The following partial list of 11 Officers and Crew of the ship Ranger is compiled from the “Statement of claims which have been adjusted and allowed at the Treasury Department…on the 27th of March 1792” and published beginning page 387 in American State Papers (1834). With the exception of Thomas Applebee and John Colbath, the claimants represent the last crew of the Ranger prior to her capture at the siege of Charleston which resulted in the surrender of over 5,200 American soldiers and sailors on 12 May 1780. Each man’s rate, date the claim was adjusted to and amount of claim is noted. The date noted is the last date of pay and presumably the date of release from confinement. A second simplified and alphabetized list follows for ease of internet browsing.
April 10, 1792, John Fifield, Sergeant marines, July 11, 1780, $57.87
April 19, 1792, Robert McGee, Seaman, July 11, 1780, $68.95
April 19, 1792, Nathaniel Perkins, Seaman, July 11, 1780, $23.66
April 20, 1792, Wardwell Joseph, Marine, July 11, 1780, $34.56
Sept 15, 1792, Thomas Davis, Seaman, July 11, 1780, $33.76
Oct 19, 1792, William Blunt, Boy, July 11, 1780, $19.83
April 1, 1793, Stephen Parsons, Boy, July 11, 1780, $67.48
May 22, 1793, Thomas Applebee, Marine, April 28, 1779, $1.33
May 22, 1793, John Colbath, Marine, Aug 24, 1779, $12.06
Jan 14, 1794, Elias Lord, Marine, July 11, 1780, $35.75
Feb 19, 1794, David Winton, Quartermaster, July 11, 1780, $44.83
Thomas Applebee, Marine, 28 April 1779, $1.33
William Blunt, Boy, 11 July 1780, $19.83
John Colbath, Marine, 24 Aug 1779, $12.06
Thomas Davis, Seaman, 11 July 1780, $33.76
John Fifield, Sergeant of Marines, 11 July 1780, $57.87
Wardwell Joseph, Marine, 11 July 1780, $34.56
Elias Lord, Marine, 11 July 1780, $35.75
Robert McGee, Seaman, 11 July 1780, $68.95
Stephen Parsons, Boy, 11 July 1780, $67.48
Nathaniel Perkins, Seaman, 11 July 1780, $23.66
David Winton, Quartermaster, 11 July 1780, $44.83