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

FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 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 February 3, 2009

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: 102

Form13F Information Table Value Total: 160,627

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 1173 20380 SH SOLE 01 16780 3675
AT&T Corp. COM 00206R102 3188 111866 SH SOLE 01 102236 10230
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 848 25870 SH SOLE 01 24170 1745
American Express Co. COM 025816109 1579 85127 SH SOLE 01 74526 10701
Amgen Corp. COM 031162100 3250 56279 SH SOLE 01 48929 7450
Avon Products COM 054303102 229 9520 SH SOLE 01 7595 1925
BLDRS Emerging Market 50 Index COM 09348r300 896 32810 SH SOLE 01 31060 1950
BP PLC Spons ADR COM 055622104 3125 66866 SH SOLE 01 62615 4251
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 1609 114295 SH SOLE 01 102593 12507
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 234 16624 SH SOLE 4236 12388
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 62 4390 SH OTHER 4390
Bard (C.R.), Inc. COM 067383109 2237 26550 SH SOLE 01 26050 500
Baxter International Inc. COM 071813109 212 3957 SH SOLE 01 3957
Berkshire Hathaway Class B COM 084670207 3815 1187 SH SOLE 01 1114 78
Best Buy Co., Inc. COM 086516101 1035 36819 SH SOLE 01 33464 3480
CVS/Caremark Corporation COM 126650100 3119 108539 SH SOLE 01 98430 10484
Caterpillar Inc. COM 149123101 1937 43355 SH SOLE 01 41475 2230
Chevron Corp. COM 166764100 4065 54954 SH SOLE 01 50004 4950
Cisco Systems, Inc. COM 17275r102 2842 174375 SH SOLE 01 162675 13125
Coca Cola Co. COM 191216100 2507 55376 SH SOLE 01 50724 4652
Colgate - Palmolive COM 194162103 1041 15185 SH SOLE 01 14865 720
ConocoPhillips COM 20825c104 4699 90714 SH SOLE 01 81502 9862
Costco Wholesale Corp. COM 22160k105 3695 70388 SH SOLE 01 62873 7720
Danaher Corporation COM 235851102 1888 33353 SH SOLE 01 30793 2810
Devon Energy Corporation COM 25179m103 2174 33090 SH SOLE 01 29620 3520
Diageo PLC ADR COM 25243Q205 2813 49585 SH SOLE 01 47760 2075
Discover Financial Services COM 254709108 107 11272 SH SOLE 01 10247 1025
Disney (Walt) Co. COM 254687106 3776 166400 SH SOLE 01 154650 12900
Dow Jones Dividend ETF (DVY) COM 464287168 353 8550 SH SOLE 01 8050 850
Dresser-Rand Group COM 261608103 402 23280 SH SOLE 01 18245 5035
DuPont COM 263534109 2132 84250 SH SOLE 01 79395 5490
Emerson Electric Co. COM 291011104 1791 48934 SH SOLE 01 43334 5900
Exxon Mobil Corp. COM 30231G102 5737 71860 SH SOLE 01 67883 4077
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 218 2734 SH SOLE 300 2434
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 639 8000 SH OTHER 8000
Fiserv Incorporated COM 337738108 2747 75532 SH SOLE 01 69452 6755
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 3982 245792 SH SOLE 01 224391 22151
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 223 13763 SH SOLE 3595 10168
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 235 14500 SH OTHER 14500
Goldman Sachs Group COM 38141g104 1369 16222 SH SOLE 01 15397 825
Goodrich Corporation COM 382388106 1790 48350 SH SOLE 01 45550 2900
Helmerich & Payne COM 423452101 1035 45500 SH SOLE 01 42700 3295
Hewlett Packard Co COM 428236103 4224 116390 SH SOLE 01 104985 11605
Home Depot Inc. COM 437076102 2236 97141 SH SOLE 01 73816 23325
Honeywell Intl Inc. COM 438516106 1201 36589 SH SOLE 01 34514 2325
Infosys Technologies COM 456788108 1992 81055 SH SOLE 01 74605 7125
Int'l Business Machines Corp. COM 459200101 2207 26220 SH SOLE 01 25190 1205
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 1073 73205 SH SOLE 01 60105 13100
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 7 500 SH SOLE 500
