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"Braita of Mishmarot Kehunah" - Rabbi Dr. Shmuel Klein compared different piyutim that mentioned the names and hometowns of the different mishmarot of the post-destruction-of-the-Second-Temple era and concluded that during the time of the Mishna there was a known list that was passed down through the generations and was forgotten at some point. As it's a Mishnaic-era source, he referred to it as a "braita". By comparing different piyutim and variant MSS found in the Cairo Genizah, he believed he could re-write the "braita", which he proceeded to do:

• Mishmar Yehoyariv Mesarvei Meron (משמר יהויריב מסרבי מירון)
• Mishmar Yeda'ayah Amok Tziporrim (משמר ישעיה עמוק ציפורים)
• Mishmar Charim Mifshatah (משמר חרים מפשטה)
• Mishmar Aital'o (משמר עיתלו)
• [Mishmar] Malkiyah Beit Lechem (משמר מלכיה בית לחם)
• Mishmar Miyamin Yodfat (משמר מימין יודפת)
• Mishmar Hakotz Ai'lav'o (משמר הקוץ עילבו)
• Mishmar Aviyah Ido K'far Uziel (משמר אביה עדו כפר עוזיאל)
• Mishmar Yeshua Nisraf Arbel (משמר ישוע נשרף ארבל)¹
• Mishmar Sh'chanyah Chavurat K'vul (משמר שכניה חבורת כבול)
• Mishmar Elyashiv Kohen Kaneh (משמר אלישיב כהן קנה)
• Mishmar Yakim Pashchur Tzefat (משמר יקים פשחור צפת)
• Mishmar Chupah Beit Me'on (משמר חפה בית מעון)
• Mishmar Yeshv'av Chutzpit Shuchim (משמר ישבאב חוצפית שוחים)
• Mishmar Bilgah Ma'ariyah (משמר בלגה מעריה)
• Mishmar Imer Yevanit (משמר אמר יבנית)
• Mishmar Chezir Mamliach (משמר חזיר ממליך)
• Mishmar Hapitzetz Natzrat (משמר הפצץ נצרת)
• Mishmar Petachiyah Achlah Ahrav (משמר פתחיה אכלה ערב)
• Mishmar Yechezkel Migdal Nunyah (משמר יחזקאל מגדל נוניא)
• Mishmar Yachin K'far Yuchanah (משמר יכין כפר יוחנה)
• Mishmar Gamul Beit Chovyah (משמר גמול בית חוביה)
• Mishmar D'layah Ginton Tzalmin (משמר דליה גינתון צלמין)
• Mishmar Ma'aziyah Chamat, Ariach and K'farniyah (משמר מעזיה חמת, אריח וכפרניה)

An interesting thing about the listing of the "braita" is on the fourteenth mishmar, where it connects Yeshv'av with "Chutzpit". Melechet Shlomo wrote that the names Yeshv'av and Yeshvav (ישבאב, ישבב) are the same name (probably based off the Tosefta in Sukkah 4:13) and coincidentally (or not), R' Yeshvav Hasofer and Rabbi Chutzpit Hametorgeman are two of the Ten Martyrs.
Another interesting thing is that prior to the recompilation of this "braita", "Yevanit" (mentioned in the kinot and piyutim (see below)) was identified with Bilgah, because of the story of Miriam bat Bilgah who became a Grecian apostate and kicked the mizbe'ach. However, thanks to the "braita" we know that Yevanit is a reference to Imer (and was another name for the town of Yamniah, according to Rabbi Klein in Eretz Hagalil, pg. 40).
Interestingly, there's a piyut by Rabbi Elazar Hakalir that appears to state that the Chashmonaim were from the Mishmar of Imer (here, line 71 and some discussion here, pp. 9-10), as opposed to the tradition in the Book of Maccabees 1:2:1, where they are part of Yehoyariv.

Eicha Yashva Chavtzelet Hasharon by Rabbi El'azar Hakalir - The kina, as @DoubleAA noted, is about the fall of the mishmarot and includes nicknames and hometowns of the 24 mishmarot.

• Mesarvei Meron (identified with Yehoyariv)
• The Kohanim of Tzipporim (identified with Yeda'ayah)
• Mif'sheta (identified with Charim)
• Kohen Ai'tah Lo (identified with Se'orim)
• from Beit Lechem (identified with Malkiyah)
• Kohanei Ailav'o (identified with Hakotz)
• K'far Uziel (identified with Aviyah)
• Kohanei Arbel (identified with Yeshua)
• Kohen Kevul (identified with Sh'chanyahu)
• Elkanah (likely Elyashiv)
• Kohen Tzefat (identified with Yakim)
• Beit Kohen Me'on (identified with Chupah)
• Yeshve'av
• Ma'aryah (identified with Bilgah)
• Yevanit (identified with Imer)
• Mamlach (identified with Chezir)
• Natzrat (identified with Hapitzetz)
• O'chla Ahrav (identified with Petchyah)
• Migdal Nunyah (identified with Yechezkel)
• Beit Chovyah (identified with Gemul)
• K'far Yuchanah (identified with Yachin)
• Ginton Tzalmin (identified with D'layahu)
• Chamat Ari'ach (identified with Ma'aziyah).

