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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Biggs | Thomas Ellison | 5 / 2 / 1811 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Louisa Ellison | Thomas Ellison | 8 / 31 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 6 yrs | |
| Violet Harris | William Ellison | 10 / 8 / 1896 | 6 | colored | |
| Mary Yatch | William Ellison | 8 / 22 / 1893 | 6 | colored | |
| Elizabeth Willis | William H. Ellison | 1 / 11 / 1847 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Mary White | William Rodman Ellison | 9 / 2 / 1891 | 6 | colored | |
| Lovey Capp | Benjamin Ellsworth | 1 / 28 / 1804 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Elizabeth Freshwater | Andrew W. Elmer | 5 / 12 / 1847 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Myrtle Virginia West | Matt Lee Elmore | 7 / 17 / 1902 | 7 | ||
| Nancy Almond | Ormond Elsbro | 3 / 21 / 1788 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Rendy Brock | Daniel Ely | 6 / 1 / 1882 | 6 | colored | |
| Jennet Adams | James R. Emery | 6 / 30 / 1796 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Julia Flowers | Sorrowful Emery | 5 / 6 / 1831 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Sally Slade | Sorrowful Emery | 1 / 5 / 1846 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Betsey Parris | Stephen Emery | 2 / 26 / 1820 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Frances M. Vail | Thomas J. Emery | 7 / 31 / 1823 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Sally Whitford | Thomas J. Emery | 5 / 22 / 1843 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Penny Jones | William Emery | 11 / 17 / 1881 | 6 | ||
| Elizabeth Watson | William Wirt Emery | 7 / 11 / 1859 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Zilpha Stokes | Augustus Smith Emmett | 10 / 18 / 1827 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Evelyn May Mattocks | L. B. Emmett | 6 / 7 / 1900 | 7 | ||
| Della Pittman | W. S. Emory | 4 / 16 / 1906 | 7 | ||
| Nan Jenkins | William Emory | 6 / 9 / 1894 | 6 | colored | |
| Penny Jones | William Emory | 8 / 9 / 1877 | 5 | ||
| Nancy Burnett | Peter English | 1 / 15 / 1811 | Vol.1 | marriage bond |
