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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ester Ambrose | Gabriel M. Rains | 3 / 1 / 1800 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Ella Atkins | V. M. Rains | 1 / 9 / 1889 | 6 | ||
| Nancy West | Willis Ralls | 5 / 2 / 1799 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Indiana Gregory | Evans Randall | 8 / 20 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 2 yrs | |
| Prudence Gray | John Randall | 3 / 12 / 1799 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Ary McSwain | Henry Randolph | 8 / 21 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 6 yrs | |
| Della Redmond | John Randolph | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 15 yrs | |
| Harriet Ore | John Randolph Sr. | 8 / 31 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 40 yrs | |
| Harriet Paxton | W. F. Randolph | 2 / 12 / 1891 | 6 | colored | |
| Celia Randolph | W. O. Randolph | 5 / 11 / 1880 | 6 | colored | |
| Mary Brown | William Randolph | 8 / 20 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 11 yrs | |
| Eleanor A. Carraway | William Randolph | 4 / 15 / 1891 | 6 | ||
| Sally Lewis | Isaac Ransom | 11 / 1 / 1809 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Milly White | William Raper | 9 / 6 / 1860 | 1 | ||
| Nelly Rodgers | Aaron Rasberry | 8 / 20 / 1866 | 2 | colored, ??? | |
| Cherry Rasberry | Charles Rasberry | 8 / 20 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 4 yrs | |
| Mary Dawson | Frank Rasberry | 3 / 28 / 1867 | 1 | ||
| Mamie Spruill | Fred Rasberry | 11 / 20 / 1901 | 7 | colored | |
| Maggie F. Braddock | George T. Rasberry | 11 / 18 / 1906 | 7 | colored | |
| Esther Diamond Green | Handy Rasberry | 2 / 28 / 1871 | 4 | colored | |
| Mary Smith | Huden Rasberry | 3 / 25 / 1903 | 7 | colored | |
| no name (wife sick) | Irving Rasberry | 8 / 27 / 1866 | 2 | colored, ? yrs | |
| Hannah Wilson | Irving Rasberry | 9 / 22 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 8 yrs | |
| Eveline Rountree | Moses Rasberry | 4 / 10 / 1890 | 6 | colored | |
| Ann M. Green | Willie Rasberry | 3 / 15 / 1893 | 6 | colored |
