23.1 CONSENT OF ELLIOTT DAVIS, LLC










            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Board of Directors
Provident Community Bancshares, Inc.
(previously known as Union Financial Bancshares, Inc.)

We consent to the incorporation by reference into this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 filed by Provident Community Bancshares, Inc. in connection with
registration of shares of its common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise
of options pursuant to the Provident Community Bancshares, Inc. 2006 Equity
Incentive Plan Stock of our Report dated January 13, 2006, which is included in
the Provident Community Bancshares, Inc.'s annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2005. We also consent to reference to us under the
heading "Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" in such Registration
Statement.



                                                /s/ Elliott Davis, LLC


Elliot Davis, LLC
Greenville, South Carolina
August 8, 2006