Dolly Johnson

Dolly Johnson
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
Occupations	Domestic worker bakery owner
Known for	Enslaved by Andrew Johnson from 1843 to 1863
Children	Liz Florence William Andrew
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, remembered in Greeneville, Tennessee as one of the best cooks in the region. 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.