According to Blue Jacket biographer John Sugden, Blue Jacket was undoubtedly a Shawnee by birth.[4] DNA testing of the descendants of Blue Jacket and Van Swearingen has given additional support to the argument that Blue Jacket was not Van Swearingen.
LaFayette is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 171 people and just one neighborhood, LaFayette is the 388th largest community in Kentucky. Occupations and Workforce Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, LaFayette is neither predominantly one nor the other.
Hazard is located in the heart of the Appalachian Coalfields in Eastern Ky. It is found at the crossroads of Highways 15 and 80 and the Hal Rogers Parkway (formerly the Daniel Boone Parkway). The City of Hazard was founded in 1884 on land deeded to the town trustees by Elijah Combs and his wife, Sarah.