New Bern Obituary Index

The New Bern Obituary Index helps users find obituaries or death notices located in the newspapers of New Bern. The dates given in the index are the dates of the obituary or death notice, not the actual dates of death.

The Obituary Index includes obituaries and death notices from 1751 through the current year.

Also included are several obituary "hoaxes" or death notices of people who were actually still living. Two such cases are the "obituaries" of Jimmie Lillian Roll in 1968 and John Koonce in 1888. For the trivia buff, the shortest name in our database is Ben, a slave, whose death was reported on April 25 and 26, 1848. The longest name in our database is Byron Hiram Ariom Long Myram William John Adrian Livingston Corbett, whose death is reported in the Tribune of August 17, 1935.

Copies of the obituaries or death notices listed in the index can be obtained by sending a check or money order for $2.00 for each notice to:

Kellenberger Room
New Bern-Craven County Public Library
400 Johnson Street
New Bern, NC 28560

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Order by: ID A-Z ID Z-A Published A-Z Published Z-A Last Name A-Z Last Name Z-A First Name A-Z First Name Z-A Middle/Maiden Name A-Z Middle/Maiden Name Z-A Year Min-Max Year Max-Min

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Year	Search	Clear

Records Found: 185612

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Month	Day	Year	Newspaper	Page	Column	URL
	Harry	(Slave - property of Solomon Burnes)	6	25	1853	WN	2	4	newspapers#wn
		[victims of 1899 hurricane]	9	14	1899	NBDJ	4	4	newspapers#nbdj
	Janet		8	16	1873	NBDT	1	2	newspapers#nbdt
	Janet		8	21	1873	NBWT	3	2	newspapers#nbwt
	Hammond	[109 yr old black man]	12	22	1906	NBDJ	3	4	newspapers#nbdj
	Jim	(slave)	9	21	1831	Sentinel	3	1	newspapers#cc
	John	(slave-property of E. Colbert)	6	5	1857	Union	2	5	newspapers#nbu
		[crew of Schooner Cressie Wright]	1	12	1886	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
	Leo	(Rev. Father, O.S.B.)	5	19	1917	SJ	6	7	newspapers#sj
	Leo	(Rev. Father, O.S.B.)	5	20	1917	MNB	5	3	newspapers#mnb
	Lewis		3	26	1873	NBDT	1	2	newspapers#nbdt
	Lewis		3	27	1873	NBDT	1	2	newspapers#nbdt
	Lucy		2	19	1871	NBDT	3	1	newspapers#nbdt
	Mamie	Melissa Spell	12	24	1954	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
	Matilda	(slave - property of Mrs. Green)	3	20	1849	Newbernian	2	3	newspapers#nbw
		[crew of Schooner Cressie Wright]	1	16	1886	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
	Moses	(slave - property of Jeremiah N. Allen)	2	12	1853	WN	2	4	newspapers#wn
		[crew of Schooner Cressie Wright]	1	21	1886	NBWJ	4	3	newspapers#nbwj
	Moses	(slave - property of Mary Brown)	4	30	1853	WN	2	6	newspapers#wn
		[crew of Schooner Crissie Wright]	1	21	1886	NBWJ	2	1	newspapers#nbwj
	Moury	["an old colored woman"]	1	6	1887	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj
	Ned	(slave)	12	8	1837	Spectator	3	6	newspapers#sp
	Patience	(slave - property of John L. Durand)	6	25	1853	WN	2	4	newspapers#wn
	Polly	(slave - property of estate of Josephus Hall)	1	14	1854	WN	2	4	newspapers#wn
	John	[Dutch crewman of S.S. Home]	10	27	1837	Spectator	3	1	newspapers#sp