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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jemima Warters | Plenty Adams | 8 / 24 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 15 yrs | |
| Annie Wetherington | R. O. Adams | 7 / 23 / 1905 | 7 | ||
| Ellen Dixon | Robert W. Adams | 1 / 25 / 1899 | 7 | ||
| A. R. Outlaw | S. A. Adams | 11 / 26 / 1884 | 6 | ||
| Hattie Jackson | Samuel Adams | 12 / 19 / 1895 | 6 | colored | |
| Mary West | Solomon Adams | 8 / 15 / 1857 | 1 | ||
| Mary West | Solomon Adams | 8 / 15 / 1857 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Celeste Ann Gwaltney | Thomas Adams | 2 / 28 / 1845 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Maggie M. Smith | Thomas B. Adams | 11 / 23 / 1870 | 3 | ||
| Octavia Smith | W. A. Adams | 1 / 17 / 1894 | 6 | ||
| Clara Fulcher | W. H. Adams | 1 / 21 / 1900 | 7 | ||
| Harriet Gwaltney | Walter Adams | 12 / 22 / 1845 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Julia A. Spangler | Westley Adams | 9 / 13 / 1843 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Henrietta Gooding | William Adams | 2 / 14 / 1909 | 7 | colored | |
| Amy Pearce | William Adams | 3 / 19 / 1794 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Sarah Williams | William Adams | 5 / 7 / 1899 | 7 | colored | |
| Clara F. Wood | William Adams | 6 / 27 / 1900 | 7 | ||
| Susan Gwaltney | William H. Adams | 2 / 9 / 1871 | 3 | ||
| Mary Wiggins | William T. Adams | 1 / 26 / 1823 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Eliza Stevens | James H. Adkins | 6 / 12 / 1859 | 1 | ||
| Eliza Stevens | James H. Adkins | 6 / 11 / 1859 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Jane Runnel | Thomas Adkinson | 1 / 28 / 1886 | 6 | colored | |
| Sarah Coplan | George Adler | 1 / 6 / 1907 | 7 | ||
| Ann Russell | Daniel Agent | 9 / 15 / 1847 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Annie Gatlin | Robert Agent | 3 / 19 / 1903 | 7 |
