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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-10-002032
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100408
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100414
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100414

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-30497
		FILM NUMBER:		10750173

	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
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<DESCRIPTION>CORNERSTONE BANCSHARES, INC. 8-K
<TEXT>
                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                               ------------------

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                               ------------------

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 8, 2010

                          CORNERSTONE BANCSHARES, INC.

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Tennessee                     000-30497                62-1173944
- -----------------------------      -------------------      --------------------
(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission File            (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)                  Number)             Identification No.)


                835 Georgia Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402
         -------------------------------------------------------------
         (Address of principal executive offices)           (zip code)


                                 (423) 385-3000
              ----------------------------------------------------
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                 Not Applicable
          ------------------------------------------------------------
          (Former name or former address if changed since last report)


     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

[ ]     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR 230.425)

[ ]     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ]     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ]     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

<PAGE>
Item 1.01     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

     On  April  8,  2010,  a  written  agreement  (the  "Agreement") between the
Tennessee  Department  of Financial Institutions and Cornerstone Community Bank,
the  wholly  owned  subsidiary  bank  of  Cornerstone  Bancshares,  Inc.  (the
"Company"), was fully executed and became effective.  A description of the terms
and  conditions  of the Agreement was previously set forth in the Company's Form
8-K  filed  on  April  8,  2010.
<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has  duly  caused  this  report  to  be  signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  hereunto  duly  authorized.

                                     CORNERSTONE BANCSHARES, INC.


Date:   April 14, 2010               By: /s/ Nathaniel F. Hughes
                                         -------------------------------------
                                           Nathaniel F. Hughes
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer
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