Alfred Dockery

[3] After the Civil War, he mostly retired from public service and returned to being a planter for his remaining years.

He was the National Union (Republican) candidate for governor in 1866, but he did not seek the nomination, or campaign for the position.

[4][1] The conservative incumbent Governor, Jonathan Worth, won the election easily amid low turnout.

[5] Dockery died in Rockingham, Richmond County, N.C. and was interred there in the family cemetery.

The Alfred Dockery House near Rockingham was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.