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 Ann Little | Dennis Eborn | 12 / 17 / 1873 | 5 | colored | |
| Nancy Ives | Irving Eborn | 8 / 22 / 1829 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Frances Copes | James Eborn | 12 / 26 / 1869 | 4 | colored | |
| Sally Ann Eborn | John Eborn | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 14 yrs | |
| Martha Makey | Moses Eborn | 8 / 15 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 2 yrs | |
| Kitty Williams | Samuel Eborn | 6 / 25 / 1899 | 7 | ||
| Emma Hammond Eborn | Shadrack Eborn | 8 / 11 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 7 yrs | |
| Maria Shallington | Stanly Eborn | 8 / 21 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 3 yrs | |
| Charlotte Clark | Sutton Eborn | 8 / 22 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 11 yrs | |
| Mary Mundine | W. H. Eborn | 11 / 28 / 1883 | 6 | ||
| Ellen Davis | William Eborn | 8 / 22 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 32 yrs | |
| Susannah Smith | William R. Eborn | 11 / 15 / 1855 | 1 | ||
| Susannah Smith | William R. Eborn | 11 / 10 / 1855 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Maria Thomas | Dary Ebram | 6 / 1 / 1882 | 6 | colored | |
| Brownie Hanks | Clyde Eby | 4 / 27 / 1903 | 7 | ||
| Nancy Roach | Joshua Ecklin | 7 / 4 / 1828 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Nancy Guess | William Edes | 11 / 3 / 1813 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Julia Hall | William Edgar | 8 / 22 / 1782 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Rachell Wright | William Edggerten | 3 / 27 / 1787 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Florence A. Dawson | Herbert Edmonds | 12 / 17 / 1885 | 6 | colored | |
| Estelle Hardy | Thomas Edmondson | 11 / 27 / 1909 | 7 | colored | |
| Nita Barber | William Edmondson | 6 / 28 / 1894 | 6 | colored | |
| Winnie Blount | Albert Edwards | 2 / 23 / 1902 | 7 | colored | |
| Lula Payton | Albert Edwards | 6 / 7 / 1908 | 7 | ||
| Henrietta Brown | Alonzo Edwards | 12 / 30 / 1892 | 6 | colored |
