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 Jarvis | Major Cook | 11 / 1 / 1825 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Carrie Whitfield | N. A. Cook Jr. | 10 / 23 / 1906 | 7 | colored | |
| Eliza Ann Clemmens | Samuel Cook | 2 / 14 / 1826 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Mary E. Matthews | Samuel Cook | 9 / 19 / 1860 | 1 | ||
| Sidney Delamar | Thomas Cook | 9 / 1 / 1806 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Mason | Thomas Cook | 10 / 13 / 1807 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Ann Wallace | Thomas Cook | 9 / 8 / 1819 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Emma L. Fields | William H. Cook | 5 / 11 / 1858 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Emma S. Fields | William H. Cook | 5 / 11 / 1858 | 1 | ||
| Mary Legon | William Walter Cook | 6 / 5 / 1860 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Susannah Goulding | Zepaniah Cook | 4 / 15 / 1809 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Rebeckah Williams | Zepaniah Cook | 4 / 8 / 1785 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Frances Buxton | Henry M. Cooke | 3 / 4 / 1809 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Stewart | Major Cooke | 3 / 23 / 1820 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Carraway | Samuel Cooke | 6 / 5 / 1804 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Seyon | William Walter Cooke | 6 / 5 / 1860 | 1 | ||
| Anna Causeway | Abner Cooper | 5 / 15 / 1810 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Emma Eliza Hill | Allen Cooper | 8 / 20 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 30 yrs | |
| Bettie Washington | Asa Cooper | 6 / 6 / 1891 | 6 | colored | |
| Amanda Moy | Aulden Cooper | 8 / 30 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 7 yrs | |
| Susan Carraway | Benjamin Cooper | 8 / 29 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 12 yrs | |
| Sarah Miller | Benjamin Cooper | 5 / 30 / 1892 | 6 | colored | |
| Sallie M. Mitchell | Charles Cooper | 11 / 12 / 1885 | 6 | ||
| Edney Fisher | Decato Cooper | 12 / 22 / 1887 | 6 | colored | |
| Malvina Canedy | Doctor Cooper | 12 / 20 / 1879 | 6 | colored |
