West Hill Cemetery Forms
Cemetery Affidavit Instructions
Please read carefully.
- If you have a copy of your cemetery deed, you do not need to complete a cemetery affidavit. Y
- If you do not have your cemetery deed, but feel the deed was recorded in the past, you may attempt to obtain a copy from the Whitfield County Courthouse.
- A deed or copy of the deed is proof positive that you are entitled to burials at West Hill Cemetery.
- If you do not hold or possess your cemetery deed or a copy of the deed, you may complete the affidavit and pay a $35.00 fee to the Clerk's Office to have a replacement deed mailed to you.
To complete the affidavit, you will need the following: C
- The date the original deed was purchased
- Number of lots
- Block/section where the ploy is located
- Size of the lot (example 8x10 or 12x14)
- An acknowledgment of cemetery policies and procedures must be signed prior to issuing a new deed.
- If we are able to locate the original purchase of the deed in our records, we can provide this information to you.
- However, if we can not locate the original purchase of the deed in our records, you must contact the cemetery sexton Terrell Stallings at 706-537-9438 or the Public Works Department at 706-278-7077.
- New Cemetery Lot Fees: $1,200.00 per lot for City residents. $3,600.00 per lot for non-City residents. Plus a $35.00 recording fee. Please contact the cemetery sexton at 706-537-9438 for purchasing new lots.
- Unfortunately, this office only has original deed records.
- We do not have any burial records.
- This process may take up to 30 days to complete. After reviewing the information and issuing the duplicate deed, the deed must be recorded at the Whitfield County Courthouse. If you have not received your deed AFTER 30 days of submitting the affidavit, please contact this office at 706-529-2490.
