Jenson notes that Hancock was convicted of the murder of Jones.
Church Chronology, comp. Andrew Jenson (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1914), 183
After a lengthy trial in the First District Court, at Provo, Joseph Hancock, indicted for the murder of Henry Jones, of Payson, in 1858, was adjudged guilty of murder in the second degree. Motion was made for a new trial.