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                                                                   Exhibit 31.1

                                 CERTIFICATION

I, Trent B. Troyer, certify that:

      1.    I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of First Franklin
            Corporation;

      2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
            statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
            necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
            circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
            with respect to the period covered by this report;

      3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
            financial information included in this report, fairly present in
            all material respects the financial condition, results of
            operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
            periods presented in this report;

      4.    The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible
            for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
            (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
            registrant and have:

                  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
                  caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
                  under our supervision, to ensure that material information
                  relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
                  subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
                  entities, particularly during the period in which this report
                  is being prepared;

                  (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting,
                  or caused such internal control over financial reporting to
                  be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
                  assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
                  and the preparation of financial statements for external
                  purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
                  principles;

                  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
                  disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
                  report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
                  disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
                  period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

                  (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
                  internal control over financial reporting that occurred
                  during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the
                  registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
                  report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
                  to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over
                  financial reporting; and

      5.    The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
            based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
            financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
            committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons
            performing the equivalent functions):

                  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
                  the design or operation of internal control over financial
                  reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
                  registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
                  financial information; and

                  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                  management or other employees who have a significant role in
                  the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: September 29, 2008               /s/ Trent B. Troyer
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                                           Trent B. Troyer
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer