Charles R. Railey

Full Name: Charles R. Railey
Other surnames: Raley
Date of birth: August 3, 1798
Date of death: January 13, 1874

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H Austin Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849 2nd (1)     Unknown / Austin   Austin
H Austin Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847 1st (2)     Unknown / Austin   Austin

(1) Chas. Raley, Austin County. Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(2) Whig. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District Austin
Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849
Legislatures: 2nd (1)  
Home City/County: Unknown / Austin
Counties in district: Austin
House District Austin
Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847
Legislatures: 1st (2)  
Home City/County: Unknown / Austin
Counties in district: Austin

(1) Chas. Raley, Austin County. Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(2) Whig. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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Other Resources

  • Charles R. Railey, born 8/3/1798 in Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky, death 1870 in Louisiana. Wife Jane Reames, 7/26/1819 in New Orleans, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Railey Family Tree.
    Census of 1850 - Charles Railey, Austin County, Texas, age 52, born circa 1798 in Kentucky, farmer, in household with Jane Railey.
    Census of 1870 - Charles Railey, Austin County, age 72, born circa 1798 in Kentucky, retired planter. Ancestry.com.
  • Charles Railey, Jr., born 8/3/1798, listed in, "Railey-Randolph History and Genealogy (CONCLUDED)," Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, January 1912, Vol. 10, No. 28, pp. 118, 128. JSTOR.
  • "Colonel Charles Railey, aged seventy-five years, one of the very first settlers of Austin county, died at Heampstead on the night of the 13th." Denison Daily News, 1/17/1874, p. 2, crediting Grayson County Frontier Village. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Charles Raley, Austin County, age 48, born circa 1798 in Kentucky, farmer. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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2nd R.S. - 1847
Claims and Accounts  
Internal Improvements  
1st R.S. - 1846
Education  
Mail Routes (Post Routes), Select  

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