INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

Board of Directors
First National Corporation


     We  consent  to  the  incorporation  by  reference  into  the  Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed by First National Corporation in connection with the
First  National  Corporation   Dividend   Reinvestment  Plan  (Registration  No.
33-58692)  of our Report  dated  January 27,  1997,  included in First  National
Corporation's 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996.


                                                J. W. Hunt and Company, LLP

Columbia, South Carolina
March 26, 1997

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