Black plaque № 14140

Vega, TX, United States

County Named for Texas Confederate Senator W. S. Oldham 1813-1868. (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 Jeff

erson 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 Conf

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