Dolly Johnson | |
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 Dolly Johnson about 1861, holding Andrew Johnson Stover; she was still legally enslaved at the time this photograph was made | |
| Born | 1825–1830 Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | after July 1887, possibly 1890–1892 Likely Tennessee |
| Burial place | Unknown, possibly Freedmen's Mission Historic Cemetery, Knoxville |
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| Known for | Enslaved by Andrew Johnson from 1843 to 1863 |
| Children | |
| Relatives | Sam Johnson (half-brother) |
Dolly Johnson (born late 1820s, died after 1887), in later life known as Aunt Dolly, was a small-business owner and domestic worker.[1][2] She was posthumously described as "one of the finest cooks that ever lived in Greeneville, Tennessee".[2] Andrew Johnson, who became the 17th president of the United States in 1865, enslaved Dolly from 1843 until 1863. The paternity of Dolly Johnson's children, Elizabeth Johnson Forby, Florence Johnson Smith, and William Andrew Johnson, remains an open question in the study of the history of the United States.[3][4][5][6]
- ^ Iowa State Register (1886).
- ^ a b Susong (1937).
- ^ Fling (2020).
- ^ Boren (2022).
- ^ Gordon-Reed (2011), pp. 41–42.
- ^ Wineapple (2020), p. 52.
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