1830: Col. Sylvanus Phillips, of Helena, Arkansas

DIED - At his residence at Helena, on the evening of the 31st ult., after a painful illness of between two and three months, Col. Sylvanus Phillips, in the 65th year of his age. He was one of our earliest settlers, having emigrated to the country before its cession to the U. States in 1803, and has filled several public situations under the different Governments that have exercised jurisdiction over the country, the duties of which were discharged with fidelity to his country and credit to himself. He was an ardent and sincere friend, an obliging neighbor and a respectable and enterprising citizen. To his family and numerous connexion, his death is deeply afflicting, and it is sincerely deplored by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

Source: The Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas, Wednesday, November 10, 1830