Details for Emory Rains
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5379010861
Data
| Marker Number | 10861 |
| Atlas Number | 5379010861 |
| Marker Title | Emory Rains |
| Index Entry | Rains, Emory |
| Address | |
| City | Emory |
| County | Rains |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 240993 |
| UTM Northing | 3641093 |
| Subject Codes | pioneers |
| Marker Year | 1983 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Emory City Cemetery, N. Alexander St. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | (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. |