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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celia Moore | James King | 8 / 4 / 1785 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Nannie W. Dudley | James H. King | 12 / 26 / 1906 | 7 | colored | |
| Margaret Hodges | Job King | 8 / 27 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 6 yrs | |
| Minnie Ann Canady | John King | 1 / 31 / 1895 | 6 | colored | |
| Margaret Flinn | John King | 1 / 20 / 1782 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Winnford Kemp | John King | 7 / 27 / 1795 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Hattie Miller | John King | 2 / 22 / 1907 | 7 | colored | |
| Lisha Speight | John King | 6 / 29 / 1813 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mills Tingle | John King | 10 / 11 / 1782 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Julia Ann Boyd | John Anderson King | 8 / 25 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 8 yrs | |
| Elizabeth Kean | Joseph King | 11 / 4 / 1820 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Nancy McCafferty | Joseph King | 3 / 25 / 1798 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Jennie Street | Joshua King | 1 / 13 / 1897 | 6 | colored | |
| Isabella Shore | Julious King | 11 / 18 / 1906 | 7 | colored | |
| Phoebe King | Justus King | 3 / 24 / 1808 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Alice Watkins | Lafayette King | 12 / 24 / 1895 | 6 | colored | |
| Hester Shepard | Pearce King | 8 / 29 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 3 yrs | |
| Harriet Edwards | Samuel King | 4 / 23 / 1890 | 6 | colored | |
| Sidney Lawson | Thomas King | 4 / 19 / 1817 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Little Little | Thomas King | 4 / 2 / 1781 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Nancy A. Martin | Thomas J. King | 11 / 6 / 1870 | 3 | ||
| Rendy Knight | William King | 9 / 25 / 1889 | 6 | colored | |
| Mary E. Moye | William King | 6 / 2 / 1908 | 7 | colored | |
| Mary Tingle | William King | 12 / 10 / 1793 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Lucretia Burney | Thomas Kingwell | 11 / 20 / 1782 | Vol.2 | marriage bond |
