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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliza Philips | George O. Hawkins | 7 / 3 / 1854 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Eliza Vendrick | Hardy Hawkins | 7 / 28 / 1792 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Ann Williams | Henry Hawkins | 12 / 10 / 1903 | 7 | colored | |
| Courtney McCoy | Jesse Hawkins | 10 / 24 / 1829 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Ball | John Hawkins | 2 / 15 / 1837 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Griffin | L. D. Hawkins | 2 / 19 / 1896 | 6 | ||
| Mary Richards | M. E. Hawkins | 4 / 22 / 1900 | 7 | colored | |
| Mary E. Heath | Marshall M. Hawkins | 1 / 11 / 1897 | 6 | ||
| Hannah Harrison | Miles Hawkins | 11 / 30 / 1837 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Ini Willis | Pete Hawkins | 3 / 11 / 1907 | 7 | ||
| Barbery Allen | Peter Hawkins | 8 / 30 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 9 yrs | |
| Julia Carraway | Robert Hawkins | 9 / 24 / 1889 | 6 | ||
| Eliza Harrison | Stephen Hawkins | 7 / 30 / 1838 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Betsey Prescott | Stephen Hawkins | 5 / 14 / 1822 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mary E. Henderson | Sylvester Hawkins | 4 / 4 / 1908 | 7 | colored | |
| Narcissa Wetherington | T. J. Hawkins | 12 / 5 / 1894 | 6 | ||
| Sarah C. Daugherty | Thomas Hawkins | 2 / 8 / 1888 | 6 | ||
| Holland Green | W. G. Hawkins | 12 / 25 / 1899 | 7 | colored | |
| Willie Civils | W. T. Hawkins | 11 / 28 / 1906 | 7 | ||
| Minnie Fulcher | William Hawkins | 4 / 1 / 1909 | 7 | colored | |
| Virginia C. Green | William Hawkins | 12 / 5 / 1901 | 7 | ||
| Sarah McCoy | William Hawkins | 10 / 3 / 1859 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Ann Jones | Cicero S. Hawks | 2 / 19 / 1835 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Julia A. Stephens | Francis Hawks | 3 / 6 / 1793 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Holliday | John S. Hawks | 1 / 13 / 1820 | Vol.2 | marriage bond |
