EXHIBIT 31.1

                             CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                   18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                   SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, G. Mike Odom, Jr., certify that:

1.I have reviewed this 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K (Annual Report) of The
  Savannah Bancorp, Inc.;

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 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)) and internal control, over
  financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)
  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 controls over financial reporting or caused such
  internal controls 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 based on our
  evaluation 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 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, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee
  of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
  function):

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:   March 25, 2005   /s/ G. Mike Odom, Jr.       Chief Executive Officer
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                             G. Mike Odom, Jr.