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(May 2, 1800 - Aug. 11, 1878) Texas pioneer Emory Rains served as an alcalde under Mexican rule and as a counselor in the East Texas Regulator-Moderator War of the 1840s. As a senator in the Republic of Texas Congress, he helped pass the Homestead Act. Rains also served in the 1845 Constitutional Convention and in the State Legislature, where he worked for the formation of this county, which was named in his honor. The Rains County Seat, Emory, was also named for him.
Rains, Emory is a historical marker in Emory, Rains County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 12 historical markers documented in Rains County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 57 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.8791, -95.7683 near Emory. The nearest cataloged historic site is Emory City (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hopewell, Fitzgerald Family, and Fitzgerald, Ambrose.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5379010861. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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