UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 5, 2010

JACKSONVILLE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Federal	000-49792	33-1002258
(State or Other Jurisdiction)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)		Identification No.)

1211 West Morton Avenue, Jacksonville, Illinois		62650
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (217) 245-4111

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 1.01

Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

On March 5, 2010, the Boards of Directors of Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), Jacksonville Bancorp, MHC, (the “Mutual Holding Company”), and Jacksonville Savings Bank (the “Bank”) each amended the Plan of Conversion and Reorganization of the Mutual Holding Company (the “Plan”) pursuant to which the Mutual Holding Company will undertake a “second-step” conversion and cease to exist. The Bank will reorganize from a two-tier mutual holding company structure to a stock holding company structure. The Plan was amended to increase the purchase limitation for persons acting in concert from 35,000 shares ($350,000) to 50,000 shares ($500,000) in addition to certain technical amendments. The Amended and Restated Plan is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Form 8-K which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)	No financial statements of businesses acquired are required.

(b)	No pro forma financial information is required.

(c)	Not applicable.

(d)	2.1 Plan of Conversion and Reorganization of Jacksonville Bancorp, MHC, as amended

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

	JACKSONVILLE BANCORP, INC.

DATE: March 10, 2010	By:	/s/ Richard A. Foss
		Richard A. Foss
		President and Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

2.1

Plan of Conversion and Reorganization of Jacksonville Bancorp, MHC, as amended

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