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 |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Hancock | W. N. Dennis | 10 / 31 / 1894 | 6 | ||
| Louvenia Bennett | Willie Dennis | 3 / 2 / 1902 | 7 | colored | |
| Mamie E. Newby | James Dent | 10 / 6 / 1904 | 7 | colored | |
| Mary J. Davis | E. S. Denton | 8 / 9 / 1893 | 6 | colored | |
| Rachael F. Taylor | John Deport | 4 / 1 / 1886 | 6 | ||
| Susanna George | Joseph Dering | 12 / 18 / 1794 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Matilda Hardwick | John M. Detanne | 3 / 28 / 1823 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Hepsey Lovick | Harrison Dew | 4 / 8 / 1870 | 4 | colored | |
| Delsora Jones | Samuel Dew | 4 / 17 / 1902 | 7 | colored | |
| Eunice Ann Whitehead | Samuel Dew | 12 / 25 / 1879 | 6 | colored | |
| Thena Dempsey | Arthur Dewers | 8 / 18 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 10 yrs | |
| Catharine M. Hall | Charles Dewey | 1 / 30 / 1822 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Maria Nelson | Dick Dewey | 9 / 14 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 20 yrs | |
| Harriet McRae Dewey | Isaac Dewey | 8 / 2 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 10 yrs | |
| Maria York | Isaac Dewey | 5 / 22 / 1867 | 1 | ||
| Mary Mitchell | John Dewey | 10 / 27 / 1792 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Matilda W. Sparrow | Oliver S. Dewey | 1 / 31 / 1833 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Presbaretta McIlvane | William Henry Dewey | 3 / 3 / 1878 | 5 | colored | |
| Lovey Ann Harris | Jonathan Dexter | 12 / 21 / 1799 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Lucy Fork | William Sylvester Dibble | 8 / 20 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 5 yrs | |
| Hala Carr | David Dickerson | 6 / 17 / 1816 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Nelson | David Dickerson | 4 / 27 / 1822 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Sarah Yeates | Edmund Dickerson | 7 / 2 / 1789 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Lovick Cully | Joseph B. Dickerson | 10 / 28 / 1868 | 3 | ||
| Ann Oglesby | Wallace Dickerson | 12 / 10 / 1856 | 1 |
