Tennessee Code Title 30. Administration of Estates § 30-2-207

The clerk of the court shall, within forty (40) days after the adjournment of the court, deliver to the surveyor a copy of the order, and thereupon the surveyor shall notify the two (2) commissioners of the time and place, to be designated by the surveyor, of laying off the homestead; before entering upon that duty, the surveyor shall administer to the commissioners an oath for the faithful and true performance of that duty.