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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Hoover | William Farrow | 9 / 18 / 1889 | 6 | colored | |
| Mary Wood | Zaccheus Farrow | 8 / 6 / 1835 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Jane Gill | Hilyeard Fatheroe | 3 / 24 / 1803 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Nancy Snead | Reading Fatheroe | 7 / 16 / 1803 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Martha Bryan | Henry Faucett | 1 / 1 / 1874 | 5 | colored | |
| Ruby Daniels | Harry L. Faulkner | 12 / 21 / 1905 | 7 | ||
| Manda A. Jenkins | William J. Faulkner | 1 / 8 / 1882 | 6 | ||
| Mary Grant | Ansell Faunel | 6 / 17 / 1807 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Mary J. Toodle | Nathan Fay | 7 / 18 / 1907 | 7 | colored | |
| Julianne Ebsten | William Fay | 6 / 27 / 1907 | 7 | colored | |
| Mary Allen | Robert S. Feagly | 4 / 30 / 1860 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Allen | Robert S. Feagly | 5 / 1 / 1860 | 1 | ||
| Arette Ipock | John Fearns | 12 / 11 / 1828 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Catherine Riggs | John Fearns | 4 / 11 / 1861 | 1 | ||
| Nancy Pipkin | Cason Fell | 2 / 26 / 1817 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Elizabeth Vendrick | Cason Fell | 12 / 12 / 1836 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Esther Brinson | John Fell | 7 / 17 / 1793 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Covington | John Fell | 8 / 3 / 1789 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Mary Jane Everenton | Robert Fell | 2 / 28 / 1846 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Caroline Lewis | Robert Fell | 12 / 6 / 1860 | 1 | ||
| Eunice Franklin | Jonathan Fellowes | 12 / 22 / 1792 | Vol.1 | marriage bond | |
| Harriett Keys | John Felton | 6 / 25 / 1900 | 7 | colored | |
| Frances Stallings | John Felton | 1 / 20 / 1887 | 6 | colored | |
| Mary Brent | Albert Fenderson | 4 / 20 / 1874 | 5 | colored | |
| Mary E. Gwaltney | Alexander C. Fenderson | 10 / 31 / 1900 | 7 | colored |
