John Young Noel (1762-1817) was born in New York. He practiced law in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, where he married Sarah C. Dennis Stites, widow of Richard Stites and mother of Richard Montgomery Stites. The family moved to Savannah where Noel became a distinguished member of the bar. He was a Judge of the Courts in Upper Georgia prior to 1789, Judge of the Eastern Circuit, 1807, Mayor of Savannah, March 1796 - July 1797 and 1804-1807, and Alderman of Savannah, 1798-1799 and 1804-1807.
From the description of John Young Noel, 1796-1797. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 123765422