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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ann Howard | Gilbert Sherrard | 8 / 18 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 8 yrs | |
| Mary Howard | Robert Sherrard | 8 / 21 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 30 yrs | |
| Gertrude Wetherington | Clem Sherwood | 3 / 10 / 1907 | 7 | ||
| Susan J. Marshall | Thomas J. Sherwood | 4 / 17 / 1847 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Jennie Guthrie | Walter Sherwood | 3 / 26 / 1905 | 7 | ||
| Penny Barbary | John Shields | 3 / 5 / 1832 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Suckey Yates | George Shilling | 9 / 6 / 1797 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Comfort Griffin | Asberry Shine | 8 / 20 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 20 yrs | |
| Eliza Fonville | Daniel Shine | 9 / 22 / 1824 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Ann Hanrahan | Daniel Y. Shine | 8 / 5 / 1839 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Winefred W. Whitfield | James Shine | 2 / 12 / 1819 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Brinson | John Shine | 6 / 15 / 1849 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Deborah Delamar | John Shine | 3 / 10 / 1807 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Judith Tinker | John Shine | 10 / 16 / 1818 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Mary J. Broughton | Joseph B. Shine | 8 / 7 / 1865 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Fanny Hall | William Shine | 4 / 30 / 1836 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Nancy Sparrow | William Shine | 9 / 2 / 1813 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Harriet Jones | Frank Shininghouse | 1 / 31 / 1875 | 5 | colored | |
| Bessie C. Goulding | Everett W. Shipp | 2 / 23 / 1902 | 7 | ||
| Inez M. Angell | F. H. Shipp | 8 / 6 / 1902 | 7 | ||
| Elizabeth Cannon | John Shipp | 12 / 11 / 1780 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Janie M. Lewis | John T. Shipp | 10 / 20 / 1870 | 3 | ||
| Martha Cox Shirley | Peter Shirley | 7 / 31 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 4 yrs | |
| Mary C. Whitfield | Frank Shiver | 2 / 8 / 1877 | 5 | colored | |
| Olivia Ann Copper | Heartless Shiver | 12 / 20 / 1877 | 5 | colored |
