Isaac Elbert McCleaird served in the U.S. Army.
Sheriff Isaac McCleaird and Deputy Sheriff Joseph Brown were shot and killed while attempting to arrest a Tennessee jail escapee for stealing a horse.
They had received information that the man was at a farm several miles outside of Jasper. They located the man sitting at a table shaving inside the farmhouse. When Sheriff McCleaird put his hand on the man's shoulder and told him he was under arrest, the man reached down to his boot and pulled out a handgun. The man shot Sheriff McCleaird in the chest, killing him instantly.
Deputy Brown was shot as he rushed into the room. The subject then stole Sheriff McCleaird's horse and fled.
Deputy Brown succumbed to his wounds on January 28th, 1869.
Sheriff McCleaird was a Confederate Army veteran of the Civil War and had served as the county sheriff for two years.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sheriff McCleaird gave the Pickens County Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jasper community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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