Petar Jokić was born in Topola around 1779, and at the time of the uprising, in 1804, he was a young man in full strength.

Heroic, reliable, wise and prudent, Jokić had a serious word in the greatest company of the first dukes (voivodes).

The circumstances were often such that the Vožd (Grand Leader Karađorđe) had to be left without his escort detachment at critical moments because it was dispatched where it was most needed at the time.

After the collapse of the uprising, in 1813, he lived with his family until 1838 in Zemun, then under the rule of the Austrian Empire, where he opened his trading company.

After the liberation of Serbia, Jokić returned to his homeland and became a member of the Valjevo District Court until he retired, when he went back to Topola, the place of his birth.