Exhibit 32.1
                        CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT
                         Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350

          Pursuant  to,  and for  purposes  only of, 18  U.S.C.  ss.  1350,  the
undersigned  hereby  certifies  that (i) the  Quarterly  Report of First  United
Corporation on Form 10-Q, as amended,  for the quarter ended  September 30, 2004
filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "Report") fully complies
with the  requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934, and (ii) information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all
material  respects,  the financial  condition and results of operations of First
United Corporation.


Date:    November 8, 2004           /s/ William B. Grant
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                                    William B. Grant, Chairman of the Board
                                    and Chief Executive Officer