Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-117

Whenever the records, or any part of the records, of any of the counties are transcribed by order or authority of the county legislative body of such county, on account of the original records being mutilated, defaced, or for any other cause, a certified copy from such transcribed records shall be admissible as evidence in the several courts of this state, and shall have the same validity as if the certified copy was made from the original record, subject to § 10-7-116.