 | 6 | ||
| Mollie Hughes | Clarence Pate | 9 / 2 / 1903 | 7 |
