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Data taken from Long's Manuscripts which were presented by C. E. Long, Esq. to the British Museum in March 1842
A General Return of the Militia of the Island of Jamaica
the 31st day of October 1778
| Names of Counties and Parishes | By Colour | Total | Maroons |
| Including Officers and Privates | |||
| Eastern Division of Horse | 389 | ||
| Kingston Regiment of Foot | 704 Whites | ||
| 315 Colour | 1119 | ||
| Port Royal | 126 Whites | ||
| 39 Colour | 165 | ||
| Saint Andrew | 120 Whites | ||
| 45 Colour | 165 | ||
| Saint David and | |||
| Saint Thomas in the East | 379 Whites | ||
| 71 Colour | 450 | ||
| Portland | 123 Whites | ||
| 20 Colour | 143 | ||
| Moore Town | 39 | ||
| Saint George 1 Barrack Master | 1 | ||
| Charles Town | 50 | ||
| Middlesex Division of Horse | 333 | ||
| Saint Catherine's Regiment of Foot | |||
| Saint Thomas in the Vale - Light Horse | illegible | ||
| Saint John's - Foot | |||
| Saint Dorothy | 514 Whites | ||
| 294 Colour | 808 | ||
| Vere | 116 Whites | ||
| 59 Colour | 175 | ||
| Clarendon | 214 Whites | ||
| 152 Colour | 366 | ||
| Saint Ann's - Light Horse | 32 | ||
| Foot | 313 Whites | ||
| 50 Colour | 363 | ||
| Saint Mary's - Light Horse | 50 | ||
| Foot | 401 Whites | ||
| 86 Colour | 487 | ||
| Scott's Hall | 13 | ||
| Western Division of Horse | illegible | ||
| Saint Elizabeth's Regiment of Foot | 243 Whites | ||
| 118 Colour | 361 | ||
| Accompong Town | 22 | ||
| Westmoreland Regiment of Foot | 408 Whites | ||
| 91 Colour | 499 | ||
| Hanover | 309 Whites | ||
| 44 Colour | 353 | ||
| Saint James | 474 Whites | ||
| 57 Colour | 531 | ||
| Trelawny | 168 Whites | ||
| 37 Colour | 205 | ||
| Trelawny Town | 100 | ||
| Superintendants, Deputy Superintendants | |||
| of Maroons, and Assistants | illegible | ||
| --------- | |||
| Addition to the Strength of the St. James and | |||
| Trelawny Regiments of Foot and Troops of Horse | |||
| by Major General Cookes return of the 21st | |||
| and 23d of October 1778 | |||
| St. James's Regiment of Foot | 70 | ||
| Trelawny Regiment of Foot | 162 | ||
| St. James's Troop of Horse | 6 | ||
| Trelawny Troop of Horse | 32 | ||
| 270 | |||
| Addition to the Maroons by ___ Fergusons Returns | |||
| of Moore Town & Scott's Hall | 60 | ||
| 330 | |||
| Strength as below | 8030 | ||
| Total | 8360 | ||
| (signed) J. Macdonald | |||
| Adjutant General | |||
| --------- | |||
| Recapitulation | |||
| Generals | 12 | ||
| Staff | 54 | ||
| Horse | 1243 | ||
| Foot | 6063 | ||
| Maroons of 3 Towns only - Charles Town, Accompong | |||
| and Trelawny | 175 | ||
| Artillery | 104 | ||
| Engineers and Artificers | 43 | ||
| Commanders of Forts, Gunners & Matrosses[?] Etc. | 105 | ||
| Reformades Brevets, Invalids & Superannuated | 231 | ||
| Total Strength of the Island | 8030 | ||
| (signed) J. Macdonald | |||
| Adjutant General | |||
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