These "volunteers" are listed here alphabetically by their last names. Their frequently multiple citations for "position" are also listed just as they appear in Dr. Lewis's work, Neptune's Militia, "Appendix: Crew and Marines of the South Carolina, pages 135-170.
Josiah Arnold Sea captain, volunteer
Martin Joseph Avignon legionnaire, gunner, volunteer seaman
Jean Benoit Volunteer?
Joshua Bowen Volunteer
William Brailsford Passenger, volunteer
Robert Burrell Sea captain, volunteer
Augustine Buyck Dutch passenger, volunteer
John Baptiste Cauvin French, volunteer gunner in the legion, sailor
Pierre Joseph Cruiz Volunteer?
Joseph Dizamore Captain, volunteer
Patrick Duffy Volunteer
Elias Elvell Captain, volunteer
Abraham Freeland Volunteer, boatswain, captain
John Glover Volunteer
Pierre Grave Volunteer?
Jacob Higgins Captain?, volunteer, gunner?
J.B. Letard Volunteer?
Pierre Louise French volunteer sailor
Jean Adm. Manot French volunteer?
Edward McAgroth Volunteer
Louis Marie Remond French volunteer?
Samuel Rice Sailor, volunteer
Edward Scully Volunteer
John Somervill Volunteer
John Stoy Volunteer, Lieutenant of marines
Nathaniel Tibbets Captain?, volunteer
John Tiler Captain, volunteer
Jean Treuz Volunteer?
Jean Baptiste Vanhove Volunteer?
Eber Warters Captain, volunteer
Samuel Williams Sailor?, volunteer
Many of these individuals have already been cited in earlier posts on this site. For instance, Augustine Buyck, who is cited here as "Ditch passenger, volunteer", has been cited previously at length, mainly because he was one of the few Dutch passengers on board the frigate South Carolina when she set sail from the Texel, Holland on August 4, 1781. The same can be said of William Brailsford who also had a berth on the frigate South Carolina during her maiden voyage and who in later years became quite famous in America. All of the individuals who have cited in their "position" either "Captain" or "Sea captain" have been cited in the post dated "03/03/2015". The two, Samuel Rice and Samuel Williams, listed as either "Volunteer, sailor" or "Sailor?, volunteer" have also already been cited in the earlier posting on "02/26/2015", have also been dealt with. Finally, John Stoy, listed as "Volunteer, Lieutenant of marines", was addressed in the post on
That leaves only two groupings of men. The first group has the listing of "French" contained somewhere in their "position" citation or there is some indication that they were French by origin or nationality. They are listed here alphabetically by last name along with their complete "position" citation.
Marin Joseph Avignon legionnaire, gunner, volunteer seaman
John Baptiste Cauvin French, volunteer gunner in the legion, sailor
Pierre Louise French volunteer sailor
Jean Adm. Manot French volunteer?
Louis Marie Redmond French volunteer?
The first two men listed seem to be associated with the "Voluntaires du Luxembourg" who formed the majority of the marine contingent on board the frigate South Carolina. Yet, at the end of their "position" citations, each is listed as either a "seaman" or a "sailor". Pierre Louise, who is cited in the earlier post of "02/20/2015", is the only one of the five cited here whose position seems to be beyond dispute - he signed on to the frigate as a sailor. The last two on the list above, Jean Adm. Manot and Louis Marie Redmond, are questionable as to whether they were indeed volunteers or not, as indicated by the question mark after their "position" citations. It is almost certain that all five of these men signed on as '"volunteer seamen/sailors", possibly due to prior nautical experience, and by that status may well have enjoyed the privilege of not being under the direct orders of one of the frigate's officers. As noted above, this may well have caused problems later on in the voyage of the frigate across the Atlantic Ocean.
The final grouping of men has just the single word "Volunteer" or "Volunteer?" as their "position" citation. There are twelve of these men and they will be listed here in alphabetical order according to their last names.
Jean Benoit Volunteer?
Joshua Bowen Volunteer
Pierre Joseph Cruiz Volunteer?
Patrick Duffy Volunteer
John Glover Volunteer
Pierre Grave Volunteer?
J.B. Letard Volunteer?
Edward McAgroth Volunteer
Edward Scully Volunteer
John Somervill Volunteer
Jean Treuz Volunteer?
Jean Baptiste Vanhove Volunteer?
The writer of this blog finds it interesting that the five individuals cited above as "Volunteer?" all have French last names except the last man listed - Jean Baptiste Vanhove - who possesses a Dutch last name. The remaining seven men do not have a question mark at the end of the "position" citation, "Volunteer". Certainly, Joshua Bowen, Patrick Duffy, John Glover, Edward McAgroth, John Somervill could all be Englishmen, Irishmen, Scotsmen or recently freed/released Americans seeking a way to get back home. They could each have had their own reasons for signing on to the frigate South Carolina. But, what appears to be different about these men is that there was no question at all that they were "volunteers" on board the frigate, again, most likely serving in the capacity of sailors.
This leaves a single individual - Edward Scully. This man will be dealt with separately, in the next post.