Tennessee Code Title 8. Public Officers and Employees § 8-24-109

(a) If in any county there is, or may hereafter be created, a special chancery, circuit, criminal, county or probate court where the clerk and master or clerk is clerk of the special court by virtue of such clerk's office in the county, no additional salary shall be allowed such clerk and master or clerk for transacting business of such special courts, but the services shall be performed by virtue of the office the clerk and master or clerk of the special court holds and for the salary provided for such officer in the class to which the county belongs by the classification in § 8-24-101; provided, that:

(b) The provisions of this section prohibiting additional salaries or compensation to clerks and clerks and masters of special courts shall not apply to chancery courts now having or hereafter having exclusive jurisdiction and powers with respect to the probate of wills and administration of estates. When such clerk or clerk and master shall serve as clerk or clerk and master of a chancery court now having or hereafter having exclusive jurisdiction and powers with respect to the probate of wills and administration of estates, it shall be lawful for such clerk or clerk and master to receive additional compensation, and payable as may be provided in the law, and any amendments thereto, creating such court.