JAMES COOLEY was born April 16, 1758 in Charles City County, Virginia, and died May 1834 in at his home on Turkey Creek, Humphreys County, Tennessee. He married PENNY PENELOPE GARGUS 1790 in Halifax County, North Carolina, daughter of MATTHEW GARRIGUES and SARAH. She was born Bef. 1775, and died 1825 in Humphreys County, Tennessee.