Trinity Episcopal Church - Jacksonville, TX - Anglican and Episcopal Churches on Waymarking.com

Isaac Gillespie, appointed lay reader by Bishop Gregg in San Augustine in 1878 was the first lay reader of the congregation. An article in The Texas Churchman in January 1909 announced that the Reverend Dr. D.G. Gunn, rector of Trinity Church in Longview, had agreed to assist the people of Jacksonville in their efforts to establish this church. The congregation had accumulated about $600.00 toward building a church with a promise from Bishop Kinsolving for the last $300.00 to be paid when all other monies had been raised. The effort to build a church and rectory took little more than five months, although the remainder of the money was not raised until the next year. Trinity Church in Jacksonville could seat 100 people; the rectory comprised five rooms and a hall and occupied a lot 100 x 90 feet.

May 1, 1909 marks the first mention of Trinity Mission in Jacksonville in the Bishops' official accounts of the Diocese of Texas. The Reverend D.G. Gunn reported to the Bishop three baptisms: two infant and one adult, bringing the total of baptized persons to 26. Likewise, there were three confirmations during 1909 and an average of 14 communicants during the year. Trinity Church held 28 regular Sunday services and four additional services on special days such as Good Friday.

By the mid 1900s the Trinity building is presumed to have burned, although no record of that has yet been found.

According to Ben Laurie by 1947 services were being held in the Graggard, Spraggins, Swofford Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Gibson from Henderson presiding.

Easter Sunday, April 8, 1950, the first Sunday services were held in the present building.