For more on the "braita" and other piyutim and kinot based off of it, see here.

Misc.

MS. Parma 2457 F. 22v contains a list of shuls in Eretz Yisrael. The manuscript itself is from the 14th century but the list is thought to reflect the reality of the late Byzantine-early Muslim period (circa 6th-7th centuries). One of the shuls is called "כנסת בלגה במעריה" (Knesset Bilgah in Ma'aryah), Bilgah being one of the mishmarot and Ma'aryah being the Galilean town they had moved to after the destruction.

"Braita of Mishmarot Kehunah" - Rabbi Dr. Shmuel Klein compared different piyutim that mentioned the names and hometowns of the different mishmarot of the post-destruction-of-the-Second-Temple era and concluded that during the time of the Mishna there was a known list that was passed down through the generations and was forgotten at some point. As it's a Mishnaic-era source, he referred to it as a "braita". By comparing different piyutim and variant MSS found in the Cairo Genizah, he believed he could recreate the "braita", which he proceeded to do:

• Mishmar Yehoyariv Mesarvei Meron (משמר יהויריב מסרבי מירון)
• Mishmar Yeda'ayah Amok Tziporrim (משמר ידעיה עמוק ציפורים)
• Mishmar Charim Mifshatah (משמר חרים מפשטה)
• Mishmar Aital'o (משמר עיתלו)
• [Mishmar] Malkiyah Beit Lechem (משמר מלכיה בית לחם)
• Mishmar Miyamin Yodfat (משמר מימין יודפת)
• Mishmar Hakotz Ai'lav'o (משמר הקוץ עילבו)
• Mishmar Aviyah Ido K'far Uziel (משמר אביה עדו כפר עוזיאל)
• Mishmar Yeshua Nisraf Arbel (משמר ישוע נשרף ארבל)¹
• Mishmar Sh'chanyah Chavurat K'vul (משמר שכניה חבורת כבול)
• Mishmar Elyashiv Kohen Kaneh (משמר אלישיב כהן קנה)
• Mishmar Yakim Pashchur Tzefat (משמר יקים פשחור צפת)
• Mishmar Chupah Beit Me'on (משמר חפה בית מעון)
• Mishmar Yeshv'av Chutzpit Shuchim (משמר ישבאב חוצפית שוחים)
• Mishmar Bilgah Ma'ariyah (משמר בלגה מעריה)
• Mishmar Imer Yevanit (משמר אמר יבנית)
• Mishmar Chezir Mamliach (משמר חזיר ממליך)
• Mishmar Hapitzetz Natzrat (משמר הפצץ נצרת)
• Mishmar Petachiyah Achlah Ahrav (משמר פתחיה אכלה ערב)
• Mishmar Yechezkel Migdal Nunyah (משמר יחזקאל מגדל נוניא)
• Mishmar Yachin K'far Yuchanah (משמר יכין כפר יוחנה)
• Mishmar Gamul Beit Chovyah (משמר גמול בית חוביה)
• Mishmar D'layah Ginton Tzalmin (משמר דליה גינתון צלמין)
• Mishmar Ma'aziyah Chamat, Ariach and K'farniyah (משמר מעזיה חמת, אריח וכפרניה)

An interesting thing about the listing of the "braita" is on the fourteenth mishmar, where it connects Yeshv'av with "Chutzpit". Melechet Shlomo wrote that the names Yeshv'av and Yeshvav (ישבאב, ישבב) are the same name (probably based off the Tosefta in Sukkah 4:13) and coincidentally (or not), R' Yeshvav Hasofer and Rabbi Chutzpit Hametorgeman are two of the Ten Martyrs.
Another interesting thing is that prior to the recompilation of this "braita", "Yevanit" (mentioned in the kinot and piyutim (see below)) was identified with Bilgah, because of the story of Miriam bat Bilgah who became a Hellenistic apostate and kicked the mizbe'ach. However, thanks to the "braita" we know that Yevanit is a reference to Imer (and was another name for the town of Yamniah, according to Rabbi Klein in Eretz Hagalil, p. 40).
Interestingly, there's a piyut by Rabbi Elazar Hakalir that appears to state that the Chashmonaim were from the Mishmar of Imer (here, line 71 and some discussion here, pp. 9-10), as opposed to the tradition in the Book of Maccabees 1:2:1, where they are part of Yehoyariv.

