Memucan Hunt (1729–1808) was an early American statesman, planter, and the first person to hold the position of North Carolina State Treasurer in its current form.

1760 he lived at Burnside Plantation House, a two-story, weatherboarded, Federal style dwelling near Williamsboro, North Carolina.

[2] In 1770, at the age of 41, Hunt was appointed Sergeant-at-Arms of the Province of North Carolina House of Burgesses, and in 1773 was elected as a Representative to the Assembly from Granville and Bute Counties.

He continued to hold office in the North Carolina General Assembly, and in 1779 was elected to the State Senate, serving as a member of the Committee of Accounts.

[6] Hunt retired from politics to Granville County, where he resided at home with his family, became a wealthy planter, and served as Justice of the Peace until 1792.