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1805 Hanover Township Land Purchase from Abraham Cory by Luke Miller for $187.50
1805 Hanover Township Land Purchase from Daniel and Lucretia Genung by Luke Miller for $187.50
1807 Great Swamp Land Purchase from John and Sarah Bonnel by Luke Miller for $60
1809 Chatham Township Land Purchase from Joseph and Mary Miller by Luke Miller for $106.75
1809 Chatham Township Land Purchase from Jonathan Harris by Luke Miller for $10
1810 Chatham Township Land Purchase from The First Presbyterian Church of South Hanover by Luke Miller for $550
1816 Chatham Township Land Purchase from Luke Carter by Luke and John B. Miller for $1300
1817 Great Swamp Land Purchase from the estate of Benjamin Bonnel via Enos and Rachel Bonnel by Luke Miller for $200
1820 Chatham Township Land Purchase from Luke Carter by Luke and John B. Miller for $391.25
1821 Chatham Township Land Purchase from Daniel Burnet by Luke and John B. Miller for $450.40
1823 Chatham Township Land Purchase from the estate of George Carter and his widow Phoebe by Luke and John B. Miller for $1
1823 Chatham Township Land Purchase executed in 1827 from Thomas Carter and his widow Phoebe by Luke and John B. Miller for $877.50
1824 Great Swamp Morris Township Land Purchase recorded in 1861 from James, Ira, and Cynthia Burnet by Luke and John B. Miller and William and Abraham Brittin for $500
Major Luke Miller’s Full Army Pension File
• Sworn Declaration, July 31, 1832
• Amended Sworn Declaration, April 10, 1833
• Correspondence between Helen Wright and the US War Department
• Other Pension Documents
Transcription of Sworn Declaration
Transcription of Amended Sworn Declaration
Revolutionary War Military Service Records
Inventory and Appraisement of Luke Miller’s Personal Property, February 1851
Newark Evening News, Article, September 14, 1901
Luke Miller House References in “Bottle Hill and Madison” by William Parkhurst Tuttle, 1916
Richardson Perfect Cooking Ranges, 1922
Newspaper (Newark News?), Article, July 7, 1933
Newark Sunday News, Article, December 8, 1957
Luke Miller House References in “The Madison Heritage Trail” by Frank J. Esposito, 1985
“Tea & Tour” Brochure, The Madison Historical Society, September 18, 2005
NJ Historic Trust Historic Preservation and Conservation Easement, 2005
Historical Drawings
Art Deco Etching of The Luke Miller House, The New York Sun, June 30, 1936
Historic American Buildings Survey, Historic American Engineering Record, July 13, 1936
Historical Maps
Pen and Ink Map of Bottle Hill by Major Erskine of General Washington’s Staff, 1779
Property Survey of Miller’s Station, 1779
Current Property Survey Map, 2005
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