COLONIAL

Return of Militia for the Island of Cape Breton 1 August 1790

Transcribed by Janice Fralic-Brown

AReturn of the number of resident Inhabitants in the Island of Cape Breton and its Dependencies, who are enrolled and liable to serve in the Militia thereof Sydney, 1^st Aug^t 1790

 

 

Sydney District	Town of Sydney	125
	South West branch of the River	19
	North West branch of the River	44
	South East side of the River	35
	Coal Mines	56
	St. Ann’s and Baddeck	22
	Town of Main a Dieu	36
	Louisbourg and Gabarus	15
	Total in Sydney District	355
Mount Grenville District	Arichat Great	67
	Arichat Little	30
	Petit de Gras	35
	D’isgouse	21
	L’ardois	20
	Bear Island	10
	Gut of Canso	10
	Port Hood	20
	Cheticamp	30
	Total in Mount Grenville District	243
	Total of Resident Militia	598
	Supposed number of Jersey men who come every summer	500
	General Total	1098

Commissioned Officers

Sydney District		Mount Grenville District
Lieut. Colonel	James Edwd Boisseau	Major	Niel Robinson
Major	George Moore	Captains	Lawrence Kavanagh
Captains	Richard Stout		John Luce
	David Mathews		John Bennel
	Patk Rooney Nugent		Philip Hammon
	Charles Martell
	Edwd Kavanagh

W^m. Macarmick
Lt. Gov. of Cape Breton

NB. The Subalterns are to be recommended by the respective Captains, which will take place on the [????] when the fishing for this season will end, and when a Meeting of the Militia in the several Districts is expected to take place.

Source: Colonial Correspondence, Cape Breton ; CO 217, Vol. 107, p. 273

Contributed by Janice Fralic-Brown
Page written 21 May 2000