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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vera Kennedy | Wright Lawhorn | 10 / 29 / 1902 | 7 | colored | |
| Eady Hagin | John Lawley | 8 / 28 / 1789 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Abigail Wilson | Stephen Lawley | 8 / 1 / 1803 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Lorena Ballard | Bateman F. Lawrence | 12 / 2 / 1891 | 6 | ||
| Harriet A. Moore | C. W. Lawrence | 6 / 3 / 1903 | 7 | colored | |
| Lucinda White | Canney Lawrence | 8 / 18 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 18 yrs | |
| Rosette Delamar | Henry Lawrence | 9 / 5 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 2 yrs | |
| Charlotte Phodes | James Lawrence | 2 / 18 / 1892 | 6 | colored | |
| Margaret Mitchell | Peter W. Lawrence | 7 / 11 / 1872 | 5 | colored | |
| Nettie Jones | W. W. Lawrence | 3 / 30 / 1884 | 6 | colored | |
| Sylvia Jones Lawrence | William Lawrence | 8 / 13 / 1866 | 2 | colored, ?? yrs | |
| Lillian A. Havens | William W. Lawrence | 11 / 10 / 1887 | 6 | colored | |
| Julia A. Wetherington | William W. Lawrence Jr. | 3 / 23 / 1878 | 5 | ||
| Ann Elizabeth Bryan | Zadoc B. Lawrence | 3 / 22 / 1843 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Hansey Jones | Guilford L. Laws | 2 / 9 / 1869 | 3 | ||
| Missouri Johnson | C. C. Lawson | 11 / 21 / 1898 | 7 | colored | |
| Sally Carpenter | Elias Lawson | 6 / 28 / 1808 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Sally Pittman | Elias Lawson | 12 / 22 / 1813 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Ida Bryant | James Lawson | 12 / 23 / 1897 | 6 | colored | |
| Martha A. Rountree | James A. Lawson | 10 / 16 / 1890 | 6 | colored | |
| Hannah Hoover | Jesse Lawson | 6 / 13 / 1805 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Eliza Ernull | John R. Lawson | 1 / 5 / 1869 | 4 | colored | |
| Lizzie Richardson | R. P. Lawson | 11 / 19 / 1902 | 7 | colored | |
| Amanda Kincey | Simon Lawson | 8 / 27 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 9 yrs | |
| Elizabeth Jump | William Lawson | 6 / 5 / 1782 | Vol.2 | marriage bond |
