No relation. I'm transcribing a journal that a G.G. Grandfather (John Howard Redfield) took with Asa Gray in 1879 in search of Shortia (plant.) They passed through that area and had a wheel break and were looking for a black smith for repair. They found his home and shop and stumbled on a still. They passed through a farm with no buildings on it, owned by a Mr. Barrier a relative and namesake of the black smith and distiller. They did finally get the wheel fixed. This was in the Jonas' Ridge area.