I would guess that John is exempt for whatever reason. 
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  From: W. Scott Smith 
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  Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 9:38 AM
  Subject: Re: personal property tax questions


  >First, I'm very puzzled by the fact that the early entries
  >say there are no white males over age 16.  My recollection
  >from looking at PP tax lists from other counties is that they
  >usually say at least "1" (for the head of household).  Why
  >would it say "0" in that column when John was living?

  One explanation could be that he owned taxable property in Rockingham County
  from 1799-1802, but lived somewhere else. I am researching a man from
  Lynchburg who appears in the Amherst County personal property tax books as
  "0 white males" because he owned slaves and livestock at a farm in Amherst
  County, but he, as a free white male, appears on the Lynchburg books.


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