Johnathan Stokes was a homesteader in Oregon Territory. In 1838 he met and soon married Theodosia Stokes, and the new couple soon had a daughter, Valodja Stokes. In 1839 Theodosia once again gave birth - this time to a son named Luca Stokes.
In 1843, a bounty hunter looking for his deceased mother-in-law, Valodja Molina. The encounter did not go well, and Johnathan was killed.