CHARTER MEMBERS: Who were these men? Thomas Hunt

Dr. Thomas G. Hunt was born Jan 8, 1779, Granville Co., NC.  He died 1862, in Gay Hill,Texas.  The husband of Elizabeth Duke,and son of Memucan & Mary (Wade) Hunt, His father, Memucan was a US Revolutionary War Soldier and the “First Treasurer” of NC 1777 - 1787.

Hunt family history recalls the cause of death as being due to robbery and murder while Dr. Hunt was traveling on the La Bahia Road early in 1862 about 4 miles northwest of his home. Local legend indicates Dr. Hunt is buried in Oak Rest Cemetery.