Registration No. 333-_________

   As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2009

                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                              ___________________

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                           Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

            Federal                                   33-1002258
 (State or Other Jurisdiction of           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  Incorporation or Organization)

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


         Jacksonville Savings Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
                            (Full Title of the Plan)


                                   Copies to:

       Mr. Richard A. Foss                         Alan Schick, Esquire
President and  Chief Executive Officer      Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.
    Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc.              5335 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Suite 780
     1211 West Morton Avenue                    Washington, DC 20015-2035
  Jacksonville, Illinois 62650                        (202) 274-2000
        (217) 245-4111
 (Name, Address and Telephone
  Number of Agent for Service)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large  accelerated  filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated  filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated  filer,"  "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting  company" in Rule 12b-2 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
amended. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer [ ]   Accelerated filer  [ ]   Non-accelerated filer [ ]
Smaller reporting company [X]
                  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

                           --------------------------

If any of the  securities  being  registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities  Act of
1933 check the following box. [X]


<PAGE>



                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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====================================================================================================================

         Title of                                     Proposed               Proposed
        Securities                Amount               Maximum                Maximum               Amount of
          to be                   to be            Offering Price            Aggregate            Registration
        Registered            Registered(1)           Per Share           Offering Price               Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                                 <C>                  <C>                    <C>                     <C>
Participation Interests             (1)                  __                     __                     (2)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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(1)  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
     statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
     pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)  Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(3) no registration fee is required to be paid.
</TABLE>

                         ------------------------------

     This   Registration   Statement  shall  become  effective  upon  filing  in
accordance  with Section 8(a) of the  Securities  Act of 1933 and 17 C.F.R.  ss.
230.462.

                                       2

<PAGE>


PART I.

Items 1 and 2. Plan  Information  and Registrant  Information  and Employee Plan
Annual Information

     This Registration Statement relates to the registration of an indeterminate
number of participation interests in the Jacksonville Savings Bank 401(k) Profit
Sharing Plan (the "Plan"). Documents containing the information required by Part
I of the  Registration  Statement  have  been  or  will  be  sent  or  given  to
participants  in the  Plan,  as  specified  Rule  428(b)(1)  promulgated  by the
Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "Commission")  under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

     Such  documents  are not being filed with the  Commission,  but  constitute
(along with the  documents  incorporated  by  reference  into this  Registration
Statement  pursuant  to Item 3 of Part II  hereof) a  prospectus  that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II.

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

        The  following  documents  previously  or  concurrently  filed  with the
Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

        a) The Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2008 (File No.  000-49792),  filed with the  Commission  on March 20,  2009,
pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

        b) All other reports  filed by the Company  pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  since the end of the
year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above; and

        c) The  description  of the  Company's  common  stock  contained  in the
Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A filed  with the  Commission  on May 2, 2002
(File No. 000-49792).

        d) The  Company's  Form 11-K for the  Jacksonville  Savings  Bank 401(k)
Profit Sharing Plan for the year ended  December 31, 2008 (File No.  000-49792),
filed with the  Commission  on June 15, 2009,  pursuant to Section  15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

        All  documents  subsequently  filed by the Company  with the  Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934,  as  amended,  after  the date  hereof,  and  prior to the  filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which  deregisters all securities then remaining  unsold,  shall be
deemed  incorporated by reference into this  Registration  Statement and to be a
part  thereof  from the date of the  filing  of such  documents.  Any  statement
contained  in the  documents  incorporated,  or  deemed to be  incorporated,  by
reference  herein or therein  shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded  for
purposes of this Registration  Statement and the prospectus to the extent that a
statement  contained  herein  or  therein  or in any  other  subsequently  filed
document which also is, or is deemed to be,  incorporated by reference herein or
therein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded  shall  not be  deemed,  except  as so  modified  or  superseded,  to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the prospectus.

