Any religious denomination, religious society, or church, whether incorporated or not, may take, by deed or otherwise, and hold any amount of acreage at one (1) place for purposes of public worship, or for a parsonage, or for a burial ground.
Code 1858, § 1508 (deriv. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 110); Acts 1889, ch. 11, § 1; Shan., § 2562; mod. Code 1932, § 4407; Acts 1957, ch. 206, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-203.