**Exhibit
      31.1**




**Rule
      13a-14(a) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer**




I,
      Michael C. Crapps, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify
      that:




1.  I
      have
      reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of First Community
      Corporation.




2.  Based
      on
      my knowledge, this annual 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 officers 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) 
      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




c) 
      Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
      financial reporting that occurred during the small registrant’s fourth fiscal
      quarter 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 officers 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 controls 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:
                  March 15, 2006/s/
                  Michael C. CrappsMichael
                  C. Crapps, President and C.E.O.(Principal
                  Executive Officer)