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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000932781-20-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200214
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200214

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JOHNSON J THOMAS
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001203892

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-28344
		FILM NUMBER:		20618230

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O DUTCHFORK BANCSHARES INC
		STREET 2:		1735 WILSON ROAD, PO BOX417
		CITY:			NEWBERRY
		STATE:			SC
		ZIP:			29108

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000932781
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				571010751
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			SC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5455 SUNSET BLVD
		CITY:			LEXINGTON
		STATE:			SC
		ZIP:			29072
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8032538875
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        <footnote id="F1">Under the First Community Corporation 2006 Non-Employee Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan), common stock units are credited to the reporting person's account at the time the deferred compensation would otherwise be payable absent the election to defer equal to the fees payable divided by the fair market value of the stock.  The person is reporting on an aggregate basis on Form 5 in accordance with the SEC Interpretive Letter to the American Bar Association (February 10, 1999, Q3). During 2019, the reporting person acquired 210 units of common stock pursuant to the plan. The price at which units were acquired ranged from $17.61 to $20.51.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 9,290 stock units related to the First Community Corporation 2006 Non-Employee Deferred Compensation Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ D. SHAWN JORDAN, AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-02-14</signatureDate>
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