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 McDaniel Hargett | Alexander A. Bryan | 2 / 15 / 1872 | 4 | colored | |
| Gaylord Cordena | Alonzo Bryan | 8 / 28 / 1889 | 6 | colored | |
| Leah Dillihunt | Amos Bryan | 8 / 20 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 4 yrs | |
| Hulph Brown | Andrew Bryan | 12 / 25 / 1876 | 5 | colored | |
| Maria Hill Jones | Andrew Bryan | 10 / 16 / 1869 | 4 | colored | |
| Mary Jones | Andrew Bryan | 9 / 26 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 20 yrs | |
| Eliza Gardner | Asa Bryan | 3 / 13 / 1902 | 7 | colored | |
| Hetty Isler | Asa Bryan | 8 / 24 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 4 yrs | |
| Sarah Simmons | Augustus Bryan | 8 / 21 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 2 yrs | |
| Lucinda Bynum | Austin Bryan | 8 / 29 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 2 1/2 yrs | |
| Cassie Hyman | Benjamin Bryan | 12 / 19 / 1872 | 5 | colored | |
| Mary Bryan | Bright Bryan | 8 / 30 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 3 yrs | |
| Janie Whitehurst | C. R. Bryan | 4 / 25 / 1908 | 7 | colored | |
| Pomona Fonville | Caesar Bryan | 8 / 18 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 9 yrs | |
| Roxanne Moore | Caeser Bryan | 8 / 20 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 21 yrs | |
| Lucinda Games | Calvin Bryan | 8 / 25 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 2 yrs | |
| Alice Jane Bryan | Caswell Bryan | 5 / 19 / 1878 | 5 | colored | |
| Marina Ghoran | Charles Bryan | 11 / 9 / 1876 | 5 | colored | |
| Dinah Gill | Charles Bryan | 8 / 18 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 3 yrs | |
| Nancy Murry | Charles Bryan | 7 / 9 / 1883 | 6 | colored | |
| Zala Vail | Charles Bryan | 8 / 25 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 23 yrs | |
| Emeline Coward | Churchill Bryan | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 5 yrs | |
| Frances Harrison Beaman | Collison Bryan | 9 / 13 / 1871 | 4 | colored | |
| Mary J. Anderson | Council Bryan | 5 / 4 / 1884 | 6 | colored | |
| Sallie Morris | Cray Bryan | 2 / 25 / 1895 | 6 | colored |
