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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucretia Lancaster | Josephus Edwards | 4 / 30 / 1856 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Rachael Boston | Lewis Edwards | 7 / 28 / 1872 | 5 | colored | |
| Eliza Franks | Lewis Edwards | 5 / 27 / 1871 | 4 | colored | |
| Lucynda Daw | M. D. Edwards | 11 / 4 / 1906 | 7 | ||
| Josephine I. Hines | M. H. Edwards | 1 / 14 / 1906 | 7 | ||
| Mary Otterson | Manuel Edwards | 10 / 9 / 1821 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Susan Blount | Miles Edwards | 12 / 23 / 1888 | 6 | colored | |
| Mary Williams | Nash Edwards | 5 / 8 / 1892 | 6 | ||
| Rachael Chapman | Norman Edwards | 2 / 26 / 1902 | 7 | colored | |
| Elizabeth Lilley | Octavius Edwards | 2 / 5 / 1873 | 5 | ||
| Dinah Hargett | Pinckney Edwards | 12 / 24 / 1872 | 5 | colored | |
| Alice M. Lehman | R. A. Edwards | 6 / 27 / 1883 | 6 | ||
| Adeline Atkinson | Richard Edwards | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 4 yrs | |
| Milly Davis | Richard Edwards | 8 / 12 / 1820 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Sally Spencer | Richard Edwards | 3 / 10 / 1827 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Lydia Fornes | Riley Edwards | 8 / 7 / 1867 | 1 | ||
| Mary J. Stilley | S. F. Edwards | 10 / 18 / 1891 | 6 | ||
| Julia Rouse | Shade E. Edwards | 11 / 24 / 1875 | 5 | colored | |
| Caroline Cox | Snoad Edwards | 8 / 24 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 2 1/2 yrs | |
| Katie Norcott | Squire Edwards | 4 / 1 / 1873 | 5 | colored | |
| Ada Bowers | Stephen Edwards | 1 / 29 / 1891 | 6 | colored | |
| Nicey Grimes | Stephen Edwards | 1 / 27 / 1876 | 5 | colored | |
| Hannah Edwards | Thomas Edwards | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 20 yrs | |
| Nancy Mrs. Taylor | Thomas Henry Edwards | 4 / 24 / 1894 | 6 | colored | |
| Elizabeth Gates | Titus Edwards | 3 / 9 / 1882 | 6 | colored |
