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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sally Ann Banks | Baldy Smithwick | 7 / 10 / 1842 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Polly Bradford | Baldy Smithwick | 5 / 24 / 1816 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Read | Baldy Smithwick | 4 / 23 / 1838 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Sarah Green | Edmond/Edward Smithwick | 4 / 9 / 1861 | 1 | ||
| Leonora Ann Martin | Edwin Smithwick | 11 / 20 / 1851 | 1 | ||
| Leonora Ann Martin | Edwin Smithwick | 11 / 6 / 1851 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Ann Lee | Eli Smithwick | 11 / 15 / 1845 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Edney Simmons | Harry Smithwick | 2 / 6 / 1853 | 1 | ||
| Sarah Rawles | Henry Smithwick | 1 / 17 / 1837 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Edney Simmons | Henry Smithwick | 2 / 3 / 1852 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Ada Dail | J. H. Smithwick | 1 / 31 / 1889 | 6 | ||
| Margaret Ann Lee | James Smithwick | 3 / 7 / 1872 | 3 | ||
| Polly Caton | Lot B. Smithwick | 6 / 12 / 1816 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Julia Spight | Noah Smithwick | 3 / 12 / 1844 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Sidney Caton | Samuel Smyth | 12 / 19 / 1812 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Ann (widow) Smyth | Samuel Smyth | 3 / 18 / 1798 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Sarah Williams | Samuel Smyth | 10 / 28 / 1802 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Nancy Wright | Samuel Smyth | 7 / 25 / 1792 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Nancy Stevenson | Thomas Smyth | 7 / 19 / 1795 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Chase | Jno. Snead | 8 / 18 / 1808 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Ann Daly | John Snead | 3 / 26 / 1800 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Harriett Middleton Gillespie | Robert Whitehurst Snead | 12 / 4 / 1796 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Reel | Sadoc Snead | 7 / 26 / 1783 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Josephine Basham | Walter H. Sneed | 2 / 25 / 1904 | 7 | colored | |
| Susan S. Tillman | Caleb Snell | 11 / 26 / 1818 | Vol.3 | marriage bond |