        All  information  appearing  in  this  Registration  Statement  and  the
prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed  information,  including
financial statements,  appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein
by reference.

Item 4. Description of Securities

        Not applicable.

                                       3
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

        None.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

        Article VII of the Bylaws of Jacksonville  Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company")
sets forth circumstances under which directors,  officers,  employees and agents
of the Company may be insured or indemnified  against liability which they incur
in their capacities as such.

ARTICLE VII. INDEMNIFICATION

        The Company shall  indemnify its  directors,  officer,  and employees in
accordance with the following requirements:

        (a) Definitions and rules of construction.

            (1) Definitions for purposes of this Article

                (i)   Action.   The  term   "action"   means  any   judicial  or
administrative proceeding, or threatened proceeding, whether civil, criminal, or
otherwise, including any appeal or other proceeding for review;

                (ii) Court. The term "court" includes,  without limitation,  any
court to which or in which any appeal or proceeding for review is brought.

                (iii)  Final  judgment.   The  term  "final  judgment"  means  a
judgment, decree, or order which is not appealable or as to which the period for
appeal has expired with no appeal taken.

                (iv)  Settlement.  The  term  "settlement"  includes  entry of a
judgment by consent or confession or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere.

            (2)  References  in this Article to any  individual  or other person
including any savings bank, shall include legal representatives, successors, and
assigns thereof.

        (b) General.  Subject to  paragraphs  (c) and (g) of this  Article,  the
Company  shall  indemnify  any  person  against  whom an  action is  brought  or
threatened because that person is or was a director, officer, or employee of the
Company, for:

            (1) Any amount for which that person becomes liable under a judgment
in such action; and

            (2) Reasonable costs and expenses,  including reasonable  attorney's
fees,  actually  paid or incurred by that person in defending  or settling  such
action,  or in  enforcing  his or her  rights  under  this  Article if he or she
attains a favorable judgment in such enforcement action.

        (c)  Requirements.   Indemnification  shall  be  made  to  person  under
paragraph (b) of this Article only if:

            (1) Final judgment on the merits is in his or her favor; or

            (2) In case of:

                 (i) Settlement,

                 (ii) Final judgment against him or her, or

                 (iii)  Final  judgment  in his or her favor,  other than on the
merits,  if a majority of the  disinterested  directors of the Company determine

                                       4
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that  he or she  was  acting  in  good  faith  within  the  scope  of his or her
employment or authority as he or she could  reasonably  have  perceived it under
the  circumstances  and for a purpose he or she could  reasonably  have believed
under the circumstances was in the best interests of the Company or its members.

However, no indemnification shall be made unless the Company gives the Office at
least 60 days' notice of its intention to make such indemnification. Such notice
shall state the facts on which the action  arose,  the terms of any  settlement,
and any disposition of the action by a court. Such notice, a copy thereof, and a
certified copy of the resolution  containing the required  determination  by the
board of directors  shall be sent to the Regional  Director,  who shall promptly
acknowledge  receipt thereof.  The notice period shall run from the date of such
receipt. No such indemnification shall be made if the Office advises the Company
in writing, within such notice period, of his or her objection thereto.

        (d) Insurance.  The Company shall obtain insurance to protect it and its
directors,  officers,  and employees from  potential  losses arising from claims
against any of them for alleged  wrongful acts, or wrongful  acts,  committed in
their capacity as directors,  officers, or employees. The Company may not obtain
insurance  which  provides  for  payment of losses of any person  incurred  as a
consequence of his or her willful or criminal misconduct.

        (e) Payment of expenses.  If a majority of the  directors of the Company
conclude that, in connection  with an action,  any person  ultimately may become
entitled to  indemnification  under this  Article,  the  directors may authorize
payment of reasonable costs and expenses,  including reasonable attorneys' fees,
arising from the defense or settlement of such action. Nothing in this paragraph
(e) shall prevent the directors of the Company from imposing such  conditions on
a  payment  of  expenses  as they deem  warranted  and in the  interests  of the
Company. Before making advance payment of expenses under this paragraph (e), the
Company shall obtain an agreement  that the Company will be repaid if the person
on whose behalf  payment is made is later  determined not to be entitled to such
indemnification.

