[2] He was a Baptist preacher who travelled to Madison Parish, Louisiana in 1864 to start a farm.

[2] He was successful at farming and obtained recognition in the local community leading to his selection as convention delegate and then his senatorial nomination.

[5] In his first senatorial session he served on a Committee for Auditing and Supervising the Expenses of the Senate as well as one for charitable and public institutions.

[1] Pollard was a partner in the Mississippi River Packet Company which was a black-owned enterprise.

[10] He left his wife and children unwillingly when he was forced by armed men onto a steamboat in 1879 whilst helping emigrants leave to Kansas.