Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We have issued our report dated February 23, 2001, included in the Annual Report of United Community Banks, Inc. and subsidiaries, on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, and incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 666-69656). We consent to the use of the aforementioned report in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and related Prospectus, and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption “Experts”.
/s/ PORTER KEADLE MOORE, LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
October 3, 2001