| Seven Hundred SeventySecond in the Famous People (FP) Series - Emory Rains |
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Emory Rains (May 4, 1800 – March 4, 1878) was a lawyer, judge and political leader in the Republic of Texas and thereafter in the State of Texas. Rains was born in Warren County, Tennessee, and moved to Texas in 1817. Emory Rains held many public offices and his life was devoted to public service.
In 1839, Rains was a prime supporter of the historic law creating a Homestead exemption in Texas.
In 1846, Emory Rains settled on a section of land on the Turkey Creek Territory of the Sabine River in what was then Wood County; there he bought 640 acres of the Martin Ferring survey on Turkey Creek and Rains Creek off of Lake Fork about two miles northeast from Point. It was at this place that he spent the remainder of his life.
In 1861, he stood with Sam Houston in opposition to secession from the union. In 1866, Emory Rains rode a mule to Austin, Texas, for the purpose of getting a bill introduced to create Rains County, Texas.
In 1869 Emory Rains, E.P. Kearby, and Captain T.M. Cain set out to survey Rains County, parts of which were taken from Wood, Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt counties; the county was laid out and named in his honor, and county seat, which was then Springville, was changed to his given name, Emory.
Judge Emory Rains died on March 4, 1878, of an apparent stroke, and is buried in the City Cemetery in Emory, Texas. Both Emory, Texas, and Rains County, Texas are named for him.
The cache here is a test strip container, just a tad smaller than a 35mm, hidden along the pathway leading to the Emory Rains Memorial. I know that cachers don't read cache pages anymore, and it's sad. But this cache fits perfectly in a specific spot and needs to be put back there just like it was found. Cache is not hidden in the shrubbery or inside the surrounding area of the memorial. It's on the outside of the ring, along the pathway. It is visible without moving any rocks, bricks, stones, wrecking balls, bulldozers, etc.
Not far away is a 9-11-2001 memorial and so it is fitting that we originally hid a cache here GC1YNQ9 on 9-11-2009.
FP cemetery caches are always placed with regards to the location, so please be mindful of your presence here, watch where you step and be respectful of the residents interred here. Please carefully re-hide the container better to maintain the integrity of the cache.
Avoid the use of acronym only logs and cut 'n paste logs. You must sign the log to claim the find. No exceptions, no excuses. Blank logs may be deleted without notice.