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    <periodOfReport>2018-07-15</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>TRINITY CAPITAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TRIN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001646296</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Antonsen Gregory</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>5 LUGAR DE MADISON</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SANTA FE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NM</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>87506</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Voting common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-07-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>829</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>9.65</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>22285</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The 829 shares represent an award granted on July 15, 2018 valued at $9.65 per share.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jennifer Pearson Attorney-in-Fact for Gregory Antonsen</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-07-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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The 829 shares represent an award granted on July 15, 2018 valued at $9.65 per share.
Jennifer Pearson Attorney-in-Fact for Gregory Antonsen
2018-07-16