Harriet Jane Crowder was born in 1818 in Kentucky, according to the 1860 Census, Fannin County, Texas.  She was the daughter of Richard Crowder and Mary Polly Eastham, who married December 1, 1800 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

Harriet Jane Crowder served the Republic of Texas as an original land owner, wife of original land owner and mother of children born in the Republic. Place of residence during the Republic of Texas was Lamar County, Texas, arriving June 3, 1837.  She applied for a land grant and received a 2^nd Class Headright of 1280 acres.  Later that same year, she married Jacob Lyday, a widower, with three (3) children.  In 1838, she gave birth to my great great grandmother, Mary Jane Lyday.  Two more children were born to this union.  They raised their children in Lamar County.  When their youngest child was seven, Jacob died in 1855.  Not long after, the estate was settled, with equal parts going to Harriet Jane Crowder Lyday, and the six children.

On January 10, 1858, she married Moses W. Bledsoe in Lamar County.  They are on the 1860 Census of Fannin County.  She died by the year 1864.   She is buried in the Bledsoe Cemetery, Dial Community, Fannin County, Texas.
 

Jacob Lyday and Harriet Jane Crowder are included in the family history account book, DRT of Texas, Patriot Ancestor Album, page 181.

Harriet Jane Crowder and Jacob Lyday are included in the book listing Pathfinders and Pioneers in the Loose Leaves of the History of Lamar County.

Sylvia Beth McIntire Kennedy, Descendant