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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanor Nelson Bryan | Lewis Bryan | 8 / 8 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 18 yrs | |
| Polly Dudley | Lewis Bryan | 7 / 25 / 1806 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Sally Johnson | Lewis Bryan | 2 / 20 / 1803 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Martha Patrick | Lewis Bryan | 11 / 14 / 1894 | 6 | colored | |
| Lula Smith | Lewis Bryan | 11 / 2 / 1899 | 7 | colored | |
| Anne Belle Cook | Luther E. Bryan | 1 / 14 / 1903 | 7 | ||
| Lucy Dillahunt | March Bryan | 8 / 18 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 23 yrs | |
| Sally Ann Jones | Mars Bryan | 3 / 2 / 1867 | 1 | ||
| Alice Brown | Michael Bryan | 11 / 18 / 1876 | 5 | colored | |
| Areta Mason | Miles Bryan | 12 / 24 / 1874 | 5 | colored | |
| Priscilla Dixon | Mitchell Bryan | 8 / 20 / 1872 | 5 | colored | |
| Margaret Bell Bryan | Moses Bryan | 8 / 6 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 17 yrs | |
| Etta Green | Moses Bryan | 12 / 4 / 1906 | 7 | colored | |
| Jane Foscue | Mustipher Bryan | 12 / 23 / 1884 | 6 | colored | |
| Sarah Simmons | Mustipher Bryan | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 20 yrs | |
| Tamer Phillips | Nathan Bryan | 9 / 10 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 3 yrs | |
| Mary A. Whitfield | Nathan (colored) Bryan | 8 / 16 / 1865 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Elvey Bryan | Nelson Bryan | 5 / 2 / 1874 | 5 | colored | |
| Sara Jane Eborn | Owen Bryan | 9 / 14 / 1871 | 4 | colored | |
| Harriet Johnson | Owen Bryan | 4 / 3 / 1890 | 6 | colored | |
| Hattie Atkinson | Pomie Bryan | 4 / 12 / 1905 | 7 | colored | |
| Serena Harris | Providence Bryan | 8 / 25 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 5 yrs | |
| Tamer McDaniel | Reuben Bryan | 8 / 25 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 20 yrs | |
| Jane Pettipher | Reuben Bryan | 11 / 13 / 1884 | 6 | colored | |
| Lizzie Ann Greenfield | Richard Bryan | 12 / 26 / 1872 | 5 | colored |