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 264 18000 SH OTHER 18000
Ishares Tr BARCLAYS 1-3 Yr. COM 464288646 151 1500 SH SOLE 1500
Ishares Tr BARCLAYS 1-3 Yr. COM 464288646 101 1000 SH OTHER 1000
JP Morgan Chase & Co COM 46625H100 473 14993 SH SOLE 01 14929 64
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 8022 134080 SH SOLE 01 126255 8846
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 77 1295 SH SOLE 270 1025
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 257 4300 SH OTHER 4300
Kraft Foods Inc COM 50075n104 1078 40165 SH SOLE 01 35987 4978
Lowe's Cos. COM 548661107 495 22994 SH SOLE 01 22994 350
Medco Health Solutions COM 58405u102 6110 145782 SH SOLE 01 134433 11459
Medtronic, Inc. COM 585055106 1445 45977 SH SOLE 01 40087 6190
Mega Uranium Ltd. COM 58516w104 47 75000 SH SOLE 01 75000
Merck & Co. Inc. COM 589331107 800 26307 SH SOLE 01 21007 5300
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 1823 93779 SH SOLE 01 83119 10660
Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 1262 78653 SH SOLE 01 73694 5159
Murphy Oil Corp. COM 626717102 2218 50010 SH SOLE 01 44375 5635
Novo-Nordisk ADR COM 670100205 1264 24590 SH SOLE 01 22805 1785
Oracle Corporation COM 68389X105 184 10384 SH SOLE 01 10384
Pepsico Inc. COM 713448108 2117 38644 SH SOLE 01 32194 6800
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 2061 116395 SH SOLE 01 109525 7420
Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 97 5475 SH SOLE 2800 2675
Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 81 4600 SH OTHER 4600
Phillip Morris Int'l COM 718172109 356 8175 SH SOLE 01 2119 6056
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 6566 106213 SH SOLE 01 96098 10765
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 130 2097 SH SOLE 875 1222
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 111 1800 SH OTHER 1800
Schering-Plough COM 806605101 248 14583 SH SOLE 01 9983 4600
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 1905 44995 SH SOLE 01 43155 1885
Southern Co. COM 842587107 609 16467 SH SOLE 3600 12867
Southern Co. COM 842587107 19 500 SH OTHER 500
Stryker Corp. COM 863667101 2397 60000 SH SOLE 01 53475 6525
SunTrust Banks Inc. COM 867914103 295 9990 SH SOLE 01 9290 700
TJX Companies Inc COM 872540109 3562 173154 SH SOLE 01 156339 16865
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries COM 881624209 361 8475 SH SOLE 01 7875 600
Tim Hortons Inc COM 88706M103 1391 48226 SH SOLE 01 45656 2570
Time Warner Inc. COM 887317105 138 13700 SH SOLE 01 10300 3400
U. S. Bancorp COM 902973304 2601 103980 SH SOLE 01 101505 2800
Union Pacific Corp. COM 907818108 503 10530 SH SOLE 01 9060 1470
United Parcel Service Cl B COM 911312106 2897 52513 SH SOLE 01 47068 5645
United Technologies Corp. COM 913017109 4377 81668 SH SOLE 01 75533 6910
United Technologies Corp. COM 913017109 94 1750 SH SOLE 1000 750
United Technologies Corp. COM 913017109 466 8700 SH OTHER 8700
Varian Medical Systems COM 92220P105 1087 31035 SH SOLE 01 30185 975
Verizon Communications COM 92343v104 366 10802 SH SOLE 01 9469 1333
Wachovia Corporation COM 929903102 101 18255 SH SOLE 01 18155 100
Wachovia Corporation COM 929903102 6 1000 SH SOLE 1000
Wachovia Corporation COM 929903102 249 45000 SH OTHER 45000
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 1005 17926 SH SOLE 01 16276 1950
Walgreen Co. COM 931422109 566 22948 SH SOLE 01 22623 325
WellPoint Inc. COM 94973v107 1844 43775 SH SOLE 40800 3750
Wells Fargo & Co. COM 949746101 1412 47880 SH SOLE 45553 2327
Wyeth COM 983024100 337 8981 SH SOLE 7481 1500
iShares Trust MSCI EAFE Index COM 464287465 406 9040 SH SOLE 8240 1580

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