thomas william ward came out of the land office very disgusted and said, put the records back in the office. they said, sorry tom, we do not trust you anymore. they buried them in angelina everly's backyard for safekeeping. a city.early died as the population shrank from 1000 when government was here to 200 when it left. in the early 1840's they heard the rustle across the river from the south, wondered of congress avenue, several of them straight through the abandoned capital avenue through the halls of congress. in 1844, and stan jones was elected president is the final president texas. he had been relatively quiet in public about his intentions regarding the capital and did not do anything at first. congress was still meeting in washington. ton the treaty of annexation the united states was approved. in early 1846 they had a ceremony in which jones here in austin at the old capital lowered the texas flag and raise the stars and stripes and declared the republic of texas is no more. one of his other declarations was that the first state legislature would meet not in washington, but