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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kesiah Foscue | Michael Ellis | 3 / 12 / 1788 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Lovet | Michael Ellis | 7 / 9 / 1788 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Carrie Smith | Samuel Ellis | 10 / 15 / 1906 | 7 | colored | |
| Susan Gordon | Solomon Ellis | 5 / 16 / 1843 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Arete Sitgreaves | Thomas Ellis | 4 / 6 / 1797 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Lorch Ellis | William Ellis | 7 / 7 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 10 yrs | |
| Rosetta Davis | Abram Ellis | 1 / 6 / 1881 | 6 | colored | |
| Eliza Wetherington | Benjamin Ellis | 4 / 10 / 1845 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Prudence Moore | Bob Ellison | 4 / 7 / 1804 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Hattie Hanks | C. F. Ellison | 6 / 5 / 1906 | 7 | ||
| Hettie Ann Stanly | Clinton Ellison | 4 / 2 / 1874 | 5 | colored | |
| Fanny Stanton | Cornelius Ellison | 12 / 28 / 1867 | 1 | ||
| Rachel A. Boyd | David Ellison | 12 / 4 / 1905 | 7 | colored | |
| Darkess Bryan | Edward Ellison | 9 / 15 / 1870 | 4 | colored | |
| Georgeanna Lewis | Garrison P. Ellison | 12 / 18 / 1883 | 6 | colored | |
| Lina Bryan | Henry Ellison | 9 / 9 / 1893 | 6 | colored | |
| Isabella Biddle | Isaac Ellison | 8 / 18 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 3 yrs | |
| Ferebe Jackson | James Ellison | 5 / 17 / 1867 | 1 | ||
| Phebe (colored) Green | James (colored) Ellison | 12 / 16 / 1835 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Pearce | James B. Ellison | 3 / 30 / 1818 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Lucinda Mitchell | John Ellison | 8 / 11 / 1836 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Harriet Howard | Matthew Ellison | 5 / 7 / 1881 | 6 | colored | |
| Maria Robertson | Matthew Ellison | 8 / 31 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 13 yrs | |
| Harriet Bryan | Nelson Ellison | 5 / 26 / 1869 | 4 | colored | |
| Lovey Coleman | Reuben Ellison | 3 / 8 / 1827 | Vol.1 | marriage bond |
