A copy of a will, foreign or domestic, certified by the clerk, may be registered in the county where the land lies as a muniment of title, and a copy from the books of the register, duly certified by the register, shall be evidence.
Code 1858, § 2183 (deriv. Acts 1823, ch. 31, § 2); Shan., § 3915; mod. Code 1932, § 8121; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 32-509.