North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-2011
Index and images of marriage records from North Carolina county courthouses. These records include licenses, marriage applications, marriage bonds, marriage certificates, marriage packets and cohabitation registers.
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North Carolina, County Marriages
What is in This Collection?
The collection consists of an index & images of marriage records from North Carolina county courthouses for the years 1762 to 1979. These records include licenses, marriage applications, marriage bonds, marriage certificates, marriage packets and cohabitation registers. Please be aware that owing to the absence of actual marriage record books in some localities the bond date may be given as the marriage date in some index publications. As with all secondary sources, the original should be always be consulted to verify the index data.
For a list of what is currently contained in this collection see the wiki article North Carolina County Marriage Records Coverage Table - FamilySearch Historical Records. Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
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| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979. |
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
Bonds
- Names of bondsmen (one is usually groom)
- Name of bride
- Date of bond
- Place of residence of bride and groom
- (normally the bond was supposed to be filed in the county where the bride resided)
- Parent’s names were occasionally given on bonds from the 1850’s and 1860’s
Register of marriages
- Name of groom
- Name of bride
- County of residence
- Ages of bride and groom
- Date of license
- Date of marriage
- By whom married
- Place of marriage
- Witnesses
Licenses
- Name of groom
- Name of bride
- Names of parents of bride and groom
- Places of residence of bride and groom
- Date of license
- Place where license was issued
- Date married (if a marriage then took place)
- Person performing marriage
- Age of bride and groom (on later licenses after about 1872)
- Race of bride and groom (on later licenses after about 1872)
- Date of birth (on later certificates)
- Whether parents were living (on later certificates)
Cohabitation
- Name of bride
- Name of groom
- Place married
- Name of person who performed the marriage
- Date of marriage
Collection Content
Coverage Table
A coverage table for this collection is available in the wiki article North Carolina County Marriage Records Coverage Table - FamilySearch Historical Records.
Source information
Location of Original Records
State Archives of North Carolina
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-2011 ." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 30 April 2026. North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History.
