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Title	Birthplace of Andrew Johnson
Image Rights	Digital image © 2008, Tennessee State Library & Archives. All rights reserved.
Copyright	While TSLA houses an item, it does not necessarily hold the copyright on the item, nor may it be able to determine if the item is still protected under current copyright law. Users are solely responsible for determining the existence of such instances and for obtaining any other permissions and paying associated fees that may be necessary for the intended use.
Subject - TGM	Birthplaces
Subjects - LCSH	Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875; Dwellings; Historic sites - North Carolina
Description	Presumed birthplace of President Andrew Johnson in Raleigh, North Carolina. Johnson is said to have been born in this house on December 29, 1809, at its original location on Fayetteville Street. In 1909, the Colonial Dames of America purchased the house and presented it to the City of Raleigh. It was later relocated to the grounds of Raleigh's Mordecai Historic Park. A duplicate of the building is located at the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site in Greeneville, Tenn.
Place	Raleigh (N.C.)
Date	undated
Collection Name	Library Photograph Collection
Historical Note	There is some doubt among historians as to whether this building is the true birthplace of President Johnson. A published interview with Mrs. Susan Stewart by Union Army officers in 1865 indicated that the true birth residence of Johnson had been lost to demolition many years before. Mrs. Stewart recalled that she knew Johnson's parents, who had lived on her family's property on Fayetteville Street, and said she had been asked by Andrew's mother, Polly Johnson, to name the child at his birth.
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	2223
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Digital Type	IMAGE
Digital Format	TIFF