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

FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

Commission File Number  000-24958

Potomac Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

111 East Washington Street, P.O. Box 906, Charles Town, WV 25414-0906       (304) 725-8431
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Common Stock
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

None
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

     Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

Rule 12g-4(a)(1) x   Registrant is a bank holding company and the class of securities as to which this certification applies is held of record by fewer than 1,200 persons. The Registrant is relying on Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act.
Rule 12g-4(a)(2) o
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)           o  
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) o
Rule 15 d-6 o

      Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: 658

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Potomac Bancshares, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date:     May 11 , 2012           By:      /s/ Robert F. Baronner, Jr.
  Robert F. Baronner, Jr., President and CEO

Instruction:   This form is required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The registrant shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which shall be manually signed. It may be signed by an officer or the registrant, by counsel or by any other duly authorized person. The name and title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature.

Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.

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