1815: LA. - Viatoria Phillips, d/o Alen & Viatoria Phillips

FORT JESUP AND THE FRONTIER.
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Even after the abandonment of Fort Jesup as a military post it was famous for its social gatherings and many of our good citizens recall the pleasant hours spent as guests of the people there. The cemetery of a community often furnishes much material for historical narrative and the burying-ground at Fort Jesup is eminently worthy of notice. The cemetery is not large, but is one of the best kept and preserved in this section of the state, and contains probably the oldest marked grave in Sabine parish. This grave was made nine years before the fort was built, and a stone slab contains the inscription:

“Viatoria, daughter of Alen and Viatoria Phillips; born March 15, 1815; died April 19, 1815.”
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Source: History of Sabine Parish Louisiana, by John G. Belisle, published by the Sabine Banner Press, 1912; Pgs. 87-88