**Exhibit 31.1**

 

Rule 13a-14(a) Certificationof the Principal Executive Officer

 

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**Rule 13a-14(a) Certificationof the Principal Executive Officer**

 

I, F. Ray Harvin, Jr., chief executive officer,certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSBof Congaree Bancshares, Inc.

 

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

 

3.             Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly presentin all material respects the financial condition, results of operations andcash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presentedin this report;

 

4.             The small businessissuer’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a)                                      Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the smallbusiness issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to usby otherswithin those entities,particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b)                                     Designed such internal control overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reportingto be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regardingthe reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally acceptedaccounting principles;

 

c)                                      Evaluated the effectiveness of the smallbusiness issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and  presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)                                     Disclosedin this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal control overfinancial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s mostrecent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in thecase of this annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonablylikely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

 

5.             The small business issuer’s other certifyingofficers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internalcontrol over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’s auditors andthe audit committee of the small business issuer’s board of directors (orpersons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)   All significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls overfinancial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the smallbusiness issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

 

b)   Any fraud, whether or notmaterial, that involves management or other employees who have a significantrole in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.

 
| Date:  | March 31, 2008                                                 | By: | /s/ F. Harvin Ray, Jr. |
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|   | F. Harvin Ray, Jr.                                             |
|   | President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |

 

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