Jerry Little, the famous feud leader, met death in 1897. Below is a small notice of his death posted in the Mt. Sterling Gazette.

Jere Little, the famous Breathitt County outlaw and the slayer of a score of men, was accidentally killed Monday, by a log rolling over him. Little was rolling logs when his cant hook slipped, throwing him down and the log rolled over him, breaking every bone in his body. Little was the leader of the Little gang that terrorized Breathitt County for so long, and the murder of many a man is laid at his door. At his death he had 26 bullets in his body. In the last year or so Little had reformed, joined the church and was leading a peaceful life.

- Mt. Sterling Gazette.