Served in Texas Republic Senate. Member Texas Republic House of Representatives. Member of State of Texas House of Representatives and Senate. Rains County, Texas and City of Emory named after him.
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RAINS, EMORY
This county (Rains County, TX) was named for Emory Rains, a native of Warren County, Tennessee, where he was born May 4, 1800. He came to Texas in 1826 and settled in Red River (Lamar) County. Later having located in Shelby County, he represented Shelby and Sabine Counties in the Senate of the Republic during the Second Congress in 1837 and in the Constitutional Convention of 1845. After annexation he represented Shelby County in the Legislature and held several minor offices. He died March 4, 1878, in the county that bears his name. ["The History and Geography of Texas as Told in County Names". Texas Genealogy Trails website
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RAINS, EMORY
This county (Rains County, TX) was named for Emory Rains, a native of Warren County, Tennessee, where he was born May 4, 1800. He came to Texas in 1826 and settled in Red River (Lamar) County. Later having located in Shelby County, he represented Shelby and Sabine Counties in the Senate of the Republic during the Second Congress in 1837 and in the Constitutional Convention of 1845. After annexation he represented Shelby County in the Legislature and held several minor offices. He died March 4, 1878, in the county that bears his name. ["The History and Geography of Texas as Told in County Names". Texas Genealogy Trails website
Served in Texas Republic Senate. Member Texas Republic House of Representatives. Member of State of Texas House of Representatives and Senate. Rains County, Texas and City of Emory named after him.
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RAINS, EMORY
This county (Rains County, TX) was named for Emory Rains, a native of Warren County, Tennessee, where he was born May 4, 1800. He came to Texas in 1826 and settled in Red River (Lamar) County. Later having located in Shelby County, he represented Shelby and Sabine Counties in the Senate of the Republic during the Second Congress in 1837 and in the Constitutional Convention of 1845. After annexation he represented Shelby County in the Legislature and held several minor offices. He died March 4, 1878, in the county that bears his name. ["The History and Geography of Texas as Told in County Names". Texas Genealogy Trails website
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RAINS, EMORY
This county (Rains County, TX) was named for Emory Rains, a native of Warren County, Tennessee, where he was born May 4, 1800. He came to Texas in 1826 and settled in Red River (Lamar) County. Later having located in Shelby County, he represented Shelby and Sabine Counties in the Senate of the Republic during the Second Congress in 1837 and in the Constitutional Convention of 1845. After annexation he represented Shelby County in the Legislature and held several minor offices. He died March 4, 1878, in the county that bears his name. ["The History and Geography of Texas as Told in County Names". Texas Genealogy Trails website
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