Career
He was the inspiration for the main character, Vuk Isakovič (Вук Исакович), in the Seobe (roman by Miloš Crnjanski). Vuk"s family originated from Sredska, Kosovo, then under Ottoman rule. In seobe, Vuk"s brother is a merchant named Aranđel, married to a Dafina.
The Serbs established a Hajduk army that supported the Austrians.
The army was divided into 18 companies, in four groups. In this period, the most notable obor-kapetans were Vuk Isaković from Crna Bara, Mlatišuma from Kragujevac and Kosta Dimitrijević from Paraćin.
After the war he had the rank of captain. Isaković participated in the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735-1739).
He died in 1759, at the age of 65, in Mitrovica.
He was buried at Šišatovac, which at the time was some type of mausoleum for notable Serbs.
