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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Roderick | Durant H. Woods | 1 / 25 / 1841 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Sarah Maynor | Fayette Woods | 8 / 18 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 14 mo. | |
| Annie Rowe | Frank Woods | 8 / 4 / 1908 | 7 | colored | |
| Corinna Woods | George Woods | 4 / 20 / 1904 | 7 | colored | |
| Emma Peterson | George W. Woods | 11 / 23 / 1872 | 5 | ||
| Sally Smith | Hezekiah Woods | 7 / 6 / 1810 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Ann Woods | Isaac Woods | 8 / 2 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 2 yrs | |
| Margaret Ann Dillahunt | James Woods | 8 / 15 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 15 yrs | |
| Rebecca McCoy | Jason Woods | 12 / 16 / 1830 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Lizetta Washington | John Williams Woods | 2 / 25 / 1897 | colored | ||
| Lizzie Ann Heath | Redding A. Woods | 12 / 23 / 1875 | 5 | ||
| Patsy Tillman | Robert Woods | 11 / 25 / 1803 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Nancy Hawkins | Thomas Franklin Woods | 1 / 6 / 1876 | 5 | ||
| Kizzie Laughinghouse | W. E. Woods | 4 / 27 / 1902 | 7 | colored | |
| Hannah (widow) Harvey | William Woods | 4 / 24 / 1805 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Susan Outlaw | Canny Woolard | 11 / 17 / 1840 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Richardson | Jasper Woolard | 6 / 12 / 1821 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Nancy Jones | Jordan Woolard | 5 / 12 / 1870 | 3 | ||
| Annie Washington | Powhattan Woolridge | 11 / 28 / 1860 | 1 | ||
| Hallie Gooding | Albert Wooten | 1 / 17 / 1883 | 6 | ||
| Irene B. Barwick | B. B. Wooten | 10 / 17 / 1906 | 7 | ||
| Maggie Bryan | C. L. Wooten | 1 / 5 / 1908 | 7 | ||
| Maria Charlotte | Caleb Wooten | 6 / 18 / 1833 | Vol.3 | marriage bond | |
| Darkis Iydlett | Caleb Wooten | 4 / 2 / 1894 | 6 | colored | |
| Sidney Rhem | Charles Wooten | 12 / 19 / 1878 | 5 |
