EXHIBIT 31.1

                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE

I, Gary E. Pendleton, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ohio State
Bancshares, Inc., certify that:

      1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Ohio State
  Bancshares, 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 officer 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 we have:

      a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures 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 quarterly report is being
  prepared;

      b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
  procedures as of the date this quarterly report was prepared (the "Evaluation
  Date"); and

      c) Presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the
  effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our
  evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

      5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
  on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
  committee of registrant's board of directors:

      a) All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
  controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
  process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the
  registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

      b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
  employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls;
  and

      6. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have indicated in this
  quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal
  controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls
  subsequent to the date or our most recent evaluation, including any corrective
  actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

/s/ Gary E. Pendleton
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Gary E. Pendleton
Chief Executive Officer
May 10, 2005