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I have read to check original records when you can, and you won't believe what I have found. All of us from Rutherford, Polk, and McDowell Counties are probably related.
The 1840 Rutherford County census has an index that reads Daniel Strihand, which probably looks that way to someone who doesn't know the name. But this name looks to me like Shehand. He had a large family too:
2 males under age 5, 1 male 5 to 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 40 to 50, 2 females under 5, 1 female 5 to 10, 1 female 15-20 and 1 female age 30 to 40. It is hard to read, but there is no surname for Strihand that I have ever found.
This could explain all the "Shehans" who appeared on the Rutherford County census in 1850 just out of nowhere.
There is also a Morris Sheham on that census, I want anyone to email me if they have gone back that far. I will email James Parkhill, he has done some research around there also, and his forefather is Daniel Shehan.
Thanks so much, Sheila
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