Hello, Yes, I have seen the name COOLEY spelled many ways. My maiden name was COUEY and in doing research, I have found many variations of the name, i.e., Coue, Cowie, Cooie, Cooey, Cooley, Covey, Coney, Coo Wee, etc.. I was born and reared in Floyd County, Ga., eldest daughter of Oscar Bernard Couey, who was the son of Sam Couey, son of Samuel Couey, son of Allen G. Couey, son of Samuel Couey who was the son of John C. Couey. The names that you quoted are very prevalent in my research and indications are that the person making up the handwritten ship rosters misspelled many names. Perhaps your names should have been COOEY for a Joseph Cooey came over on the Ship Brittanica which sailed from Ireland. The name in South Carolina was spelled Couey. Eventually as the family spread to various parts of the United States, the name was spelled in many ways. In fact, when I was born in 1927, the doctor that delivered me entered my name as CONEY instead of Couey and I did not find this out until a few years ago when I needed a copy of my Birth Certificate and found the incorrect spelling. There I had been a CONEY all of those years and was not aware of it! The handwritten name can be deceiving for it DOES look very much like CONEY, COVEY etc. Incidentally, there are Cooleys in Floyd County (around the Cave Spring, Georgia area) and they know that their ancestors were originally members of the Couey family that came to that area from South Carolina. (Descendants of Joseph Couey.) Bernice (COUEY) Anderson, Nevada