Historical Marker

Oxford Cemetery

Historical marker location:
Llano, Texas
( from Llano take SH 16 south approx. 10 miles, marker is on east side of SH 16 opposite CR 113)
Marker installed: 1985

The Oxford community was founded in 1880 when Confederate veteran A. J. Johnson came to Llano County and laid out the townsite. In 1881, a burial ground was established near this site for the use of the families of Oxford. Burials date from 1883, although some of the graves that were moved from a neighboring cemetery bear earlier death dates. Among those interred there are the town's founder, A. J. Johnson (1832-1912); and James R. Moss (1843-1924), who captained the Packsaddle Mountain fight, an 1873 battle that drove raiding Indians out of Llano County. (1985).