Exhibit 31.1



CERTIFICATION



I, Watts Steger, certify that:



|1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Botetourt Bankshares Corporation;
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|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 annual report;
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|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
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|4. | I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15e and 15d-15e) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f)) for the small business issuer and have:
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| | a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedure, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating
to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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| | b) | evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuers disclosures 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
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| | c) | disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuers internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuers most recent
fiscal quarter (the small business issuers fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuers internal control over financial
reporting.
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|5. | I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuers auditors and the audit committee of the small
business issuers board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the small business issuers ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the small business issuers auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
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| | b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuers internal control over financial
reporting.
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|Date: March 25, 2005                               
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|/s/ H. Watts Steger, III                           
|H. Watts Steger, III                               
|Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer