CERTIFICATIONS                                           Exhibit 31(a)

I, John E. Anderson, certify that:
1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Patriot
Transportation Holding, Inc.;
2.	Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly report;
3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this quarterly 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 quarterly 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-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and
have:
a)	designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls 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)	evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
the effectiveness of the disclosures controls and procedures, as of
the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and
c)	disclosed in this report any changes 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 report; and
5.	The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of
registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
a)	all significant deficiencies 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: April 29, 2004                                 /s/John E. Anderson
                                                      President and Chief
                                                       Executive Officer