Draft:Jovan Mitrović Demir

Jovan Mitrović Demir (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Митровић Демир; 1756-1852) was captain of the Principality of Požega and one of the elders of the Užice Nahija at the time of the First and Second Serbian Uprising. He was a famous hero in the Užice region during the almost decade-long rule of Karađorđe's Serbia. He survived both uprisings. In the period from 1824 to 1835, Jovan Mitrović Demir is mentioned above all as a member of the Užice magistrate at a time of Miloš Obrenović.

Background
The sister of Prince Maksim Rašković was married to the captain of the Požega principality, Jovan Mitrović Demir, a member of the Užice District Court, a native of Lisina from Piva in Old Herzegovina, and further back from Kosovo. His older surname is Adžić, and before that, according to tradition, Zečević. Before the First Serbian Uprising, he was a hajduk in Romania. Due to his heroism, he was nicknamed "Demir", ie "iron" (in Turkish). On 26 May 1811, he was appointed captain of the Požega-Užice infantry (infantry) and later captain of Podgorje, under the command of the duke of the principality Nikola Karamarković, Karađorđe's son-in-law, then captain of the Montenegrin principality, a prince in the Užice nahija and member of the Užice district court. Later, he was a member of the district court in Užice, and he lived in Dražinovići, where he was buried. The son of his cousin Joko Adžić is Duke Vule Hadžić, who died in the Herzegovinian uprising in 1875 together with his cousin officer Drek Hadžić. Adžićs are immigrants from Metohija or Kosovo who came via Banjani to Piva, and their origin is from Lisina in Piva.

The captain of the Požega principality, Jovan Mitrović Demir ("Iron") and the sister of the old prince and duke Maksim Rašković of the Old Vlah in the First Serbian Uprising. They had two sons (Miloš and Andrija) and two daughters (Jovanka and Milica).