Another item: how old are you, and do you know what town you were born in, county? and did anyone baptize you? Year, town and county are important here.

Do you think your biol.father had you when he was a teen, in his twenties, thirties??
Do you have any rough idea of his age at his time of death?

As far as the court intermediary... was it a court clerk, secretary, or private party? that is important