er ▁ins isted ▁on ▁can cell ing ▁the ▁other ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁deb t . ▁ ▁Bur ial ▁ ▁Lincoln ▁arranged ▁for ▁and ▁paid ▁for ▁Johnson ' s ▁bur ial ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 8 6 4 ▁and ▁paid ▁for ▁his ▁head stone . ▁Con tr ary ▁to ▁a ▁popular ▁myth , ▁though , ▁Lincoln ▁did ▁not ▁purchase ▁the ▁head stone ▁that ▁appears ▁there ▁now . ▁Ar ling ton ▁ordered ▁a ▁new ▁stone ▁and ▁ins cribed ▁on ▁it ▁Cit izen , ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁label ▁used ▁to ▁distinguish ▁civil ian ▁gra ves ▁from ▁soldiers ▁before ▁Ar ling ton ▁became ▁an ▁exclus ively ▁military ▁c emetery . ▁According ▁to ▁Bas ler , ▁he ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁grave ▁number ▁ 3 3 4 6 ▁in ▁Section ▁ 2 7 . ▁Johnson ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁person ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁buried ▁at ▁Ar ling ton , ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁African - American ▁" cit iz ens " ▁( r ather ▁than ▁service ▁members ) ▁who ▁were ▁buried ▁there ▁during ▁the ▁Civil ▁War , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁rate ▁at ▁which ▁black s ▁escaped ▁sla very ▁and ▁came ▁to ▁Washington . ▁ ▁In ▁popular ▁culture ▁William ▁H . ▁Johnson ▁was ▁a ▁character ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁film ▁Abraham ▁Lincoln : ▁V amp ire ▁Hunter , ▁played ▁by ▁actor ▁Anthony ▁Mack ie . ▁In ▁the ▁film , ▁Lincoln ▁and ▁Johnson ▁are ▁port rayed ▁as ▁child hood ▁friends . ▁In ▁the ▁film ' s ▁opening ▁scene , ▁a ▁young ▁Lincoln ▁r ush