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    • Mar 23, 1868
    Fiddlin' John Carson is born in Fannin County, Georgia. When he performs on Atlanta's WSB in 1922, he becomes one of the first country acts to appear on radio, and a year later, he becomes one of the first to be recorded
    Mar 23, 1879
    John Carson, at age 11, brings a fiddle to a political rally in Copperhill, Tennessee. As a diversion from speeches, the boy is asked to play "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane." He is nicknamed Fiddlin' John Carson, and becomes a country pioneer
    Oct 25, 1886
    Fiddlin' John Carson, while employed by a railroad construction company, shoots himself in the leg. He goes on to become the first "hillbilly" artist to play on the radio 36 years later
    Jun 9, 1894
    Country pioneer Fiddlin' John Carson marries Jenny Scoggins in Georgia
    Oct 10, 1909
    Fiddlin' John Carson and his wife, Jenny Carson, have a daughter, Rosa Lee Carson, in Atlanta. The last of the couple's nine children, Rosa Lee frequently accompanies her father during live performances as an adult
    Apr 26, 1913
    Mary Phagan is killed in Atlanta when she picks up her paycheck at the National Pencil Factory. The incident becomes the basis for Fiddlin' John Carson's "Little Mary Phagan," a significant song in his rise as a country pioneer
    Apr 29, 1913
    Leo Frank is arrested in Atlanta for the alleged murder of his employee, Mary Phagan. The controversial case, which results in the death penalty, provides country pioneer Fiddlin' John Carson with a pivotal song, "Little Mary Phagan"
    Jul 13, 1914
    Clarence Carson enlists in the National Guard, three days before his father, Fiddlin' John Carson, joins
    Jul 16, 1914
    Three days after his son, Clarence, enlisted, Fiddlin' John Carson joins the National Guard in Georgia
    Jun 21, 1915
    Georgia's governor commutes Leo Frank's sentence from the death penalty to life in prison. Frank had been sentenced for a murder that led Fiddlin' John Carson to write "Little Mary Phagan." Carson joins protests at the governor's mansion in Atlanta
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