This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UYB.2ACE/1477.1 Message Board Post: Rex, Old records at the Carter County OK courthouse weren't always important and many were tossed. There was an 1890 Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Census taken by the tribe. It is in three volumes. I believe Vol 2 contains what is now Carter Co. My ancestors were living in Cheek at the time and found them. You might look into it. Good luck. Harold in New Orleans