[3] After moving to Savannah, in 1836 he established N. A. Hardee Company,[5] a cotton factor business at number 6 Upper Stoddard Range on River Street.

[3] He hired his eighteen-year-old nephew Charles Seton Henry Hardee, who also tutored Noble's two oldest children.

[1] Noble's daughter, Susan Ann, married Confederate States Army brigadier general William W. Kirkland, who was a partner in the company.

[1] He served as a member of the Grand Jury in 1859, under Judges Fleming and John M. Millen Jr.[1] Hardee died on September 10, 1867, aged 61, while in Richfield Springs, New York.

[1] He was described in 1890 as being "a man of strong characteristics and eminent for his virtues and high character ... holding many positions of trust and honor at the time of his death.