Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors
Green Bankshares, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our reports dated March 13, 2009, with respect to the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 and for each of the three years in the period ending December 31, 2008, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008 which reports appear in Green Bankshares, Inc.’s 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K, incorporated by reference herein and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.

Our report, with respect to the consolidated financial statements referred to above, refers to a change in accounting for income taxes.

/s/ Dixon Hughes PLLC

Atlanta, Georgia
April 6, 2009