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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Davenport | Samuel Spencer | 10 / 8 / 1857 | 1 | ||
| Ann Davenport | Samuel Spencer | 8 / 18 / 1857 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Eliza Tingle | Samuel Spencer | 6 / 2 / 1860 | 1 | ||
| Eliza Tingle | Samuel Spencer | 5 / 24 / 1860 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Brooks | Solomon Spencer | 7 / 15 / 1837 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Lena Haines | Thomas Spencer | 11 / 30 / 1838 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Tacy Ann Small | Thomas Spencer | 3 / 25 / 1842 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Perrine Seight | Virgil Spencer | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 21 yrs | |
| Annie Brookfield Simmons | Virgil Spencer | 7 / 10 / 1870 | 4 | colored | |
| Rachel Skinner | Virgil Spencer | 3 / 6 / 1891 | 6 | colored | |
| Celia Polk | W. H. Spencer | 10 / 21 / 1908 | 7 | colored | |
| Mary Rumley | William H. Spencer | 8 / 8 / 1881 | 6 | colored | |
| Wealthy Ann Blount | Benjamin Spicer | 4 / 5 / 1877 | 5 | colored | |
| Susan Spicer | Benjamin B. Spicer | 8 / 22 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 1 1/2 yrs | |
| Julia Ann Dawson | Scipio Spicer | 12 / 25 / 1869 | 4 | colored | |
| Ella Brown | C. E. Spier | 2 / 15 / 1893 | 6 | ||
| Emily A. May | John J. Spier | 4 / 30 / 1858 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Mary McIntosh | John R. Spight | 11 / 20 / 1856 | 1 | ||
| Harriet McRae | Daniel Spikes | 3 / 3 / 1874 | 5 | colored | |
| Frances Fisher | James Spikes | 1 / 21 / 1886 | 6 | colored | |
| Lucy Lawson | Peter Spikes | 12 / 23 / 1880 | 6 | colored | |
| Rachel Lee | Washington Spikes | 11 / 2 / 1899 | 7 | colored | |
| Sadie Becton | William Spikes | 9 / 25 / 1907 | 7 | colored | |
| Effie Eunick | Anthony Spillman | 4 / 1 / 1897 | 6 | colored | |
| Carrie Sikes | Harmon Spillman | 12 / 24 / 1894 | 6 | colored |
