The administration moved the Romanians to the border area, and the houses were assigned to the Germans. At the end of the 18th century, Hungarian statistician  recorded that the village called Nagy-Zsám had a population of 1,562 and belonged to the nobleman László Karácsonyi.
The administration moved Romanians to the border area and assigned houses to Germans. In the late 18th century, a Hungarian statistician recorded that the village of Nagy-Zsám had a population of 1,562 and belonged to nobleman László Karácsonyi.