| Marker Number |
1088 |
| Atlas Number |
5359001088 |
| Marker Title |
County Named for Texas Confederate Senator W. S. Oldham 1813-1868 |
| Index Entry |
Oldham, W. S., Texas Confederate Senator |
| Address |
US 385, NW corner of Courthouse lawn |
| City |
Vega |
| County |
Oldham |
| UTM Zone |
13 |
| UTM Easting |
733897 |
| UTM Northing |
3903392 |
| Subject Codes |
journalists; judges; state official |
| Marker Year |
1963 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
NW corner of Oldham, County Courthouse, Vega |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
Civil War Memorials - (pink granite) |
| Marker Text |
(Star and Wreath) 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. |
