Thomas B. Nobles enlisted in McCants Florida Battery at Fernandina FL, Jan. 1, 1862. He died at Marietta GA, Sept. 11, 1863. Service file includes widow's claim, physical description plus place of birth (Wayne County GA). He appears on the 1860 census in Nassau County FL, age 40. On the 1850 census he is found at the right age just over the Georgia line in Ware County.