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 P. Brown | F. H. Von Eberstein | 5 / 1 / 1879 | 5 | ||
| Hannah Shine | Amos Wade | 9 / 9 / 1789 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Sydney Bragg | Archibald Wade | 10 / 12 / 1793 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Sparrow | Freeman E. Wade | 4 / 3 / 1819 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Comfort Gaskill | James Wade | 12 / 11 / 1850 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Teresa Lane | Josephus Wade | 1 / 19 / 1832 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Richardson | Lemuel Wade | 3 / 4 / 1809 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Melvinie M. Wetherington | Nathaniel Wade | 4 / 13 / 1884 | 6 | ||
| Mary Parsons | Richard Wade | 6 / 30 / 1853 | 1 | ||
| Mary Parsons | Richard Wade | 6 / 20 / 1853 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Nancy Hall | Valentine Wade | 12 / 6 / 1797 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Martha Goldston | William Wade | 9 / 9 / 1830 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Bryan | E. W. Wadsworth | 12 / 21 / 1882 | 6 | ||
| Almira D. Finch | George L. Wadsworth | 6 / 19 / 1889 | 6 | ||
| Christiana Hancock | George L. Wadsworth | 9 / 1 / 1859 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Rosaline Wallace | Isaac Wadsworth | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 10 yrs | |
| Eleana Bryan | Thomas Wadsworth | 7 / 14 / 1804 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Eliza Gardner | William Wadsworth | 12 / 24 / 1829 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Cassa Heath | William Wadsworth | 3 / 17 / 1788 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Ann Allen | William B. Wadsworth | 12 / 13 / 1832 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Mary E. Harris | William B. Wadsworth | 4 / 10 / 1848 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Mary G. Harris | William B. Wadsworth | 2 / 4 / 1842 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Jessie Brown | A. E. Wadsworth | 11 / 18 / 1885 | 6 | ||
| Hannah Wadsworth | Daniel Wadsworth | 8 / 31 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 20 yrs | |
| Lovey Newton | Dennis Wadsworth | 8 / 29 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 3 yrs |
