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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia Bryan | George Wetherington | 8 / 18 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 6 yrs | |
| Jennie Roach | George M. Wetherington | 4 / 8 / 1892 | 6 | ||
| Susan T. Toler | Henry Wetherington | 3 / 26 / 1871 | 3 | ||
| Cora Whitford | Henry Wetherington | 12 / 1 / 1907 | 7 | ||
| Laura Toler | Henry B. Wetherington | 6 / 30 / 1875 | 5 | ||
| Mary E. Daley | J. E. Wetherington | 10 / 28 / 1894 | 6 | ||
| Phillis Anderson | James Wetherington | 2 / 16 / 1882 | 6 | colored | |
| Eliza Nicolls | James Wetherington | 6 / 24 / 1880 | 6 | colored | |
| Martha Thomas | James Wetherington | 11 / 1 / 1857 | 1 | ||
| Laurena Williams | James L. Wetherington | 12 / 8 / 1889 | 6 | ||
| Mary Eliza Brown | James W. Wetherington | 2 / 11 / 1892 | 6 | colored | |
| Martha B. Wiley | Joel K. Wetherington | 2 / 19 / 1888 | 6 | ||
| Ada J. Daugherty | John E. Wetherington | 4 / 13 / 1904 | 7 | ||
| Celia Ann Taylor | Lemuel T. Wetherington | 12 / 20 / 1865 | 1 | ||
| Priscilla Vandiford | Lewis W. Wetherington | 1 / 13 / 1897 | 6 | ||
| Mary Ann Willis | Lewis Wetherington Jr. | 2 / 8 / 1871 | 3 | ||
| Cansa L. Wetherington | M. F. Wetherington | 11 / 13 / 1898 | 7 | ||
| Alice Bynum | McChester Wetherington | 12 / 0 / 1887 | 6 | ||
| Julia Frances Hawkins | Nathaniel F. Wetherington | 10 / 4 / 1871 | 3 | ||
| Leatha Moore | Noah Wetherington | 5 / 24 / 1908 | 7 | ||
| Nancy A. Daugherty | O. H. Wetherington | 2 / 21 / 1881 | 6 | ||
| Nora Wetherington | O. S. Wetherington | 3 / 2 / 1900 | 7 | ||
| Dessar Register | Orrin K. Wetherington | 10 / 2 / 1904 | 7 | ||
| Mary Ann Taylor | Riley Wetherington | 2 / 25 / 1857 | 1 | ||
| Mary Ann Taylor | Riley Wetherington | 2 / 21 / 1857 | Vol.3 | marriage bond |
