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.
It is known far and wide for the cannonball embedded in the upper left column, a remnant of the Civil War Battle of Lexington I, fought on September 18, 19 and 20, 1861. In 1847, County Judges Thomas Gordon, Nathaniel Price, and Joseph W. Hall determined that a new Courthouse was needed to serve Lafayette County, Missouri. The judges chose a site on the new Main Street in Lexington, an approved plans for a magnificent structure of the Classic Greek Revival design.