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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice L. McDaniel | William Henry Jackson | 2 / 26 / 1880 | 6 | colored | |
| Mary Meadows | B. Jacobs | 3 / 1 / 1860 | 1 | ||
| Mary Meadows | Benjamin Jacobs | 3 / 1 / 1860 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mehetabel Buttrick | Benjamin Jacobs Jr. | 11 / 11 / 1850 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Nancy Sandlin Jacobs | George Jacobs | 8 / 10 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 9 yrs | |
| Maria Ferrill | Stephen Jacobs | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 15 yrs | |
| Deborah Simpson | William Jacobs | 4 / 1 / 1801 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Dempsy Gaskins | Charles Henry Jacobson | 12 / 17 / 1892 | 6 | ||
| Ferebee Hand | Henry Jacobson | 8 / 4 / 1829 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Lucretia Anderson | William Jacobson | 4 / 29 / 1850 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Dinah Lamb | John Jacocks | 8 / 18 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 5 yrs | |
| Susan Jane Bryan | Albert James | 12 / 1 / 1866 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Susan Jane James | Albert James | 11 / 22 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 3 yrs | |
| Apoley West | Andrew James | 1 / 17 / 1889 | 6 | colored | |
| Mary Acklin | Charles James | 3 / 25 / 1791 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Sabre Swindell | Chase James | 1 / 16 / 1877 | 5 | colored | |
| Charity Row | Dennard James | 2 / 12 / 1782 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Saunders Perry | Edmund James | 11 / 20 / 1871 | 4 | colored | |
| Hester Blount | Elijah James | 8 / 18 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 1 yr | |
| Ann Willis | Jeremiah James | 12 / 9 / 1783 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Nannie Lucas | John James | 11 / 28 / 1900 | 7 | colored | |
| Betsey Taylor | John James | 2 / 2 / 1786 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Sarah Jarrell | Joseph James | 1 / 15 / 1791 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Susanna Little | Joseph James | 2 / 12 / 1794 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mary E. Barner | Joseph T. James | 5 / 8 / 1883 | 6 | colored |
