Hunt had arrived
in VDL aboard the Louisa from NSW on 1 March 1844 as a free
settler. At 79 years of age on 15 November 1877 he was charged at Hobart with
being Drunk & Disorderly and sentenced to 7 Days gaol. His
warrant number was 12140. Hunt was a shoemaker, Catholic with three or more
prior convictions and was illiterate. He died at CSG on 18 November 1877 at
4:00 a.m. (Cause unknown.