Hello Mike I do not know if there is a connection to your GARRISONS. My connection is in Deerfield , Cumberland Co. where the SMITHS and GARRISONS intermarried. Also John GARRISON was pastor of the Deerfield Presbyterian Church from 1795 until 1805. Later SMITHS in Ohio were still using GARRISON, PEARSALL, WAGGONER, and DAVENPORT as middle names from 1805-1845. John