- Form 13F Holdings Report (13F-HR)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2008

Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name: The Savannah Bancorp, Inc.
Address: 25 Bull Street
 Savannah, GA 31401

13F File Number:

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name: Michael W. Harden
Title: Acting Chief Financial Officer
Phone: 912-629-6486

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

 /s/ Michael W. Harden Savannah, Georgia November 13, 2008

Report Type (Check only one.):

[ X ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT

[ ] 13F NOTICE

[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT

I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.

FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE

Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers: 1

Form13F Information Table Entry Total: 107

Form13F Information Table Value Total: 224,362

List of Other Included Managers:

Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional managers with respect to which this report is filled, other than the manager filing this report.

No. 13F File Number Name

01 28-1468 Minis & Co., Inc.

 FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
 VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
 NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- --------
3M Company COM 88579y101 1536 22480 SH SOLE 01 18580 3975
AT&T Corp. COM 00206R102 3430 122866 SH SOLE 01 104236 19230
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 1252 27145 SH SOLE 01 25445 1745
American Express Co. COM 025816109 3562 100542 SH SOLE 01 88366 12276
Ameriprise Financial Inc. COM 03076c106 387 10120 SH SOLE 01 8755 1365
Amgen Corp. COM 031162100 3582 60429 SH SOLE 01 49079 11450
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation COM 032511107 304 6276 SH SOLE 01 6276
Avon Products COM 054303102 396 9520 SH SOLE 01 7595 1925
BLDRS Emerging Market 50 Index COM 09348r300 1338 35535 SH SOLE 01 31585 4150
BP PLC Spons ADR COM 055622104 3465 69066 SH SOLE 01 64815 4251
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 4593 131235 SH SOLE 01 109033 23007
Bank of America Corp. COM 60505104 641 18324 SH SOLE 4236 14088
Bank of America Corp. COM 60505104 136 3890 SH OTHER 3890
Bard (C.R.), Inc. COM 067383109 2552 26900 SH SOLE 01 26400 500
Baxter International Inc. COM 071813109 260 3957 SH SOLE 01 3957
Berkshire Hathaway Class B COM 084670207 5520 1256 SH SOLE 01 1069 191
Best Buy Co., Inc. COM 086516101 1688 45023 SH SOLE 01 39293 5855
CVS/Caremark Corporation COM 126650100 3675 109189 SH SOLE 01 98880 10684
Caterpillar Inc. COM 149123101 2534 42525 SH SOLE 01 40145 2730
Chevron Corp. COM 166764100 5420 65714 SH SOLE 01 52264 13450
Cisco Systems, Inc. COM 17275r102 3826 169585 SH SOLE 01 156655 14355
Citigroup Inc. COM 172967101 229 11180 SH SOLE 01 6847 4333
Coca Cola Co. COM 191216100 2916 55143 SH SOLE 01 50491 4652
Colgate - Palmolive COM 194162103 1205 15995 SH SOLE 01 15175 1220
ConocoPhillips COM 20825c104 7414 101214 SH SOLE 01 81677 20187
Costco Wholesale Corp. COM 22160k105 5285 81388 SH SOLE 01 64473 17120
Danaher Corporation COM 235851102 2461 35468 SH SOLE 01 29108 6510
Devon Energy Corporation COM 25179m103 2709 29705 SH SOLE 01 26235 3470
Diageo PLC ADR COM 25243Q205 3791 55060 SH SOLE 01 47685 7625
Diageo PLC ADR COM 25243Q205 126 1825 SH SOLE 181 1644
Diageo PLC ADR COM 25243Q206 103 1500 SH OTHER 1500
Discover Financial Services COM 254709108 172 12472 SH SOLE 01 11447 1025
Disney (Walt) Co. COM 254687106 5118 166774 SH SOLE 01 153774 14150
Dow Jones Dividend ETF (DVY) COM 464287168 269 5050 SH SOLE 01 4550 850
Dresser-Rand Group COM 261608103 984 31280 SH SOLE 01 26095 5185
DuPont COM 263534109 3893 96590 SH SOLE 01 90835 6390
Emerson Electric Co. COM 291011104 2041 50034 SH SOLE 01 43334 7000
Exxon Mobil Corp. COM 30231G102 6002 77280 SH SOLE 01 72953 4427
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 212 2734 SH SOLE 300 2434
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 683 8800 SH OTHER 8800
Fiserv Incorporated COM 337738108 3975 84012 SH SOLE 01 70122 14565
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 6693 262463 SH SOLE 01 225862 37851
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 339 13313 SH SOLE 3695 9618
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 349 13700 SH OTHER 13700
