​County Named for Texas Confederate Senator W. Oldham 1819-1968

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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. (1963) 

Marker No: 1088

Pink Granite with incised Star & Wreath Civil War Memorial

Location: US 385, Northwest corner of Courthouse lawn, Vega 

Geographic: 35.246307,-102.429352