        (f)  Exclusiveness  of  provisions.  The  indemnification  of any person
referred  to in  paragraph  (b)  shall be  governed  solely  by these  bylaws as
provided  for in 12 C.F.R.  ss.545.121  (b) and the  obtaining  of  insurance as
referred to in  paragraph  (d) shall be governed by  paragraph  (d) of 12 C.F.R.
ss.545.121.

        (g) The indemnification  provided for in paragraph (b) is subject to and
qualified by 12 U.S.C. 1821(k).

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.

        Not applicable.

Item 8. List of Exhibits.
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<CAPTION>

Regulation S-K                                                                  Reference to Prior Filing or
Exhibit Number                      Document                                    Exhibit No. Attached Hereto
--------------                      --------                                    ----------------------------

<S>      <C>                                                                    <C>
         4        Form of Common Stock Certificate                              *

         5        Opinion of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Attached as Exhibit 5

         23.1     Consent of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Contained in Exhibit 5

         23.2     Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      Attached as Exhibit 23.2

         24       Power of Attorney                                             Contained on Signature Page

         -----------------------
*        Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Registration Statement on
         Form 8-A (File No. 000-49792) originally filed by the Company under the
         Exchange Act of 1934 with the Commission on May 2, 2002, and all
         amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
         description.
</TABLE>

                                       5
<PAGE>
Item 9. Undertakings

        The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

        1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective  amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
this  Registration  Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;

        2.  That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under  the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof;

        3. To remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the Plan;

        4. That, for purposes of determining  any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933,  each filing of the  Company's  annual  report  pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 that is  incorporated  by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such
securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the  initial  bona fide  offering
thereof; and

        5.  Insofar  as  indemnification   for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and  controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions,  or otherwise,  the
Company has been  advised  that in the opinion of the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against  such  liabilities  (other  than the  payment by the Company of expenses
incurred or paid by a director,  officer or controlling person of the Company in
the  successful  defense of any action,  suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered,  the Company  will,  unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

                                       6


<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES

        The  Registrant.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the  requirements  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused this
registration  statement  on  Form  S-8  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized,  in the city of Jacksonville,  state of
Illinois, on this 15th day of September, 2009.


                                         JACKSONVILLE BANCORP, INC.



                                    By:  /s/ Richard A. Foss
                                         -----------------------------------
                                         Richard A. Foss
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer
                                         (Duly Authorized Representative)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        We, the undersigned directors and officers of Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc.
(the "Company") hereby severally  constitute and appoint Richard A. Foss, as our
true and lawful attorney and agent, to do any and all things in our names in the
capacities  indicated  below which said  Richard A. Foss may deem  necessary  or
advisable to enable the Company to comply with the  Securities  Act of 1933, and
any  rules,   regulations  and  requirements  of  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission, in connection with the registration of participation interests under
the  Jacksonville  Savings Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust,  including
specifically,  but not limited  to,  power and  authority  to sign for us in our
names in the capacities  indicated below the registration  statement and any and
all amendments  (including  post-effective  amendments)  thereto;  and we hereby
approve,  ratify and confirm all that said  Richard A. Foss shall do or cause to
be done by virtue thereof.

        Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following  persons in
the capacities and on the date indicated.
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<S>                                         <C>                                         <C>
Signatures                                  Title                                 Date
----------                                  -----                                 ----


/s/ Richard A. Foss                         Director, President and               September 15, 2009
------------------------------------        Chief Executive Officer               ------------------
Richard A. Foss                             (Principal Executive Officer)




/s/ Diana S. Tone                           Chief Financial Officer               September 15, 2009
------------------------------------        (Principal Financial and Accounting   ------------------
Diana S. Tone                               Officer)




/s/ Andrew F. Applebee                      Chairman of the Board                 September 15, 2009
------------------------------------                                              ------------------
Andrew F. Applebee




/s/ John C. Williams                        Director, Senior Vice President       September 15, 2009
------------------------------------        and Trust Officer                     ------------------
John C. Williams

</TABLE>

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<S>                                         <C>                                   <C>
/s/ John M. Buchanan                        Director                              September 15, 2009
------------------------------------                                              ------------------
John M. Buchanan




/s/ Harmon B. Deal, III                     Director                              September 15, 2009
------------------------------------        ------------------                    ------------------
Harmon B. Deal, III




/s/ John L. Eyth                            Director                              September 15, 2009
------------------------------------                                              ------------------
John L. Eyth




/s/ Dean H. Hess                            Director                              September 15, 2009
------------------------------------                                              ------------------
Dean H. Hess




/s/ Emily J. Osburn                         Director                              September 15, 2009
------------------------------------                                              ------------------
Emily J. Osburn

</TABLE>




<PAGE>


        The Plan.  Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities Act of 1933,
the trustees (or other  persons who  administer  the Plan) have duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the city of Jacksonville,  state of Illinois,  on this 15th
day of September, 2009.


                                            Jacksonville Savings Bank 401(k)
                                            Profit Sharing Plan and Trust

                                            /s/ John D. Eilering

                                            By: John D. Eilering
                                            Title: Vice President


<PAGE>


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Regulation S-K                                                                  Reference to Prior Filing or
Exhibit Number                      Document                                    Exhibit No. Attached Hereto
--------------                      --------                                    ----------------------------

<S>      <C>                                                                    <C>
         4        Form of Common Stock Certificate                              *

         5        Opinion of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Attached as Exhibit 5

         23.1     Consent of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Contained in Exhibit 5

         23.2     Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      Attached as Exhibit 23.2

         24       Power of Attorney                                             Contained on Signature Page

         ------------------------
*        Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Registration Statement on
         Form 8-A (File No. 000-49792) originally filed by the Company under the
         Exchange Act of 1934 with the Commission on May 2, 2002, and all
         amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
         description.
</TABLE>
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Registration No. 333-_________

   As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2009

                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                              ___________________

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

            Federal                                   33-1002258
 (State or Other Jurisdiction of           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  Incorporation or Organization)

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

         Jacksonville Savings Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                   Copies to:

       Mr. Richard A. Foss                         Alan Schick, Esquire
President and  Chief Executive Officer      Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.
    Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc.              5335 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Suite 780
     1211 West Morton Avenue                    Washington, DC 20015-2035
  Jacksonville, Illinois 62650                        (202) 274-2000
        (217) 245-4111
 (Name, Address and Telephone
  Number of Agent for Service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large  accelerated  filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated  filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated  filer,"  "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting  company" in Rule 12b-2 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
amended. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer [ ]   Accelerated filer  [ ]   Non-accelerated filer [ ]
Smaller reporting company [X]
                  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

                           --------------------------

If any of the  securities  being  registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities  Act of
1933 check the following box. [X]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
====================================================================================================================

         Title of                                     Proposed               Proposed
        Securities                Amount               Maximum                Maximum               Amount of
          to be                   to be            Offering Price            Aggregate            Registration
        Registered            Registered(1)           Per Share           Offering Price               Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Participation Interests             (1)                  __                     __                     (2)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------
(1)  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
     statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
     pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)  Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(3) no registration fee is required to be paid.
------------------------------

     This   Registration   Statement  shall  become  effective  upon  filing  in
accordance  with Section 8(a) of the  Securities  Act of 1933 and 17 C.F.R.  ss.
230.462.