Eicha Yashva Chavtzelet Hasharon by Rabbi El'azar Hakalir. The kina, as @DoubleAA noted, is about the fall of the mishmarot and includes nicknames and hometowns of the 24 mishmarot.

• Mesarvei Meron (identified with Yehoyariv)
• The Kohanim of Tzipporim (identified with Yeda'ayah)
• Mif'sheta (identified with Charim)
• Kohen Ai'tah Lo (identified with Se'orim)
• from Beit Lechem (identified with Malkiyah)
• Kohanei Ailav'o (identified with Hakotz)
• K'far Uziel (identified with Aviyah)
• Kohanei Arbel (identified with Yeshua)
• Kohen Kevul (identified with Sh'chanyahu)
• Elkanah (likely Elyashiv)
• Kohen Tzefat (identified with Yakim)
• Beit Kohen Me'on (identified with Chupah)
• Yeshve'av
• Ma'aryah (identified with Bilgah)
• Yevanit (identified with Imer)
• Mamlach (identified with Chezir)
• Natzrat (identified with Hapitzetz)
• O'chla Arav (identified with Petchyah)
• Migdal Nunyah (identified with Yechezkel)
• Beit Chovyah (identified with Gemul)
• K'far Yuchanah (identified with Yachin)
• Ginton Tzalmin (identified with D'layahu)
• Chamat Ari'ach (identified with Ma'aziyah).

For more on the "braita" and other piyutim and kinot based off of it, see here (download link).

Misc.:

MS. Parma 2457 F. 22v contains a list of shuls in Eretz Yisrael. The manuscript itself is from the 14th century but the list is thought to reflect the reality of the late Byzantine-early Muslim period (circa 6th-7th centuries). One of the shuls is called "כנסת בלגה במעריה" (Knesset Bilgah in Ma'ariyah), Bilgah being one of the mishmarot and Ma'ariyah being the Galilean town they had moved to after the destruction.

Misc.

MS. Parma 2457 F. 22v contains a list of shuls in Eretz Yisrael. The manuscript itself is from the 14th century but the list is thought to reflect the reality of the late Byzantine-early Muslim period (circa 6th-7th centuries). One of the shuls is called "כנסת בלגה במעריה" (Knesset Bilgah in Ma'aryah), Bilgah being one of the mishmarot and Ma'aryah being the Galilean town they had moved to after the destruction.

An interesting thing about the listing of the "braita" is on the fourteenth mishmar, where it connects Yeshv'av with "Chutzpit". Melechet Shlomo wrote that the names Yeshv'av and Yeshvav (ישבאב, ישבב) are the same name (probably based off the Tosefta in Sukkah 4:13) and coincidentally (or not), R' Yeshvav Hasofer and Rabbi Chutzpit Hametorgeman are two of the Ten Martyrs.
Another interesting thing is that prior to the recompilation of this "braita", "Yevanit" (mentioned in the kinot and piyutim (see below)) was identified with Bilgah, because of the story of Miriam bat Bilgah who became a Grecian apostate and kicked the mizbe'ach. However, thanks to the "braita" we know that Yevanit is a reference to Imer (and was another name for the town of Yamniah, according to Rabbi Klein in Eretz Hagalil, pg. 40).

An interesting thing about the listing of the "braita" is on the fourteenth mishmar, where it connects Yeshv'av with "Chutzpit". Melechet Shlomo wrote that the names Yeshv'av and Yeshvav (ישבאב, ישבב) are the same name (probably based off the Tosefta in Sukkah 4:13) and coincidentally (or not), R' Yeshvav Hasofer and Rabbi Chutzpit Hametorgeman are two of the Ten Martyrs.
Another interesting thing is that prior to the recompilation of this "braita", "Yevanit" (mentioned in the kinot and piyutim (see below)) was identified with Bilgah, because of the story of Miriam bat Bilgah who became a Grecian apostate and kicked the mizbe'ach. However, thanks to the "braita" we know that Yevanit is a reference to Imer (and was another name for the town of Yamniah, according to Rabbi Klein in Eretz Hagalil, pg. 40).
Interestingly, there's a piyut by Rabbi Elazar Hakalir that appears to state that the Chashmonaim were from the Mishmar of Imer (here, line 71 and some discussion here, pp. 9-10), as opposed to the tradition in the Book of Maccabees 1:2:1, where they are part of Yehoyariv.