All deeds, bills of sale, agreements, and other instruments for the conveyance or mortgage of personal property shall be registered in the county where the vendor or person executing the same resides, and, in case of nonresidence of the vendor or the person executing, where the property is.
Code 1858, § 2033 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 16, § 2; 1831, ch. 90, § 5); Shan., § 3706; Code 1932, § 7626; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2404.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 21 Tenn. Juris., Recording Acts, § 7.