 During his term in office, he unwittingly honored fraudulent claims for military service stemming from the Revolutionary War (paying too generously soldiers who had fought in the Revolutionary War, and in some cases, paying soldiers who had not fought at all), which resulted in both litigation and hearings by the General Assembly.While he was not charged with malfeasance, he was defeated for re-election in 1787 by John Haywood.Hunt retired from politics to Granville County, where he became a wealthy planter and served as justice of the peace until 1792.