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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001340381-07-000003.txt : 20070222
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070222105347
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001340381-07-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050301
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070222
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070222

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CORNERSTONE BANCSHARES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001038773
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				621175427
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4154 RINGGOLD RD
		CITY:			CHATTANOOGA
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37412-416
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4236982454

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4154 RINGGOLD RD
		CITY:			CHATTANOOGA
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37412-0416

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EAST RIDGE BANCSHARES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970507

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Welborn Wesley Miller
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001340386

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-30497
		FILM NUMBER:		07640825

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		423-385-3004

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6401 LEE HIGHWAY, STE B
		CITY:			CHATTANOOGA
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37421
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2005-03-01</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2006-05-17</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001038773</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CORNERSTONE BANCSHARES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>csbq</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001340386</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Welborn Wesley Miller</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>6401 LEE HIGHWAY, STE B</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHATTANOOGA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>37421</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>stock options</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>10.88</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2005-03-01</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-03-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Cornerstone Bancshares, Inc.</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>0</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>stock options</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>18.45</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2006-03-01</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-03-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Cornerstone Bancshares, Inc.</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>0</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The original Form 4 inadvertently and incorrectly reported that the Reporting Person held options to purchase (i) 1,000 shares of common stock, which options were exerciable on March 1,2005 at an exercise price of $10.88 per share; and (ii) 500 shares of common stock, which options were exercisable on March 1, 2006 at an exercise price of $18.45 per share. Therefore, this amended Form 4 has been filed to clarify that the Reporting Person does not hold these stock options and that the second and third line items reported in Table II of the original Form 4 should have been deleted.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Frank Hughes, Attorney in Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-02-21</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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