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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Hartley | Jesse Windley | 9 / 21 / 1906 | 7 | colored | |
| Zena Hagrews | Jim Windley | 1 / 1 / 1893 | 6 | colored | |
| Harriett (colored) Daly | Richard (colored) Windley | 9 / 30 / 1865 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Bryant | William Windley | 7 / 11 / 1900 | 7 | colored | |
| Betsey Porter | Abraham Windsor | 2 / 3 / 1840 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Asa Sawyer | Anonias Windsor | 11 / 3 / 1842 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Emeline Green | Anthony Windsor | 2 / 5 / 1840 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Julia Ann Windsor | Israel Windsor | 8 / 23 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 9 yrs | |
| Arcana Duffy | Oliver Windsor | 12 / 5 / 1881 | 6 | colored | |
| Catharine Gatha | Oliver Windsor | 8 / 21 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 2 yrs | |
| no name (returned cert.) | Oliver Windsor | 8 / 25 / 1866 | 2 | colored ?? Yrs | |
| Emma Wooten | Oliver Windsor | 3 / 15 / 1894 | 6 | colored | |
| Mary Jane Hill | Thomas C. Windsor | 8 / 17 / 1885 | 6 | colored | |
| Catharine Jones | Thomas P. Windsor | 6 / 25 / 1874 | 5 | colored | |
| Lavinia Ives | George T. Winfield | 1 / 23 / 1899 | 7 | ||
| Charity Moore | James Winfield | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 7 yrs | |
| Lucy Hill | Redmond Winfield | 3 / 9 / 1867 | 1 | ||
| Alice Warren | Robert L. Winfield | 12 / 27 / 1895 | 6 | ||
| Ida Gaskins | W. H. Winfield | 9 / 28 / 1892 | 6 | ||
| Mary Williams | Henry Wingate | 7 / 4 / 1878 | 5 | colored | |
| Susan Carney | Isaac Wingate | 11 / 16 / 1831 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Martha Mitchell | Isaac Wingate | 2 / 28 / 1797 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Sarah Willis | Isaac Wingate | 11 / 20 / 1789 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Olive Williams | Nathan Wingate | 11 / 4 / 1885 | 6 | colored | |
| Mary Ann Wingate | Nathan Wingate | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 7 yrs |