                                       2
PART I.

Items 1 and 2. Plan  Information  and Registrant  Information  and Employee Plan
Annual Information

     This Registration Statement relates to the registration of an indeterminate
number of participation interests in the Jacksonville Savings Bank 401(k) Profit
Sharing Plan (the "Plan"). Documents containing the information required by Part
I of the  Registration  Statement  have  been  or  will  be  sent  or  given  to
participants  in the  Plan,  as  specified  Rule  428(b)(1)  promulgated  by the
Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "Commission")  under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

     Such  documents  are not being filed with the  Commission,  but  constitute
(along with the  documents  incorporated  by  reference  into this  Registration
Statement  pursuant  to Item 3 of Part II  hereof) a  prospectus  that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II.

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

        The  following  documents  previously  or  concurrently  filed  with the
Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

        a) The Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2008 (File No.  000-49792),  filed with the  Commission  on March 20,  2009,
pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

        b) All other reports  filed by the Company  pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  since the end of the
year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above; and

        c) The  description  of the  Company's  common  stock  contained  in the
Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A filed  with the  Commission  on May 2, 2002
(File No. 000-49792).

        d) The  Company's  Form 11-K for the  Jacksonville  Savings  Bank 401(k)
Profit Sharing Plan for the year ended  December 31, 2008 (File No.  000-49792),
filed with the  Commission  on June 15, 2009,  pursuant to Section  15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

        All  documents  subsequently  filed by the Company  with the  Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934,  as  amended,  after  the date  hereof,  and  prior to the  filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which  deregisters all securities then remaining  unsold,  shall be
deemed  incorporated by reference into this  Registration  Statement and to be a
part  thereof  from the date of the  filing  of such  documents.  Any  statement
contained  in the  documents  incorporated,  or  deemed to be  incorporated,  by
reference  herein or therein  shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded  for
purposes of this Registration  Statement and the prospectus to the extent that a
statement  contained  herein  or  therein  or in any  other  subsequently  filed
document which also is, or is deemed to be,  incorporated by reference herein or
therein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded  shall  not be  deemed,  except  as so  modified  or  superseded,  to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the prospectus.

        All  information  appearing  in  this  Registration  Statement  and  the
prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed  information,  including
financial statements,  appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein
by reference.

Item 4. Description of Securities

        Not applicable.

                                       3
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

        None.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

        Article VII of the Bylaws of Jacksonville  Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company")
sets forth circumstances under which directors,  officers,  employees and agents
of the Company may be insured or indemnified  against liability which they incur
in their capacities as such.

ARTICLE VII. INDEMNIFICATION

        The Company shall  indemnify its  directors,  officer,  and employees in
accordance with the following requirements:

        (a) Definitions and rules of construction.

            (1) Definitions for purposes of this Article

                (i)   Action.   The  term   "action"   means  any   judicial  or
administrative proceeding, or threatened proceeding, whether civil, criminal, or
otherwise, including any appeal or other proceeding for review;

                (ii) Court. The term "court" includes,  without limitation,  any
court to which or in which any appeal or proceeding for review is brought.

                (iii)  Final  judgment.   The  term  "final  judgment"  means  a
judgment, decree, or order which is not appealable or as to which the period for
appeal has expired with no appeal taken.

                (iv)  Settlement.  The  term  "settlement"  includes  entry of a
judgment by consent or confession or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere.

            (2)  References  in this Article to any  individual  or other person
including any savings bank, shall include legal representatives, successors, and
assigns thereof.

        (b) General.  Subject to  paragraphs  (c) and (g) of this  Article,  the
Company  shall  indemnify  any  person  against  whom an  action is  brought  or
threatened because that person is or was a director, officer, or employee of the
Company, for:

            (1) Any amount for which that person becomes liable under a judgment
in such action; and

            (2) Reasonable costs and expenses,  including reasonable  attorney's
fees,  actually  paid or incurred by that person in defending  or settling  such
action,  or in  enforcing  his or her  rights  under  this  Article if he or she
attains a favorable judgment in such enforcement action.

