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
| Last Name |
First Name |
Middle/Maiden Name |
Year |
|---|
| Last Name | First Name | Middle/Maiden Name | Month | Day | Year | Newspaper | Page | Column | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos | 6 | 28 | 1909 | Sun | 8 | 3 | newspapers#sun | ||
| Ben | (slave - property of estate of J.C. Stanly) | 4 | 25 | 1848 | Newbernian | 2 | 1 | newspapers#nbw | |
| Ben | (slave) | 4 | 26 | 1848 | Republican | 2 | 1 | newspapers#repw | |
| Ben | (slave-property of Mrs. Dr. Wilson) | 6 | 12 | 1857 | Union | 2 | 3 | newspapers#nbu | |
| 1 | 15 | 1971 | SJ | 2 | 5 | newspapers#sj | |||
| Bill | (slave - property of John M. Roberts) | 6 | 25 | 1853 | WN | 2 | 4 | newspapers#wn | |
| Charles | (slave - property of John Blackwell) | 6 | 25 | 1853 | WN | 2 | 4 | newspapers#wn | |
| Clarence | "the orphan child" | 1 | 30 | 1920 | MNB | 3 | 3 | newspapers#mnb | |
| Daniel "the old colored baker" | "formerly owned by Mr. S.F. Bangert" | 3 | 16 | 1883 | PamEnterp (S) | 3 | 2 | newspapers#pent | |
| Dave | (slave) | 9 | 21 | 1831 | Sentinel | 3 | 1 | newspapers#cc | |
| David | 9 | 16 | 1857 | Union | 2 | 1 | newspapers#nbu | ||
| Dick | (slave - property of V.W. Dixon) | 9 | 1 | 1858 | DP | 2 | 5 | newspapers#dp | |
| [victim of 1899 hurricane] | 9 | 1 | 1899 | NBDJ | 4 | 3 | newspapers#nbdj | ||
| Dinah | (slave - property of Mrs. Nancy Lawrence) | 11 | 9 | 1858 | DP | 2 | 2 | newspapers#dp | |
| Dinah | (slave - property of Mrs. Nancy Lawrence) | 11 | 10 | 1858 | DP | 2 | 2 | newspapers#dp | |
| [victims of 1899 hurricane] | 9 | 2 | 1899 | NBDJ | 4 | 4 | newspapers#nbdj | ||
| Dinah | (slave - property of Mrs. Nancy Lawrence) | 11 | 11 | 1858 | DP | 2 | 3 | newspapers#dp | |
| Donain | (slave - property of Council B. Wood) | 6 | 18 | 1856 | Union | 2 | 5 | newspapers#nbu | |
| Edward | (murdered by Capt. Edward Tinker) | 4 | 23 | 1810 | True Republican | 4 | 3 | newspapers#tr | |
| Emanuel | (slave - property of John Blackwell) | 6 | 25 | 1853 | WN | 2 | 4 | newspapers#wn | |
| Fannie | (slave - property of Perkins family) | 6 | 7 | 1859 | DD | 3 | 2 | newspapers#dd | |
| Sylvia | [servant of Henry R. Bryan] | 5 | 18 | 1889 | NBDJ | 1 | 2 | newspapers#nbdj | |
| Foster | (slave - property of Co. Bryan) | 12 | 8 | 1837 | Spectator | 3 | 4 | newspapers#sp | |
| Foster | (slave) | 5 | 4 | 1838 | Spectator | 3 | 1 | newspapers#sp | |
| [victims of 1899 hurricane] | 9 | 8 | 1899 | NBDJ | 4 | 2 | newspapers#nbdj |
