Many thanks to everyone on the list who provided thoughts on this topic.  Two or three people suggested that John must have been exempt from taxation for some reason, such as disability, and I believe that's probably the most likely explanation.

>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?



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