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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Morris | George Jarrell | 1 / 22 / 1853 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Margaret Morris | George Edward Jarrell | 2 / 13 / 1853 | 1 | ||
| Rebekah Philips | Lewis Jarrell | 1 / 1 / 1787 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Clingerman | Kilean Jarrott | 1 / 2 / 1795 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Julia Wheadon | Foster Jarvis Jr. | 11 / 20 / 1816 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Cordelia Burke | James Jarvis | 6 / 5 / 1905 | 7 | colored | |
| Holland Lane | Jesse Jarvis | 8 / 14 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 7 yrs | |
| Polly Brown | Moses Jarvis | 4 / 22 / 1802 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Susan A. Crispin | Moses W. Jarvis | 11 / 10 / 1831 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Fowler | Moses Jarvis Jr. | 3 / 22 / 1821 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Prudence Davis | Samuel Gardner Jarvis | 6 / 7 / 1786 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Lucy Tucker | Solomon Jarvis | 9 / 9 / 1899 | 7 | ||
| Violet Ann Stanly | George Jasper | 8 / 16 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 3 yrs | |
| Sylvia Crawford | Jaben Jasper | 8 / 15 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 1 yr | |
| Ann Dawson | James Jasper | 11 / 21 / 1785 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Rosetta Jones | Roscoe Jaycox | 8 / 26 / 1874 | 5 | colored | |
| Addie Staten | Frank T. Jeffers | 6 / 8 / 1898 | 6 | colored | |
| Loretta Pritchard | Edward Jeffery | 8 / 19 / 1904 | 7 | colored | |
| Sarah Gennett | Arthur Jenkins | 4 / 11 / 1895 | 6 | colored | |
| Elizabeth Harvey | Benjamin Jenkins | 8 / 24 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 2 yrs | |
| Florence Dudley | Frank Jenkins | 4 / 17 / 1906 | 7 | colored | |
| Amanda Gaskins | Hardy H. Jenkins | 8 / 27 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 8 yrs | |
| Louisa Bass | Henry R. Jenkins | 7 / 14 / 1881 | 6 | ||
| Lottie Brinkley | Isaac Jenkins | 12 / 8 / 1908 | 7 | ||
| Nannie Scott | John R. Jenkins | 12 / 3 / 1906 | 7 |
