Proof of handwriting of maker

If all the subscribing witnesses are dead, insane, blind, or deaf or hard of hearing, the instrument may be proved before the county clerk or deputy county clerk by any two (2) persons who are acquainted with the handwriting of the maker of the same. Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 642, s 1, eff. 3/11/2022. Code 1858, § 2054 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 90, § 10); Shan., § 3729; Code 1932, § 7644; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2314. If all the subscribing witnesses are dead, insane, blind, or deaf or hard of hearing, the instrument may be proved before the county clerk or deputy county clerk by any two (2) persons who are acquainted with the handwriting of the maker of the same. Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 642, s 1, eff. 3/11/2022. Code 1858, § 2054 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 90, § 10); Shan., § 3729; Code 1932, § 7644; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2314.