If the instrument is proved by procuring the testimony of the witnesses to be entered of record in a court of record in one (1) of the United States or of a foreign country, there shall be endorsed upon or annexed to the deed a copy of the probate from the record, certified by the clerk or keeper of the records, under that officer's official seal, if there is one, or if not, under that officer's private seal, and the official character of the clerk or keeper of the records shall be certified by the presiding judge of the court.
Code 1858, § 2067 (deriv. Acts 1809 (Sept.), ch. 104); Shan., § 3744; Code 1932, § 7659; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2319.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 21 Tenn. Juris., Recording Acts, § 8.