If the subscribing witnesses reside or are within the state, they shall appear before the clerk or deputy clerk of the county where it is proposed to prove the instrument.
Code 1858, § 2048 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 53, §§ 5, 6; 1837-1838, ch. 150, § 1); Shan., § 3723; mod. Code 1932, § 7638; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2302.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 1 Tenn. Juris., Acknowledgments, § 11.