John Young Noel

Authors

• David N. McCullough Jr.

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Description

John Young Noel, a prominent attorney and Mayor of Savannah for four terms, was born in the City of New York on June 18, 1762 of parents illustrious for pity. He was practicing law in Elizabethtown, New Jersey where he married his wife, Sarah C. (Dennis) Stites, the widow of Richard Stites and the mother of Richard Montgomery Stites. The date of his arrival in Savannah is unknown, but Noel was appointed Judge of the Courts in Upper Georgia prior to 1789 Tax Digest for Chatham County. He was also noted to be the Solicitor General of Georgia in 1794.

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Publication Date

Fall 1992

Recommended Citation

McCullough, David N. Jr., "John Young Noel" (1992). Savannah Biographies. 170.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/170