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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alley Hill | Lewis Kornegay | 8 / 25 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 30 yrs | |
| Rosetta Joyner | Marshall Kornegay | 1 / 13 / 1897 | 6 | colored | |
| Sarah Slade | Martin Kornegay | 8 / 16 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 20 yrs | |
| Sarah Mumford | Mingo Kornegay | 8 / 28 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 12 yrs | |
| Marinda Davis | Owen Kornegay | 7 / 7 / 1883 | 6 | colored | |
| Eliza Ellison | Owen Kornegay | 10 / 27 / 1881 | 6 | colored | |
| Katie Gatlin | Owen Kornegay | 11 / 18 / 1903 | 7 | colored | |
| Roberta Williams | Sawyer Kornegay | 9 / 28 / 1905 | 7 | colored | |
| Henrietta Charlotte | Lewis Kottman | 9 / 4 / 1860 | 1 | ||
| Lydia Meadows | Joseph Kry | 12 / 28 / 1820 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Crisia Sellers | John Kuhn | 3 / 4 / 1784 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Nancy Parsons | Robert Lafel | 5 / 20 / 1854 | 1 | ||
| Nancy Parsons | Robert Lafel | 5 / 20 / 1854 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Polly Williams | Francis Lagon | 2 / 2 / 1807 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Allen | William Lake | 2 / 9 / 1815 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Edith L. Carawan | G. C. Lam | 9 / 14 / 1904 | 7 | ||
| Polly Clark | Benjamin Lambert | 9 / 9 / 1802 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Lofton | Josious Lambert | 12 / 18 / 1789 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Heath | Samuel Lambert | 12 / 17 / 1793 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Martha Bell | S. J. Lamm | 11 / 17 / 1907 | 7 | ||
| Lindsay Wallace | Daniel Lamount | 9 / 3 / 1833 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Sadie Ipock | William Lampert | 3 / 16 / 1908 | 7 | ||
| Bertha Tuttle | William Lampert | 1 / 4 / 1906 | 7 | ||
| Emily Smith | Andrew Lancaster | 11 / 30 / 1871 | 4 | colored | |
| Rosetta Kenyon | Brice Lancaster | 3 / 10 / 1869 | 4 | colored |
