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 Bryan Silverthorn | Robert P. Whorton | 10 / 15 / 1858 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Sarah (widow) Clark | Joseph Wicker | 5 / 3 / 1801 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Frances Bailey | William S. Wicker | 8 / 24 / 1824 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Prudy Manning | Alexander Wicks | 1 / 10 / 1839 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Serena Newbery | Daniel Wicks | 8 / 27 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 5 yrs | |
| Matilda M. Jarvis | Platt L. Wicks | 3 / 1 / 1821 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Julia Civils | Thomas Wicks | 9 / 24 / 1850 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Nannie A. Blount | Alfred Wigfall | 5 / 14 / 1890 | 6 | colored | |
| Maggie Haymons | W. F. Wigfall | 10 / 30 / 1890 | 6 | colored | |
| Nancy Hart | Aaron Wiggins | 5 / 1 / 1853 | 1 | ||
| Nancy Hart | Aaron Wiggins | 4 / 23 / 1853 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Amy J. Morris | Alex F. Wiggins | 2 / 19 / 1903 | 7 | ||
| J. Viney Jarrell | Alexander Wiggins | 2 / 11 / 1839 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Polly Smith | Alexander Wiggins | 1 / 27 / 1859 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| M. Duffie Clark | Alfred Wiggins | 4 / 12 / 1892 | 6 | colored | |
| Fannie House | Alfred Wiggins | 4 / 22 / 1894 | 6 | colored | |
| Rosella Simpkins | Alfred Wiggins | 12 / 3 / 1900 | 7 | colored | |
| Julia Spellman | Archibald Wiggins | 6 / 14 / 1819 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Ella Morris | Augustus Wiggins | 12 / 8 / 1887 | 6 | ||
| Annie Franks | Bryant Wiggins | 9 / 27 / 1891 | 6 | ||
| Hattie Chadwick | Charles Wiggins | 4 / 11 / 1907 | 7 | colored | |
| Clarisa Jackson | Cicero Wiggins | 10 / 14 / 1886 | 6 | colored | |
| Elizabeth Holmes | Dennis Wiggins | 1 / 27 / 1841 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Lydia Gladson | Edmund Wiggins | 8 / 31 / 1792 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Polly Hobbs | Edmund Wiggins | 3 / 21 / 1794 | Vol.3 | marriage bond |