        (c)  Requirements.   Indemnification  shall  be  made  to  person  under
paragraph (b) of this Article only if:

            (1) Final judgment on the merits is in his or her favor; or

            (2) In case of:

                 (i) Settlement,

                 (ii) Final judgment against him or her, or

                 (iii)  Final  judgment  in his or her favor,  other than on the
merits,  if a majority of the  disinterested  directors of the Company determine

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that  he or she  was  acting  in  good  faith  within  the  scope  of his or her
employment or authority as he or she could  reasonably  have  perceived it under
the  circumstances  and for a purpose he or she could  reasonably  have believed
under the circumstances was in the best interests of the Company or its members.

However, no indemnification shall be made unless the Company gives the Office at
least 60 days' notice of its intention to make such indemnification. Such notice
shall state the facts on which the action  arose,  the terms of any  settlement,
and any disposition of the action by a court. Such notice, a copy thereof, and a
certified copy of the resolution  containing the required  determination  by the
board of directors  shall be sent to the Regional  Director,  who shall promptly
acknowledge  receipt thereof.  The notice period shall run from the date of such
receipt. No such indemnification shall be made if the Office advises the Company
in writing, within such notice period, of his or her objection thereto.

        (d) Insurance.  The Company shall obtain insurance to protect it and its
directors,  officers,  and employees from  potential  losses arising from claims
against any of them for alleged  wrongful acts, or wrongful  acts,  committed in
their capacity as directors,  officers, or employees. The Company may not obtain
insurance  which  provides  for  payment of losses of any person  incurred  as a
consequence of his or her willful or criminal misconduct.

        (e) Payment of expenses.  If a majority of the  directors of the Company
conclude that, in connection  with an action,  any person  ultimately may become
entitled to  indemnification  under this  Article,  the  directors may authorize
payment of reasonable costs and expenses,  including reasonable attorneys' fees,
arising from the defense or settlement of such action. Nothing in this paragraph
(e) shall prevent the directors of the Company from imposing such  conditions on
a  payment  of  expenses  as they deem  warranted  and in the  interests  of the
Company. Before making advance payment of expenses under this paragraph (e), the
Company shall obtain an agreement  that the Company will be repaid if the person
on whose behalf  payment is made is later  determined not to be entitled to such
indemnification.

        (f)  Exclusiveness  of  provisions.  The  indemnification  of any person
referred  to in  paragraph  (b)  shall be  governed  solely  by these  bylaws as
provided  for in 12 C.F.R.  ss.545.121  (b) and the  obtaining  of  insurance as
referred to in  paragraph  (d) shall be governed by  paragraph  (d) of 12 C.F.R.
ss.545.121.

        (g) The indemnification  provided for in paragraph (b) is subject to and
qualified by 12 U.S.C. 1821(k).

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.

        Not applicable.

Item 8. List of Exhibits.
Regulation S-K                                                                  Reference to Prior Filing or
Exhibit Number                      Document                                    Exhibit No. Attached Hereto
--------------                      --------                                    ----------------------------
4        Form of Common Stock Certificate                              *

         5        Opinion of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Attached as Exhibit 5

         23.1     Consent of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Contained in Exhibit 5

         23.2     Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      Attached as Exhibit 23.2

         24       Power of Attorney                                             Contained on Signature Page

         -----------------------
*        Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Registration Statement on
         Form 8-A (File No. 000-49792) originally filed by the Company under the
         Exchange Act of 1934 with the Commission on May 2, 2002, and all
         amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
         description.
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Item 9. Undertakings

        The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

        1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective  amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
this  Registration  Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;

        2.  That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under  the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof;

        3. To remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the Plan;

        4. That, for purposes of determining  any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933,  each filing of the  Company's  annual  report  pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 that is  incorporated  by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such
securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the  initial  bona fide  offering
thereof; and

        5.  Insofar  as  indemnification   for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and  controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions,  or otherwise,  the
Company has been  advised  that in the opinion of the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against  such  liabilities  (other  than the  payment by the Company of expenses
incurred or paid by a director,  officer or controlling person of the Company in
the  successful  defense of any action,  suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered,  the Company  will,  unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

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SIGNATURES

        The  Registrant.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the  requirements  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused this
registration  statement  on  Form  S-8  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized,  in the city of Jacksonville,  state of
Illinois, on this 15th day of September, 2009.

