Who was the first vampire in the Sookie Stackhouse series?

can anyone tell me who the first vampire in the Sookie Stackhouse world was? Not the first to appear in the books but the father of all vampire. I watch Tru Blood but have not read any of the books. After reading this persons post online (a href="http://www.fluther.com/54258/what-is-sookie-stackhouse/)" rel="nofollow"http://www.fluther.com/54258/what-is-soo…/a it got me very interested in knowing who the first vampire was and also what kind of creature Sookie was. Bring on the spoilers!!