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                                                                      Exhibit 23

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM



Board of Directors
Peoples Bancorporation, Inc.
Easley, South Carolina

We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the  Registration  Statement on
Form  S-8  (No.   333-121156),   regarding  the  2004  Stock  Option  Plan,  the
Registration   Statement  on  Form  S-8  (No.  333-121157)  regarding  the  1997
Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(No.  333-121158)  regarding  the 1993  Incentive  Stock  Option  Plan,  and the
Registration   Statement  on  Form  S-8  (No.  333-145470)  regarding  the  2007
Non-Employee  Directors  Stock  Option Plan of our report  dated March 30, 2010,
relating  to  our  audit  of  the   consolidated   balance   sheets  of  Peoples
Bancorporation,  Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the
related   consolidated   statements   of   income,   shareholders'   equity  and
comprehensive  income,  and cash flows for each of the years  then  ended  which
appear in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Peoples Bancorporation, Inc.


                                                s/Elliott Davis LLC

Greenville, South Carolina
March 30 201