County Named for Texas Confederate Senator W. S. Oldham 1813-1868
N 35° 14.818 W 102° 25.680
13S E 734018 N 3903463
A pink granite historic marker on the northwest corner of the Oldham County Courthouse Square in Vega.
Waymark Code: WMM9KW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2014
Views: 6
One of three historic markers at this historic courthouse in a dusty declining town.
Marker Number: 1088
Marker Text:
Legislator, judge, newspaperman. Came to Texas from Arkansas. Member 1861 Texas Secession Convention. Chosen delegate to provisional Confederate Congress, Montgomery, Ala. Sent Arkansas to work for secession by Jefferson Davis 1861. Texas Confederate Senator 1862-1865. Influential defender of of states rights, and granting president power to suspend writ of habeas corpus.
A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy.
Erected by the State of Texas 1963
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