These men are listed here alphabetically by their last names. The list of their names and each of their individual "position" on board the frigate South Carolina are as follows:
--------- Andolft sailor
John Baker sailor, midshipman
John Battess sailor
Pierre Benoit sailor?
Peter Bifford sailor
John Bowden sailor
Jean Bowman sailor
William Bradford sailor
James Burkes sailor
Richard Cain sailor
John Callaghan sailor
Wilhelme Campbell sailor?
M.C. Conloist seaman?
Richard Croom sailor
Nicholas Dillon sailor
John Doe sailor
Lawrence Donne a Dieu sailor?
Christian Felgge sailor
Caleb Foot sailor
William Fowler sailor
David Gahf sailor
--------- Gassek sailor
Edward Gastage mariner, marine
--------- Genebau sailor?
Le Blanc George Gigio sailor?
John Goebel sailor
David Harmon sailor
George Hertzberg sailor?
David Hews sailor?
John Jones sailor
Jacob Lacuox mariner
William Lardner sailor
William Laycoch sailor
Lawrence Lore sailor
Fred Kiel mariner
--------- Mattears sailor
--------- McCloud sailor
Paul McGee sailor
--------- McLaughlin sailor
--------- Merlin German?, sailor
Henry Meyers sailor?
Matthew Norris sailor
Antonio Ortiz Spanish?, sailor
--------- Patterson sailor
--------- Puterson sailor
--------- Raisanear sailor
William Ray sailor
John Renny soldier?, sailor
William Rey sailor
Samuel Rice sailor, volunteer
Philip Rider sailor
Joseph Roberts sailor
Frederick Rodeswald sailor
Giles Rogers sailor, soldier
Jacob Schen sailor, soldier
--------- Schlecker German sailor
Michael Sexton sailor
Thomas Short sailor, soldier
--------- Steunders German sailor
John Styck sailor
Edward Taylor sailor
William Taylor sailor
--------- Thesajes sailor
William Thomas sailor
Samuel Threadwill sailor, cook
John Treuros sailor
Jacob True sailor
George Tursdon sailor
Bring Valaug sailor
Richard Wainright sailor, legionnaire
Henry Weeks sailor
Henry Welks sailor
Thomas Welsh sailor
Joseph White sailor
Samuel Williams sailor?, volunteer
Benjamin Woodman sailor
Johannes Ymidsa sailor
David Zahl sailor, soldier
Frances Zwldj sailor
Some of these men have what appears to be French names but, for some reason or other, were not listed by their nationality or ethnicity. They are simply listed as they are above with no other appellations attached to their names or "position" citation for the frigate South Carolina. Many of the personnel cited in the list appear to be English from their names. Three of these men are listed as being German and at least one was listed as being Spanish. There are other names that appear to be Irish, Scottish, and possibly Dutch and Portuguese.
(Note: There is one entry that is a rather unusual one. It is limited to this - "Hanegro Novelli , Commander of sailors". There is some question as to the spelling of this individual's first name but, the writer of this blog has transcribed it as nearly as it was recorded. The use of the title, "Commander of sailors", would seem to indicate that this individual was of officer rank but, there is no further clarification. There is no other individual who has this same or a similar "position" on board the frigate South Carolina. There is no more information given concerning this man or his function on board the frigate South Carolina.)
The second entry on this listing of personnel on board the frigate - that of "John Baker - sailor, midshipman" - would seem to confirm that Commodore Gillon promoted from within the frigate. John Baker seems to have begun his time on board the frigate South Carolina as a common seaman but, advanced over time to the rank of midshipman, the lowest rank of an officer. Samuel Threadwill has already been addressed in his "position" as a "cook" on board the frigate in the post dated "01/26/2015" but, the listing for him seems to indicate that he initially joined the crew as a common sailor.
For the vast majority of men who choose to follow the sea and a life upon it, once one had reached the rating of "able seaman", one had gone as far up the ladder as one was going to advance. This was a fact in that there existed many men who had served on the decks of merchantmen or ships-of-war who were in their 40s or 50s and held only the rank of "able seaman".
There is no way of ascertaining when and where these men entered the service of the state of South Carolina by signing on as a member of the crew of the frigate South Carolina. Some of them easily could have been prisoners of the English as a result of their merchant vessels or warships, either Continental or privateers, being seized by the Royal Navy and them being incarcerated in a prison in England. Then, they could have been exchanged in one of the many prisoner cartels that took place between England an France during the course of the war. Looking either to return home or simply wanting more adventure, these same men could have signed on with the frigate South Carolina. Some of them could have signed on with the crew at any of the port cities the frigate stopped in. Finally, they could have been members of the last crew signed on either in Philadelphia, PA and its environs or in Billingsport, NJ just before the frigate South Carolina left for her final cruise that was interrupted on December 20, 1782. All that is known for sure was that at some point in the brief career of the frigate South Carolina as a ship-of-war in the service of the state of South Carolina these men served on board her as sailors.