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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malissa Whitney | Samuel Lewis Jr. | 11 / 19 / 1891 | 6 | colored | |
| Mary Ives | Stephen Lewis | 12 / 18 / 1878 | 5 | colored | |
| Olvena Bexley | Theodore Lewis | 4 / 30 / 1882 | 6 | colored | |
| Diana Cooper | Thomas Lewis | 8 / 20 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 3 yrs | |
| Nancy George | Thomas Lewis | 8 / 19 / 1815 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Frances Green | Thomas Lewis | 5 / 17 / 1845 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Rhoda Robesons | Thomas Lewis | 9 / 13 / 1809 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Annie Buck | Tump Lewis | 8 / 23 / 1905 | 7 | ||
| Lucy Vines | W. H. Lewis | 12 / 19 / 1878 | 5 | colored | |
| Emma Abernathy | W. R. Lewis | 2 / 16 / 1895 | 6 | ||
| Fannie A. Fisher | W. W. Lewis | 10 / 10 / 1882 | 6 | colored | |
| Liddy S. Whitfield | W. W. Lewis | 1 / 24 / 1878 | 5 | colored | |
| Mary Ann Ipock | Walter Lewis | 6 / 5 / 1898 | 6 | ||
| Kate Miss Simpson | Wardie W. Lewis | 12 / 10 / 1901 | 7 | ||
| Teresa Carruthers | William Lewis | 3 / 25 / 1843 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Houston | William Lewis | 8 / 27 / 1828 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Susannah King | William Lewis | 8 / 14 / 1809 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Celia Morris | William Lewis | 10 / 14 / 1833 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Eliza Ann Neal | William Lewis | 8 / 20 / 1866 | 2 | colored, 12 yrs | |
| Nancy Rawles | William Lewis | 11 / 1 / 1823 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Betsey Riggs | William Lewis | 4 / 18 / 1814 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Sally Riggs | William Lewis | 4 / 2 / 1805 | Vol.2 | marriage bond | |
| Mollie A. Smith | William Edward Lewis | 6 / 1 / 1869 | 3 | ||
| Celia Ann Brickhouse | William H. Lewis | 2 / 18 / 1869 | 3 | ||
| Martha Gaskins | William H. Lewis | 12 / 4 / 1870 | 3 |