                                         JACKSONVILLE BANCORP, INC.

                                    By:  /s/ Richard A. Foss
                                         -----------------------------------
                                         Richard A. Foss
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer
                                         (Duly Authorized Representative)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        We, the undersigned directors and officers of Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc.
(the "Company") hereby severally  constitute and appoint Richard A. Foss, as our
true and lawful attorney and agent, to do any and all things in our names in the
capacities  indicated  below which said  Richard A. Foss may deem  necessary  or
advisable to enable the Company to comply with the  Securities  Act of 1933, and
any  rules,   regulations  and  requirements  of  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission, in connection with the registration of participation interests under
the  Jacksonville  Savings Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust,  including
specifically,  but not limited  to,  power and  authority  to sign for us in our
names in the capacities  indicated below the registration  statement and any and
all amendments  (including  post-effective  amendments)  thereto;  and we hereby
approve,  ratify and confirm all that said  Richard A. Foss shall do or cause to
be done by virtue thereof.

        Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following  persons in
the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signatures                                  Title                                 Date
----------                                  -----                                 ----

/s/ Richard A. Foss                         Director, President and               September 15, 2009
------------------------------------        Chief Executive Officer               ------------------
Richard A. Foss                             (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Diana S. Tone                           Chief Financial Officer               September 15, 2009
------------------------------------        (Principal Financial and Accounting   ------------------
Diana S. Tone                               Officer)

/s/ Andrew F. Applebee                      Chairman of the Board                 September 15, 2009
------------------------------------                                              ------------------
Andrew F. Applebee

/s/ John C. Williams                        Director, Senior Vice President       September 15, 2009
------------------------------------        and Trust Officer                     ------------------
John C. Williams
/s/ John M. Buchanan                        Director                              September 15, 2009
------------------------------------                                              ------------------
John M. Buchanan

/s/ Harmon B. Deal, III                     Director                              September 15, 2009
------------------------------------        ------------------                    ------------------
Harmon B. Deal, III

/s/ John L. Eyth                            Director                              September 15, 2009
------------------------------------                                              ------------------
John L. Eyth

/s/ Dean H. Hess                            Director                              September 15, 2009
------------------------------------                                              ------------------
Dean H. Hess

/s/ Emily J. Osburn                         Director                              September 15, 2009
------------------------------------                                              ------------------
Emily J. Osburn
The Plan.  Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities Act of 1933,
the trustees (or other  persons who  administer  the Plan) have duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the city of Jacksonville,  state of Illinois,  on this 15th
day of September, 2009.

                                            Jacksonville Savings Bank 401(k)
                                            Profit Sharing Plan and Trust

                                            /s/ John D. Eilering

                                            By: John D. Eilering
                                            Title: Vice President
Regulation S-K                                                                  Reference to Prior Filing or
Exhibit Number                      Document                                    Exhibit No. Attached Hereto
--------------                      --------                                    ----------------------------
4        Form of Common Stock Certificate                              *

         5        Opinion of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Attached as Exhibit 5

         23.1     Consent of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Contained in Exhibit 5

         23.2     Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      Attached as Exhibit 23.2

         24       Power of Attorney                                             Contained on Signature Page

         ------------------------
*        Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Registration Statement on
         Form 8-A (File No. 000-49792) originally filed by the Company under the
         Exchange Act of 1934 with the Commission on May 2, 2002, and all
         amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
         description.