Goldman Sachs Group COM 38141g104 2325 18162 SH SOLE 01 16137 2125
Goodrich Corporation COM 382388106 2476 59525 SH SOLE 01 48025 11600
Helmerich & Payne COM 423452101 2337 54100 SH SOLE 01 43800 10795
Hewlett Packard Co COM 428236103 5963 128953 SH SOLE 01 108448 20705
Home Depot Inc. COM 437076102 2666 102984 SH SOLE 01 79359 23625
Honeywell Intl Inc. COM 438516106 1626 39132 SH SOLE 01 37857 1525
Infosys Technologies COM 456788108 3397 101990 SH SOLE 01 88440 14225
Int'l Business Machines Corp. COM 459200101 2998 25635 SH SOLE 01 24605 1205
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 1364 72805 SH SOLE 01 59205 13600
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 9 500 SH SOLE 500
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 337 18000 SH OTHER 18000
JP Morgan Chase & Co COM 46625H100 699 14968 SH SOLE 01 14904 64
JP Morgan Chase & Co COM 46625H100 82 1765 SH SOLE 200 1565
JP Morgan Chase & Co COM 46625H100 140 3000 SH OTHER 3000
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 9952 143645 SH SOLE 01 127410 17256
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 102 1470 SH SOLE 320 1150
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 298 4300 SH OTHER 4300
Kimberly - Clark COM 494368103 207 3188 SH SOLE 01 2810 378
Kraft Foods Inc COM 50075n104 1380 42140 SH SOLE 01 36537 6403
Lincoln National Corporation COM 534187109 566 13217 SH SOLE 01 11358 2038
Lowe's Cos. COM 548661107 518 21883 SH SOLE 01 21883 350
Medco Health Solutions COM 58405u102 7399 164421 SH SOLE 01 140872 23659
Medtronic, Inc. COM 585055106 3342 66702 SH SOLE 01 52637 14365
Merck & Co. Inc. COM 589331107 855 27107 SH SOLE 01 21807 5300
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 2590 97054 SH SOLE 01 86394 10660
Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 1841 80053 SH SOLE 01 75094 5159
Murphy Oil Corp. COM 626717102 3865 60260 SH SOLE 01 44625 15635
Novo-Nordisk ADR COM 670100205 1581 30875 SH SOLE 01 21890 8985
Pepsico Inc. COM 713448108 3082 43243 SH SOLE 01 32893 10700
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 2316 125618 SH SOLE 01 113248 12920
Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 101 5475 SH SOLE 2800 2675
Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 85 4600 SH OTHER 4600
Phillip Morris Int'l COM 718172109 393 8175 SH SOLE 01 2119 6056
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 7559 108468 SH SOLE 01 97568 11550
Schering-Plough COM 806605101 341 18483 SH SOLE 01 13883 4600
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 3543 45370 SH SOLE 01 43030 2385
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. COM 810186106 1647 69690 SH SOLE 01 58190 11750
Southern Co. COM 842587107 621 16467 SH SOLE 3600 12867
Southern Co. COM 842587107 19 500 SH OTHER 500
Stryker Corp. COM 863667101 3748 60155 SH SOLE 01 53775 6380
SunTrust Banks Inc. COM 867914103 701 15590 SH SOLE 01 11890 3700
TJX Companies Inc COM 872540109 5809 190329 SH SOLE 01 156514 33865
Tim Hortons Inc COM 88706M103 1690 57028 SH SOLE 01 45656 11372
Time Warner Inc. COM 887317105 380 28950 SH SOLE 01 24550 4400
U. S. Bancorp COM 902973304 3789 105205 SH SOLE 01 101630 3900
Union Pacific Corp. COM 907818108 591 8300 SH SOLE 01 7430 870
United Parcel Service Cl B COM 911312106 4019 63903 SH SOLE 01 50758 13345
United Technologies Corp. COM 913017109 4874 81146 SH SOLE 01 73911 8010
United Technologies Corp. COM 913017109 113 1875 SH SOLE 1300 575
United Technologies Corp. COM 913017109 523 8700 SH OTHER 8700
Varian Medical Systems COM 92220P105 1749 30610 SH SOLE 01 28960 1775
Verizon Communications COM 92343v104 271 8445 SH SOLE 01 7112 1333
Wachovia Corporation COM 929903102 130 37014 SH SOLE 01 25380 11634
Wachovia Corporation COM 929903102 4 1000 SH SOLE 1000
Wachovia Corporation COM 929903102 158 45000 SH OTHER 45000
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 1086 18126 SH SOLE 01 16476 1950
Walgreen Co. COM 931422109 1090 35200 SH SOLE 01 28875 6325
WellPoint Inc. COM 94973v107 2262 48375 SH SOLE 01 45400 3750
Wells Fargo & Co. COM 949746101 1888 50310 SH SOLE 01 47983 2327
Wyeth COM 983024100 411 11131 SH SOLE 01 9631 1500
iShares Trust MSCI EAFE Index COM 464287465 536 9515 SH SOLE 01 9515 780
Ishares Tr LEHMAN 1-3 Yr. COM 464288646 147 1500 SH SOLE 1500
Ishares Tr LEHMAN 1-3 Yr. COM 464288646 98 1000 SH OTHER 1000

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