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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha Ann Hartley | Thomas H. Askins | 10 / 10 / 1848 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Marian Hoover | James Atherly | 3 / 7 / 1825 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Susan Dixon | Jesse Atherly | 4 / 27 / 1849 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Nancy Gibson | Jesse Atherly | 6 / 9 / 1861 | 1 | ||
| Nancy Cannady | Levi Atherly | 2 / 7 / 1811 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Oleina Pegream | Simon Atkins | 9 / 3 / 1889 | 6 | colored | |
| Elizabeth P. Ewell | Allen Atkinson | 12 / 31 / 1878 | 5 | ||
| Clarissa Collins | Arnold Atkinson | 8 / 17 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 4 yrs | |
| Nannie Heath | Augustus Atkinson | 6 / 14 / 1871 | 3 | ||
| Jane Adams | Benjamin Atkinson | 7 / 17 / 1837 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Dollie Atkinson | Ceasar Atkinson | 8 / 31 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 8 yrs | |
| Zina Atchinson | David Atkinson | 8 / 30 / 1866 | 2 | colored, ?? yrs | |
| Betty James | Green Atkinson | 8 / 10 / 1881 | 6 | colored | |
| Hannah Whitford | Green Atkinson | 11 / 18 / 1894 | 6 | colored | |
| Fanny Koonce | Jerry Atkinson | 1 / 31 / 1878 | 5 | colored | |
| Maria Atkinson | Lewis Atkinson | 7 / 7 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 11 yrs | |
| Betty Grimes | Lewis Atkinson | 9 / 6 / 1879 | 6 | colored | |
| Edney Manly | Mark Atkinson | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 14 yrs | |
| Helen Cogdell | Samuel Atkinson | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 3 yrs | |
| Amanda Goodman | Thomas Atkinson | 12 / 7 / 1904 | 7 | colored | |
| Keliah Jones | Wilson Atkinson | 8 / 18 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 10 yrs | |
| Nicey Ward | George Attmore | 1 / 20 / 1878 | 5 | colored | |
| Mary Taylor | George S. Attmore | 2 / 12 / 1829 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Sally Howell | Francis Atwater | 1 / 6 / 1829 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Margaret Roach | Henry Augustus | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 6 yrs |
